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Free Audio Editor
Free Audio Editor
Free Audio Editor can digitize sound recordings of your rare music cassette tapes, vinyl LPs, and videos, creating standard digital sound files. Timer and input level triggered recording is included. There is a button to activate the system Windows Mixer without visiting the control panel. The recording can be directly loaded into the waveform window for further perfection. You can edit audio using the traditional waveform view or the frequency-based spectral display which makes it easy to isolate and remove unwanted noise. Intuitive cut/copy/paste/trim/mute and more actions can be performed easily. The selection tools make the editing operations performed with millisecond precision. Enhance your audio with more than 30 native signal and effects processing engines, including compression, EQ, fade in/out, delay, chorus, reverb, time stretching, pitch shifting, and more. It significantly increases your audio processing capabilities.Starting Price: Free -
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Windows Sound Recorder
Microsoft
Record sounds, lectures, interviews, and other events. Mark key moments as you record, edit, or play them back. Start a recording or resume a paused recording in one click. Recordings are autosaved and stored in your documents folder for easy access. Easily share your recordings with friends and family, or send recordings to other apps. Play back, trim, rename, and delete your recordings. Mark key moments in the recording. A universal app, for PC, tablet, and Windows Phone.Starting Price: Free -
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SoundTap
NCH Software
SoundTap is streaming audio capture software which will convert any audio playing through your computer to mp3 or wav files. Streaming audio is recorded by a special kernel driver to preserve digital audio quality. The high definition audio files can be saved and played back on any device. 1. Record internet radio webcasts Radio stations are required to log and archive all broadcasts under FCC regulations. 2. Save streaming audio broadcasts If you are using BroadWave to broadcast your band, SoundTap can record and archive the broadcasts. 3. Record streaming audio conferences SoundTap works perfectly to record conferences, podcasts and webinars hosted on your computer. 4. Convert audio from uncommon formats Convert to wav or mp3. e.g., Convert a voice recording in ds2 format to mp3 using a ds2 player and SoundTap.Starting Price: $29.99/one-time -
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RecordPad
NCH Software
Fast, easy-to-use, and high-quality audio recorder. Great for personal or professional use. Quick and easy audio recording software. Record voice, sound, music, or any other audio. Ideal for recording audio to add to digital presentations. Small downloads under 650k installs in seconds. RecordPad is ideal for recording voice and other audio to add to digital presentations, creating an audiobook, or simply recording a message. Recording with a computer has never been easier. Using RecordPad, you can quickly and easily record audio notes, messages, or announcements in either wav or mp3. Record sound, voice, notes, music, or any other audio. Save recordings to your hard drive in wav, mp3, or AIFF format. Record only when you are speaking with voice-activated recording. System-wide hotkeys allow keyboard control over recording while working in other programs. Optionally send recordings via email or upload to an FTP server.Starting Price: $16.97 one-time payment -
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VST Connect Pro
Steinberg
VST Connect Pro is a fully featured, remote recording solution that lets anybody record a voice talent, musician, or other performer in professional quality, regardless of where each of them is on the planet. VST Connect Pro lets you expand your studio from its physical location to cover the whole world. It allows any musician with a computer, an internet link, and the free VST Connect Performer app to be recorded directly on your studio DAW, even if they are on a different continent because VST Connect Pro makes distance irrelevant. Not only that, but you can see and talk to each other, while the producer has full control over the recording session at both ends of the connection, including cue mix and talkback level. No matter where the performer is, record remotely in real-time and the uncompressed audio files are loaded automatically in the background. You never need to worry about the internet connection.Starting Price: $49.99 one-time payment -
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AVS Audio Editor
AVS
