It was a lonely quiet night. I hadn’t slept for 20 hours.

My coffee was depleted and my energy even more so. Despite this, I had just spent the last 3 hours of my life searching for an audio editor that would do what I needed. I had over twenty different pieces of software that had audio editing capabilities. Yet none of them could perform the simple task that I wanted to carry out. Eventually I found an application that did exactly what I wanted with minimal effort.

To be frank, I was ecstatic. That event inspired me to try out every free audio editor out there and compile this list. If you are thinking about, and you want to start looking at the available free audio editing software out there, you are in the right place. But, if you want the quick answer, I narrowed it down to a short list of the top 3 audio editors. Find out what they are here. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Which Audio Editor Do I Use?

The best video editors for macOS cost a lot of money, but what if your budget is $0? Since iMovie is no longer free, decent Mac video editors are hard to come. Built with the aim of providing a stable, free, and accessible video editor, OpenShot is a. This free video editing software Mac works by organizing data into data blocks of different types. Blocks are grouped in objects, which are Kdenlive, which stands for KDE Non-Linear Video Editor, is an open source video editor for Mac. It is based on the MLT.

Audacity (Windows, Mac, Linux) This is the godfather of free audio editing software. You can multi track to an extent (have more than just one stereo track e.g. A full band recording). There are a range of effects and plugins, and it’s easy to use once you get used to it. It’s by far the most popular free audio editing software. Volume automation is easy using the envelope.

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Deleting and muting sections of audio is also a breeze. Recording is easy too. Tip: Reset all the gain sliders if you want to do a / track balancing. You might also like our post on. It does have its drawbacks though.

The user interface is not particularly appealing, and there a lot of features that you’ll rarely use that clutter the tool bar. It looks a bit ancient, but it gets the job done. This is an awesome starting point for anyone wanting a free editor. Link: ocenaudio (Windows, Mac, Linux) This new simple audio editor has a clean and colourful user interface. It’s so easy to use! It’s fast and it’s lightweight compared to Audacity. It’s bundled with loads of effects (including compression, EQ and ) that you can apply and tweak in real-time.

This is a huge benefit as most free editors are destructive (they record effects straight to the audio) so you have to rely on a ‘preview’ button. This is how Audactiy works, for example. But in ocenaudio you can play with the parameters of the effect and hear the changes instantly. The editor has VST support so you can use your own plugins.

It’s easy to record audio straight in to the software as well. There are lots of useful tools (such as a spectogram) for the more advanced user. One downside of this software is that it only supports single stereo/mono files.

You can’t have a multi-track session and record several instruments in your home studio and mix them. More on recording voice.

But for editing stereo music files, or mono audio files (such as a voice recording) this is awesome. It’s also relatively simple in terms of features compared to Audacity, although they aren’t trying to compete on that front. Link: Hya-Wave (Chrome) This is a member of the new wave of online audio editors that run in your internet browser. And it’s my favourite of that bunch. Released in January 2015, I only discovered this a few months ago.

The interface is clean and user friendly and the learning curve is pretty much non-existent. Three cheers for simplicity! It doesn’t support multi-tracking but you can copy, paste, cut, clear and crop your audio. You can load and save in the cloud, apply live effects and share to social media or via URL (take a listen to a song I applied some compression and a high-pass filter to here: ) Browser based DAWs could be the future of audio editing. There are several out there for music composition already and now more audio editors are appearing too.

This is ideal if you are recording or editing on the fly and don’t want to install large programme on to your laptop. Link: WavePad (Windows, Mac, iPad, Android) A slightly older DAW, but still highly useful.

The interface may not be as sleek as some of the editors listed here, but it makes up for this in features. It’s easy to install and easy to use. There are lots of bundled effects including noise removal, compression and reverb. There are also some great analysis tools for more advanced users. Pitch and speed changes are possible. So is audio scrubbing, which can be very handy. It doesn’t support multi-tracking so you can only edit stereo or mono audio files.