Digital audio editor
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A digital audio editor is a computer application for audio editing, i.e. manipulating digital audio. It allows you to:
- Record
- Audio from one or more inputs can be captured and stored in the computer's memory as digital audio.
- Edit
- The start time, stop time, and duration of any sound on the audio timeline can be altered.
- Mix
- Multiple sound sources/tracks can be combined at various volume levels and, if in stereo, to left-right panning to one or more output tracks.
- Apply Effects
- Apply simple or advanced effects or filters to change the audio. Effects could include compression, expansion, flanging, reverb, noise reduction, equalization or a wide variety of other functions.
- Playback
- Sound (often after being mixed) can be sent to one or more outputs; commonly speakers, additional processors, or a recording medium.
- Conversion
- A common audio editing task is converting 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.
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Common audio editor software
- Ardour for Unix-like systems
- Audacity for Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, and Unix-like systems
- Adobe Audition, from Adobe Systems, previously known as CoolEdit from Syntrillium for Microsoft Windows
- Cubase VST variants for Apple Macintosh and Microsoft Windows
- GarageBand, from Apple, for Apple Macintosh
- Goldwave, from Goldwave Inc., for Microsoft Windows
- Kaboom Factory for older Apple Macintosh and Microsoft Windows systems -- still sometimes used in educational settings
- Logic Pro and Logic Express for Apple Macintosh
- Pro Tools for Apple Macintosh and Microsoft Windows
- Rosegarden for Linux
- SawStudio for Microsoft Windows
- Sound Forge and Sound Forge Audio Studio, by Sony (formerly from Sonic Foundry) for Microsoft Windows
- Mp3splt - splits mp3 and ogg files without decoding (see mp3splt-gtk and libmp3splt)
- Freecycle A linux beat slicer
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