Record audio data from various inputs like microphone, vinyl records, and other input lines on a sound card. Extract and edit audio from your video files. Remove noise and irritating sounds like roaring, hissing, crackling, etc. Turn written text into a natural sounding voice with Text-to-speech function. Select between 20 built-in effects and filters including delay, flanger, chorus, reverb, reverse, echo and more. Mix audio and blend several audio tracks together. Edit all popular formats MP3, FLAC, WAV, M4A, WMA, AAC, MP2, AMR, OGG, etc.Starting Price: AVS Audio Editor -
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PreSonus Sphere
PreSonus Audio Electronics
You also get a library of master class videos, collaboration tools, monthly live streams, exclusive Studio One features, industry veteran-authored presets, and tons of loop and construction kit content—and we’re constantly adding more, month after month after month. No hidden fees. No additional upgrade costs. All in PreSonus Sphere. A PreSonus Sphere membership includes a license for award-winning Studio One Professional–the only DAW that lets you record, produce, mix, master, and perform from within a single application. Go from creative concept to final mastered album—even use stems from your songs as backing tracks for your live performance—all from Studio One. PreSonus Sphere is the ultimate toolkit for the modern composer. From simple lead sheets to complete orchestrations, you’ll deliver polished scores fast with award-winning Notion® software.Starting Price: $14.95 per month -
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Mixbus
Harrison
With dozens of DAWs to choose from, there's only one that is designed to work like a Harrison, with an analog paradigm that embodies form, function, and sound. Where other DAWs use a computer paradigm, MIXBUS grows from Harrison's distinguished 40-year heritage of platinum records and blockbuster films such as Thriller, Graceland, and Spider-Man. Mixbus is the first full-featured DAW with true analog-style mixing. Harrison has a unique history. In the mid-80s, we developed fully-automated, digitally-controlled analog mixer technology which was adopted by premiere film-mixing facilities around the world. When the digital revolution came, we were asked to convert the analog "processor" into a digital processor, while leaving the control surface unchanged. Film mixers wanted the control surface to work and sound exactly like the analog mixer they were using for previous projects. This required us to develop a digital audio engine that operated and sounded exactly like an analog mixer.Starting Price: $93.90 one-time payment -
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Leawo Music Recorder
Leawo Software
The online audio recorder lets you record music from multiple online sources like YouTube, Spotify, Pandora, Apple Music,Google Play Music, Yahoo Music,Deezer, etc. As a smart music recorder, the software could automatically add music tags when recording music or let you manually edit music tags via music tag editor. It has a built-in library that you could find and manage all the recorded music files. Featuring an internal music tag editor, Leawo Music Recorder even allows you to edit music tags manually. You could freely edit music tags like artist, album, cover, genre, etc. After recording, this music recording software allows you to manage recorded music files easily, including playing and previewing recordings, adding, editing or deleting playlist for recordings. The main interface of the software offers two entries intuitively: Recording and Media. You only need to pick the audio source and click the "record" button to record music when ready.Starting Price: $19.99 per year -
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Podium DAW
Zynewave
Podium is a modern digital audio workstation (DAW) for Windows. It supports recording and editing of audio and MIDI, and hosts VST instrument and effect plugins. You will need to configure the audio and MIDI interfaces that you want to use with Podium. On the MIDI page you should click the checkbox next to all the interfaces you want to use. On the audio page it is highly recommended that you select an ASIO audio driver to get the best low-latency performance. The first time you run Podium, the selector will default to Build and load plugin database. When you create the project, Podium will build a database of all the plugins it finds. In the following projects you create, the selector will default to Load plugin database, to avoid repeating the time consuming plugin scanning. If you have installed new plugins since you last built the database, you can select to rebuild or update the database.Starting Price: $35 per year -
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Anvil Studio
Anvil Studio
