Audio Editing Tools

Blaze Media Pro is an all-in-one audio/video converter (two-way among CD, MP3, WAV, WMA, OGG, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, AVI, WMV, FLIC, etc.), and also an editor and recorder. In addition, it can burn audio, video (VCD/SVCD), and data CDs and DVDs. Other features include video capture, media management, audio merge, drag and drop support, MP3/WMA/OGG and proprietary WAV tag editing, CDDB support and more. Blaze Media Pro provides a compact, skinnable interface with integrated media player

AudioEdit Deluxe is a visual audio editing, conversion and (audio) burning solution, which supports many advanced and powerful operations with audio data. It includes CD With AudioEdit Deluxe you can perform two-way conversions among CD, MP3, WAV, WMA, and OGG; open, create, and save audio files in any of the supported formats (can also save any portion of a loaded file to disk as a new file); display audio data waveform (Zoom Full, Zoom In, Zoom Out, Zoom Vertical); play audio files or any portion of the files (Play, Pause, Stop); record audio data from a microphone or any other available input device; edit audio files visually (Cut, Copy, Delete Selection, Delete Silence, Paste, Paste From File, Mix, Mix From File); apply various effects (Amplify, Delay, Equalize, Fade In and Fade Out, Flanger, Invert, Normalize, Reverse, Multi Tap Delay, Silence, Stretch, Vibrato); apply different filters to any selected portion of audio files (Band Pass Filter, Fourier Filter, High Pass Filter, High Shelf Filter, Low Pass Filter, Low Shelf Filter, Notch Filter); insert into audio files (Noise, Pulse Signal, Silence, Sine Signal); Insert information into audio files (Album, Artist, Copyright, Genre, Title, Year); complete, multi-level undo and redo capabilities. The following audio formats are supported by the audio editing and playback module: WAV PCM; Compressed WAV (ADPCM, GSM, DSP, A-LAW, U-LAW, ALF2, and more); MP3 (MPEG Layer-3); VOX (Dialogic ADPCM); WMA (Windows Media Audio); RAW (PCM, A-LAW, U-LAW); CDA (Audio CD Tracks).

Dexster is a visual audio editing tool that supports many popular audio formats and offers built-in audio cd burning. The program allows you to edit an audio file visually (Cut, Copy, Delete etc.) and apply various effects (Amplify, Fade, Flanger, Invert etc.), insert noise and silence, apply different filters and more. It also allows you to record from a microphone or other input device and immediately edit the output before saving it to a file. The output can be saved as MP3, Ogg Vorbis, WMA, WAV, AU and several other formats, and you can also convert files between the supported formats. Additional features include a built-in CD burner that allows you to drag and drop MP3 or WAV files, which will then be converted and burned to audio CD format, that can be played in your home or car stereo.

WavePad is a sound editor that lets you create and edit audio recordings and files, with support for a number of file formats including wav, mp3, vox, gsm, real audio, au, aif and more. It enables you to cut, copy and paste parts of recording and optionally apply effects like echo, amplification and noise reduction. In addition, you can insert silence, fade in/out, auto-trim and more. WavePad supports sample rates from 6000 to 96000Hz, stereo or mono, 8, 16 or 32 bits. The program also includes a simple CD ripper that allows you to load files directly from an audio CD. Other features include voice activated recording and text to speech support.

MP3Doctor provides several useful editing features for MP3 and WAV files. It includes options to normalize, trim, resample and equalize, and also change pitch or remove vocals from the song. The vocal removal is considered experimental and did not work for us. The program offers a single file mode, as well as a batch mode. Overall, a simple interface with basic features, that are not very intuitive to use.

SoundEdit Pro is a digital audio editor, suited for home studio recording and also for people who are just getting started with audio editing. It provides an intuitive, easy-to-use interface and offers dozens of amazing audio effects and tools for converting audio files into different formats, including MP3, WMA, WAV, Ogg Vorbis and many others. SoundEdit Pro also includes the possibility to directly load audio tracks! It ofers powerful editing features, audio effects and processes including: Cut, Paste, Move, Delete, Fadein/Out , Crossfade, Vibrato, Delay, Normalize, Fade, Flanger, Amplify, Invert, Insert Silence, and more. SoundEdit Pro supports a wide range of audio formats, such as WAV, Windows Media Audio, Ogg Vorbis, AudioTracks, Dialogic VOX, and MP3 - use it to take your web media, PowerPoint presentations, Flash animations or any other sound enhanced media to the next level. The program comes with a nicely designed, modern interface that allows you to edit your music with the help of the visual sound display.

MP3 Surgeon is a visual MP3 editor that allows you to trim, join and split any number of MP3s to varying lengths, sizes and more. You can also apply fade in/out effects and normalise your entire collection to the same volume level. In addition, the program allows you to create comma delimited (.csv) catalogs of MP3 files to be used with Excel/Access and similar programs. Other features include batch processing and MP3 to WAV conversion.

Ringtone Media Studio allows you to convert audio, images and video and transfer them to your cell phone without the need for any cables or Bluetooth. It includes a database of popular cell phone models and can automatically adjust the media to properly fit your phone. You can use the program to personalize your cell phone with ringtones, wallpaper, screensavers and video clips, using your own media files. Ringtone Media Studio includes editing tools to perform basic image editing, apply effects, fade audio tracks, record voice messages, edit video files and more. The results can be transferred directly to your phone via SMS, or (if available) via Bluetooth, infrared or cell phone data cable. The registered version also provides access to thousands of ready-to-use ringtones, images and videos.

