Audio editing programs imply multifunctionality and advanced sound parameters settings. The options provided will help you determine the choice of one or another software, depending on the goal chased. There are both professional virtual studios and light editors with the presence of basic recording change features.
Many of the editors presented have support for MIDI devices and controllers (mixers), which may well turn the program to a PC into a real studio. The presence of support for VST technology will allow you to add plugins and additional tools to standard features.
Audacity
Software that allows you to trim the audio recording, remove the noise and record the sound. Voices entry can be imposed above the music. An interesting feature is that in the program you can cut the traject fragments with silence. There is an arsenal of various audio effects that can be applied to the recorded sound. The possibility of adding additional effects is expanding the circle of filters for the sound track.
Audacity allows you to change the pace and tone recording. Both parameters, if desired, change independently of each other. Multitrek in the main edit environment allows you to add several entries to the tracks and process them.
Wavosaur
Easy program for processing sound recordings, which has a necessary tool kit. With this software, you can cut the selected track fragment or combine audio files. In addition, there is a possibility of recording sound from a microphone connected to the PC.
Special functions will help clean the sound from noise, as well as make it normalization. A user-friendly interface will be clear and inexperienced users. Wavosaur supports Russian and most sound file formats.
Oceanaudio.
Free software for processing recorded sound. Despite the small amount of occupied disk space after installation, the program cannot be called not functional. A variety of tools allow you to cut and combine files, as well as receive detailed information about any audio.
The existing effects make it possible to change and normalize the sound, as well as remove noise and other interference. Each audio file can be analyzed and reveal deficiencies in it in order to apply the corresponding filter. This software has a 31-band equalizer, designed to change the sound frequency and other sound parameters.
Wavepad Sound Editor
The program is focused on unprofessional use and is a compact audio editor. Wavepad Sound Editor allows you to delete selected recording fragments or merge tracks. You can enhance or normalize the sound by built-in filters. In addition, with the help of effects, you can use rivers to play the recording back in advance.
The rest of the possibilities include changing the playlock, work with an equalizer, compressor and other functions. Tools for working with a voice will help to make it optimization, which includes muffling, changing the tonality and volume.
Adobe AUDITION
The program is positioned as an audio editor and is a continuation of the old Cool Edit name. Software allows you to post-processing audio recordings using a wide functional and fine tuning of various sound elements. In addition, it is possible to record with musical instruments in multichannel mode.
Good sound quality allows you to record audio and immediately process it with the features provided in Adobe Audition. Support for installing additions increases the potential of the program by adding advanced opportunities for their use in the music sphere.
Presonus Studio One.
PRESONUS STUDIO ONE has a truly powerful set of various tools that allow you to qualitatively handle the audio track. It is possible to add multiple tracks, trim them or connect. Plugins are also present.
Built-in virtual synthesizer will allow you to use the keyboard keys and save your musical creativity. Supported by a virtual studio drivers allow you to connect to the PC synthesizer and mixer controller. What, in turn, turns the software in a real studio.
Sound Forge.
The popular software solution from Sony to edit sound. Not only advanced, but inexperienced users will be able to use the program. The convenience of the interface is explained by the intuitive placement of its elements. The tool arsenal contains various operations: from cropping / combining audio to batch file processing.
Directly from the window of this software you can record AudioCD, which is really convenient when working in a virtual studio. The editor allows you to restore the audio recording by refracting noise, removing artifacts and other errors. Support for VST technology makes it possible to add plugins that will allow you to use other tools that are not included in the program functionality.
Cakewalk Sonar
Sonar - by from CakeWalk, the development of which was designed by a digital audio editor. It is endowed with a wide functionality to provide post-processing sound. Among them there is a multichannel entry, sound processing (64 bits), connecting MIDI tools and hardware controllers. An easy interface will easily starve inexperienced users.
The main emphasis in the program is made on studio use, and therefore almost every parameter can be configured manually. The arsenal has various kinds of effects created by well-known companies, including Sonitus and Kjaerhus Audio. The program provides the possibility of a full-fledged video creation by connecting video with sound.
Acid Music Studio.
Another Sony digital audio editor that has many features. It allows you to create a record based on the use of cycles, which the program contains a large amount. Significantly increases the professional use of a full-fledged support for MIDI devices. This allows you to connect various musical instruments and mixers to PC.
With the help of the BeatMapper tool, you can easily create remixes to tracks, which in turn allows you to add a series of shock parties and impose various filters. The lack of support for the Russian language is the only drawback of this program.
The arsenal of the functional provided by each individual program will allow you to record sound in good quality and process audio. Thanks to the presented solutions, you can impose various filters and change the sound of your entry. Connected MIDI tools will allow you to use a virtual editor in professional musical art.