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Revision as of 08:36, 5 November 2007 by Resurgent insurgent (talk | contribs) (Undid revision 166236802 by GlenRowan (talk))(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)A digital audio editor is a computer application for audio editing, i.e. manipulating digital audio. Editors designed for use with music allow the user to do the following:
- Record audio from one or more inputs and store recordings in the computer's memory as digital audio
- Edit the start time, stop time, and duration of any sound on the audio timeline
- Mix multiple sound sources/tracks, combine them at various volume levels and pan from channel to channel to one or more output tracks
- Apply simple or advanced effects or filters, including compression, expansion, flanging, reverb, audio noise reduction and equalization to change the audio
- Playback sound (often after being mixed) that can be sent to one or more outputs, such as speakers, additional processors, or a recording medium
- Conversion between different audio file formats, or between different sound quality levels
Typically these tasks can be performed in a manner that is both non-linear and non-destructive.
Editors designed for use in speech research add the ability to make measurements and perform acoustic analyses such as extracting and displaying a fundamental frequency contour or spectrogram. They typically lack most or all of the effects of interest to musicians.
Table of audio editor software
| Creator | OS support | Is free software? | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acoustica | Acon Digital Media | Windows | No | |
| Amadeus Pro | HairerSoft | Mac OS X | No | |
| Ardour | Paul Davis | Mac OS X / Linux / Unix | Yes | |
| Audacity | Dominic Mazzoni | Mac OS X / Windows / Unix | Yes | |
| Audio Dementia | Holladay Audio | Windows | ||
| Audition | Adobe Systems | Windows | No | Previously known as CoolEdit |
| BIAS Peak | BIAS | Mac OS X | No | |
| Creative Wavestudio | Creative Technology | Windows | Bundled with Creative Soundcards. | |
| Fast Edit | Minnetonka audio | Windows | No | |
| Fisson | Rogue_Amoeba | Mac OS X | No | |
| FlexiMusic Wave Editor | FlexiMusic | Windows | No | |
| Goldwave | Goldwave Inc. | Windows | No | |
| Jokosher | Jokosher community | Linux | Yes | |
| Pyramix | Merging Technologies | Windows | No | DSP Based version and Native version |
| MP3 Stream Editor | 3delite | Windows | shareware with source, license unknown | Non-destructive audio editor |
| n-Track Studio | FAsoft | Windows | ||
| QuickAudio | Sion Software | Windows | Yes | |
| ReZound | Davy Durham | Linux | Yes | Graphical audio file editor |
| SndBite | Bill Poser | cross-platform | Yes | Editor for cutting a recording into many small pieces. |
| Sound Forge | Sony | Windows | No | Formerly from Sonic Foundry |
| Soundbooth | Adobe | Mac OS X / Windows | No | Intel only |
| Sweep | Conrad Parker | Linux / Unix | Yes | |
| WaveLab | Steinberg | Windows | No | |
| Wavosaur | Wavosaur Team | Windows | Yes | freeware version available |
| WavePad | NCH Software | Windows | No | freeware version available |
| WaveSurfer | Centre for Speech Technology at KTH | all major platforms | Yes | |
| XO Wave | XO Audio | Mac OS X / Linux | No | |
| Creator | OS support | Is free software? | Note |
See also
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