Anvil Studio ™ is a free Windows 10 / 8.x / 7 Program designed for people who want to: record music with MIDI and Audio equipment, compose music for MIDI and Audio equipment, sequence music with MIDI equipment. play with music using a computer and print sheet music from standard MIDI files with the optional Print-Sheet accessory. With the free version, you can create an unlimited number of MIDI tracks, and two one-minute audio tracks. With the optional Multi-Audio 1/8 accessory, each song you create can have up to eight audio tracks of unlimited length. With the optional Multi-Audio 8/16 accessory, each song you create can have up to 16 audio tracks of unlimited length, and you can record up to 8 audio tracks simultaneously if you have enough audio input ports.Starting Price: $99 one-time payment -
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Conpsoft MP3Recorder
Conpsoft Technology
Pure computer original sound recording, real-time audio HD recording, a variety of recording modes to choose from, unlimited recording time, no compression of audio size, restore lossless sound quality.Starting Price: $18 -
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ThunderSoft Audio Recorder
ThunderSoft
Supports various audio sources, streaming music, in-game sound, Skype, voice chat, etc. Easy to use with simple "Record", "Pause" and "Stop" buttons, and high quality output result which can playback on any music player or portable devices. This software also contains powerful auto recording feature and other useful settings to help you make recording schedule. Record sound from both computer and microphone at the same time. Supports various output formats, such as MP3, OGG, AAC, AC3, FLAC, M4A, MKA, WAV, WMA and many more. Preset high quality audio output, and allow manage audio parameters. Supports record sound from Skype and many other voice chat tools.Starting Price: $34.95 one-time payment -
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Gilisoft #1 All-in-One Toolkit Suite
Gilisoft
22 Powerful and Useful Software in One Pack, which including Video Converter, Video Editor, Screen Recorder Pro, Slideshow Movie Creator, Movie DVD Converter, Movie DVD Copy, Movie DVD Creator, Audio Converter Ripper, Audio Recorder Pro, Audio Editor, MP3 CD Maker, File Lock Pro, USB Encryption, Secure Disc Creator, Full Disk Encryption, Private Disk, USB Lock, and RAM Disk, Image Watermark Remover, Video Watermark Remover, Formathor, Data Recovery. #1 All-in-One Toolkit Suite is able to do almost every multimedia ripping, converting, burning, and editing imaginable. You can make your PC perfectly safe with encryption tools, get back lost files and also speed up your PC performance with RAMDisk. In conclusion, you can do almost multimedia work with audio and video tools, and you can do encryption operation with encryption software. Just free download and experience it now!Starting Price: $149.99 -
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Sound Forge
MAGIX Software
SOUND FORGE has been setting new standards in the field of digital audio production for over 20 years. The favorite tool of renowned producers worldwide, for instance Grammy award winner Ted Perlman, this legendary audio editor stands for innovation at the highest level. Originating in the USA, SOUND FORGE technology continues to be developed and optimized by MAGIX today and combines the spirit of pioneering ambition with the art of engineering precision. Powerful editing tools, ultra-fast processing and an innovative workflow – it's all offered by the audio editor SOUND FORGE. Discover a new level of audio editing with precise technology, productivity with 64-bit support and crystal-clear audio quality. Simple digitization, cleaning and restoration of audio – SOUND FORGE Audio Cleaning Lab 4 offers dedicated presets and practical 1-click solutions that are specially designed for this area of application. -
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ACID Pro
MAGIX
It’s that magic moment again. You hear a song on the radio and you just can’t wait to sample or remix it. True inspiration. With ACID Pro, you will be able to sketch that idea and turn it into a finished track faster than any other DAW. Its unique workflows, innovative features and professional tools were designed specifically for loop- and sample-based music production. Compose, arrange, record, mix and master. But most importantly: be creative. Experience ACID Pro. ACID Pro 11 takes loop-based music production one step further – yet again. Since its historic invention in 1998 leading to today’s industry standard, ACID has continued to offer the most extensive options for arranging, editing and resampling audio. Countless artists have relied on ACID and its workflow to create some of the most famous compositions in IDM and EDM. ACIDized loops let you manipulate audio material and immediately get creative with stems. -
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Bitwig Studio
Bitwig
Bitwig Studio inspires you to take greater control of your music, giving you access to every aspect of your production. Streamline your creative process and quickly evolve your ideas into complete songs, tracks, and compositions. Record and arrange, improvise and perform, or do it all at once. Linear and non-linear workflows for sound design, recording, live performance, and beyond. Enjoy over 10 GB (and counting) of world-class sound content from Bitwig and selected partners. The modulation system in Bitwig Studio allows you to use Macro controls, Note Expressions, LFOs, and Envelopes to modulate any device, VST plug-in, or hardware parameter. With 30+ modulators (and counting) the potential for creative expression is endless. -