Acoustica MP3 Audio Mixer allows you to mix MP3s, record your own, set volume fades and pans via a simple graphical interface - you can cut and paste sounds just like you would images in a graphics editor. You can mix, record or overdub as many simultaneous Wave and MP3 files as you want and fade the volume, pan and playback rate of each sound. Export mix as a RealAudio G2 (for streaming), MP3 or WAV format.

Audio Editor Pro is a multi-functional audio editor that allows you to perform various operations with your audio files, including filtering, audio effects, format conversion and more. It displays a waveform image of the audio files and allows you to visually edit it (Cut, Copy, Delete Silence, Paste, Paste From File, Mix, Mix From File). The program includes more than 20 sound effects and 6 filters. You can record new audio from your microphone or any other input source, insert noise or silence, edit MP3 tags, rip CD tracks and more. Audio Editor Pro supports Waveform audio (PCM wave), MPEG Audio including MP2 and MP3, Windows Media Audio, CD Audio Tracks, OGG Vorbis, VOX Dialogic ADPCM and RAW Audio.

EXPStudio s Audio Editor (formerly Power Audio Editor) allows you to edit your existing audio files and also record new ones from a microphone or any other input device. It offers visual editing (Cut, Copy, Delete Silence, Paste, Paste From File, Mix, Mix From File) and various effects, including Amplify, Delay, Equalizer, Fade, Flanger, Invert and others. You can also apply different filters to the selected part of an audio file, Insert noise or silence in an audio file, insert and change information audio markers and edit the artist information. EXPStudio s Audio Editor supports WAV PCM, MP3, MP2, VOX, WMA , RAW, CDA and OGG formats. The program provides all the standard audio editing features and more, but only includes very basic documentation.

Ace of WAV (formerly Acid WAV) is a advanced sound editor and synthesizer with a friendly use interface. It`s features include Trim, Cut, Copy, Delete, Paste, Paste mix, Insert file, Mix files, Insert silence, Swap channels, Duplicate channel, Mono/Stereo, 8/16 bits, Echo, Hall reverb, Chapel reverb, Chamber reverb, Custom reverb, Virtual room and many others... Ace of WAV also includes a built-in OpenDSPTM development environment for the creation of your own plug-ins using the ActiveX Scripting language of your choice.

NGWave is a fast Audio Editor for Windows, that features a unique wave display technology, full 32-Bit internal processing and fast editing. It supports unlimited Undo/Redo, many processing functions including normalizing, an Echo and Reverb processor and more. It also allows you to record any sound from your sound card and offers a built-in mixer to adjust input levels for the sound card currently in use. Additional features include a preview function and the ability for unrestricted zooming using your mouse wheel (or keyboard). The interface is completely customizable in color. NGWave can read and write MP3 files as well as standard WAV files (Codecs included).

Acoustica is an audio editor that lets you record, edit and process audio files in different formats (wav, wma, ogg, mp3 and more). It offers unlimited undo and redo levels, non-destructive editing and 24 or 32 bit editing with up to 192 kHz sampling rate. You can import and create audio CDs, enhance LP or tape recordings, remove stationary noise and more. In addition, you can apply various effects including reverb, Flangler, Pitch Shift and others. Additional features include support for DirectX plug-ins, drag and drop editing, integrated CD burner and more. For MP3 fans, this editor is of limited use, as the MP3 output is restricted to low quality 56 kbit unless Windows Media Player 10 is installed..

Antechinus Audio Editor allows you to record, edit, enhance, convert and play your sound files. It offers an easy-to-use interface that lets you perform point and click operation to work with your audio files, using combine, copy, record, mix, insert actions. It also supports more than 20 effects, including reverb, reverse, fading, normalize, pitch shift and many others. Other features include channel editing for stereo files, format conversions (10 formats), spectral viewer, and more.

SuperMp3Normalizer enables you to automatically optimize the volume level in your MP3 files. It analyzes each file and makes dynamic adjustments to achieve an even volume level across all songs, while at the same time preventing portions of a song from becoming inaudible as a result. The program can process single or multiple files, and by default saves your normalized files to a new folder, keeping your originals unchanged. An integrated audio playback allows you to compare the before/after sound of each processed file by switching between the original and normalized version. SuperMp3Normalizer will maintain your original ID3 tags.

MP3 Speed Changer enables you to change the playback speed of MP3, WMA and OGG (audiobooks, podcasts, music etc.) files without changing the pitch. You can choose a tempo between 50% and 400% of the original speed and process multiple files at once. The altered files are automatically converted to MP3 format and saved with a new file name that includes the selected tempo. MP3 Speed Changer can also extract the sound from video files and speed it up for you.

Fx Audio Editor allows you to visually play, record, edit or convert most sound file formats. You can also add special effects and apply filters, including WAV PCM, Compressed WAV (ADPCM, GSM, DSP, A-LAW, U-LAW, ALF2 and others), MP2, MP3 (MPEG Layer-3), VOX (Dialogic ADPCM), WMA Windows Media Audio), RAW (PCM, A-LAW, U-LAW), CDA (Audio CD Tracks), OGG (Ogg Vorbis), G.721, G.723, G.726. Additional features include auto gain control, recording without silence and more.