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TechSmith Capture
TechSmith
Whether for work, home, or play, TechSmith Capture provides a simple, free way to create basic screenshots and screen recordings and share them with others. With the imminent discontinuation of Adobe’s support for and development of Adobe Flash, Jing’s use of the .SWF Flash video format will no longer be possible. Because we are passionate about making it easy for anyone to teach, train, and explain concepts visually, TechSmith is committed to offering a free screen capture and screen recording tool for our customers. This brought us an opportunity to build a new, more modern no-cost solution for our users. TechSmith Capture offers modernized enhancements including a new approach to the User Interface that better aligns with our other flagship screen capture products, Snagit and Camtasia. New, modernized video capture, including longer video recording, as well as webcam and system audio recording. -
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QuickTime
Apple
Want to quickly edit a movie? QuickTime Player lets you make common movie edits like trim, rearrange and rotate. You can also split a movie into multiple clips and manipulate each one individually. Need a quick way to show someone how to do something on a Mac, or maybe just show another person what you’re seeing on your screen? Create a recording of your entire screen or select just a portion of it. Maybe you want to brag about getting a new high score in a game on your iPhone or use the camera on your iPad to record a movie. You can capture exactly what you’re seeing on your device and save it as a movie file on your Mac. QuickTime is also available for Windows, and offers audio recording features. -
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Wavosaur
Wavosaur
Wavosaur is a cool free sound editor, audio editor, wav editor software for editing, processing and recording sounds, wav and mp3 files. Wavosaur has all the features to edit audio (cut, copy, paste, etc.) produce music loops, analyze, record, batch convert. Wavosaur supports VST plugins, ASIO driver, multichannel wav files, real time effect processing. The program has no installer and doesn't write in the registry. Use it as a free mp3 editor, for mastering, sound design. The Wavosaur freeware audio editor works on Windows 98, Windows XP and Windows Vista. Go to the features page for an overview of the software. All classic editing functions, cut, copy, paste, paste mix, paste replace/insert, paste to new file, trim/crop, delete, undo. Many processing options, mute, channel convert (stereo->mono, mono->stereo), insert silence, change volume, normalize level, fade in/out, invert/flip, undo. -
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Renoise
Renoise
Renoise is a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) with a refreshing twist. It lets you record, compose, edit, process and render production-quality audio using a tracker-based approach. In a tracker, the music runs from top to bottom in an easily understood grid known as a pattern. Several patterns arranged in a certain order make up a song. Step-editing in a pattern grid lends itself well to a fast and immediate workflow. On top of this, Renoise features a wide range of modern features: dozens of built-in audio processors, alongside support for all commonly used virtual instrument and effect plug-in formats. And the software can be extended too, with scripting, you can use all of your MIDI or OSC controller to control it in exactly the way you want. Whether you're an audio veteran or just starting out, Renoise is a fantastic addition to any bedroom or professional studio. Combine the best aspects of both trackers and sequencers! -
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AudioDesk
MOTU
AudioDesk provides all of the high-end features you'd expect in a professional workstation application, like 24-bit/192-kHz recording and real-time, 32-bit effects processing. The software includes multi-track audio editing, sample-accurate placement of audio, a complete virtual mixing environment with up to 64 stereo busses, automated mixing, graphic editing of mix and effects automation, scrubbing, trimming, spotting, crossfades, support for third-party AU, VST2, and MAS effects plug-ins, unlimited digital track bouncing (including effects and automation), and much more. AudioDesk does not place artificial restrictions on the number of tracks you can work with. Unlimited audio tracks means AudioDesk is ready for as many tracks as your computer will allow. Unlike other audio sequencers, AudioDesk places no limits on the number of tracks you can use simultaneously. -
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ocenaudio
ocenaudio
ocenaudio is a cross-platform, easy to use, fast and functional audio editor. It is the ideal software for people who need to edit and analyze audio files without complications. ocenaudio also has powerful features that will please more advanced users. This software is based on Ocen Framework, a powerful library developed to simplify and standardize the development of audio manipulation and analysis applications across multiple platforms. ocenaudio is available for all major operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. This means you can always rely on ocenaudio on any computer. No matter how many files are open, ocenaudio always remains responsive. Time-consuming tasks (such as opening and saving audio files, or applying effects) run in background, allowing you to work on other files. ocenaudio development focuses primarily on usability, providing the user with a cohesive and intuitive audio editing and analysis tool. -
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Cecilia
AJAX SOUND STUDIO
Cecilia is an audio signal processing environment aimed at sound designers. Cecilia mangles sound in ways unheard of. Cecilia lets you create your own GUI using a simple syntax. Cecilia comes with many original built-in modules and presets for sound effects and synthesis. This version mainly fixes Windows 64-bit version that crashes when trying the open a MIDI device. Cecilia uses the pyo audio engine created for the Python programming language. Pyo allows a powerful integration of the audio engine to the graphical interface. Since it’s a standard python module, there is no need to use an API to communicate with the interface. In the MIDI tab, the user can choose a MIDI driver and a MIDI controller for input. The user can choose a sound file player (or audio sequencer), a sound file editor and a text editor to be used with Cecilia5. The Speaker tab offers different options related to the audio parameters of Cecilia5. -
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TunesKit Audio Capture
TunesKit
TunesKit Audio Capture can grab just about any sound that your computer's soundcard outputs, including streaming music, live broadcasts, in-game sound, movie soundtracks, etc. through browsers or web players, like Chrome, Internet Explorer, etc. It can also record sounds reproduced by media players and other programs, such as RealPlayer, Windows Media Player, iTunes, QuickTime, VLC, and so forth. Whenever you hear an appealing song, a great radio stream, or any other sounds you'd like to record, TunesKit will help you capture them by sparing no effort. It's your best assistance to capture iTunes, Apple Music, Pandora, etc. as well as extract any audio tracks from videos. It can convert and save audio records to MP3, AAC, WAV, FLAC, M4A, M4B. With a built-in smart ID3 tag editor, TunesKit Audio Capture makes it more effective for you to manage the audio tracks being captured. Specifically, it can not only keep the original ID3 tags of audio, but also allows you edit and add ID3 tags.Starting Price: $14.95/1-Month/1 PC -
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FineVoice
FineVoice
FineVoice is an AI-powered voice generation platform designed to create realistic, expressive, human-like speech in seconds. It offers access to over 1,500 AI voices across 154 languages and accents for global content creation. FineVoice supports text-to-speech, voice cloning, voice changing, sound effects, and background music generation in one platform. Users can precisely control emotion, tone, speed, and style to produce natural and engaging audio. The platform is built for creators, educators, and businesses needing professional-quality voiceovers. FineVoice enables fast production for videos, podcasts, e-learning, and advertising. Its intuitive interface makes advanced AI voice technology accessible without technical expertise.Starting Price: $5.99 per month -
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Performer Lite
MOTU
Performer Lite provides everything you need to record, edit, mix, process and master your own music tracks quickly and easily. Plug in your mic, guitar and MIDI keyboard and start tracking with over 100 virtual instruments, dozens of effects plug-ins, guitar FX processing and much more. Performer Lite replaces AudioDesk and offers much more in terms of features and compatibility with today's latest computer systems. Performer Lite provides everything you need to record, edit, mix, process and master your own music tracks quickly and easily. Plug in your mic, guitar and MIDI keyboard and start tracking with over 100 virtual instruments, dozens of effects plug-ins, guitar FX processing and much more. Performer Lite replaces AudioDesk and offers much more in terms of features and compatibility with today's latest computer systems.
