Open Source Audio Editors

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  1. Audacity icon
     2362 likes

    Free open-source multi-track audio editor and recorder with 32-bit float processing. Supports many formats and plugins for Windows, macOS, Linux.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • AppImageHub
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • Haiku
    Editing Audio
    Audacity 2.2.0 in default Light theme running on Windows 10
    Recording with Audacity 2.2.0 in Dark theme on Windows 10
    +4
    Audacity 2.2.0 MIDI playback running on macOS
    125 alternatives
    3.5
    Good71 reviews
  2. Tenacity icon
     110 likes

    Tenacity is an easy-to-use, privacy-friendly, FLOSS, cross-platform multi-track audio editor/recorder for Windows, macOS, Linux and other operating systems.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • FreeBSD
    • Haiku
    Dark mode
    Light mode
    87 alternatives
    4.5
    Excellent18 reviews
  3. moseca icon
     13 likes

    Moseca is an open-source web app that utilizes advanced AI technology to separate vocals and instrumentals from music tracks. It also provides an online karaoke experience by allowing you to search for any song on YouTube and remove the vocals.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    moseca screenshot 1
  4. Kwave icon
     9 likes

    Kwave is a sound editor that can record to, play, open, and edit many file formats. Kwave makes it simple to edit audio in many ways.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • KDE Plasma
    • Haiku
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    Kwave screenshot 1
    27 alternatives
  5. AudioMass icon
     13 likes

    AudioMass lets you record, or use your existing audio tracks, and modify them by trimming, cutting, pasting or applying a plethora of effects, from compression and paragraphic equalizers to reverb, delay and distortion fx.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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    115 alternatives
  6. Spleeter icon
     10 likes

    Spleeter is a audio source separation library written in Python (uses Tensorflow). An easy to train source separation model providing already trained state of the art model for performing various flavor of separation.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
    • TensorFlow
    Spleeter screenshot 1
  7. Sneedacity icon
     5 likes

    Sneedacity (named after Sneed's Feed and Seed from The Simpsons episode, "E-I-E-I-D'oh") is a free (libre), open source, and privacy-respecting audio recording and editing suite forked from Audacity.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    106 alternatives
  8. Cacophony icon
     3 likes

    Cacophony is a minimalist and ergonomic MIDI sequencer. It's minimalist in that it doesn't have a lot of functionality MIDI sequencers have. It's ergonomic in that there is no mouse input and a very clean interface, allowing you to juggle less inputs and avoid...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • itch.io
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    +1
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    23 alternatives
  9. DarkAudacity icon
     10 likes

    DarkAudacity is a build/fork of the the well known free sound editor, Audacity, customized with a darker, more modern theme - and a few small tweaks. The audio engine underneath is the same audio engine. The same code powers it. Like Audacity, it is completely free.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    DarkAudacity screenshot 1
    DarkAudacity screenshot 1
    117 alternatives
  10. WaveShop icon
     20 likes

    WaveShop is a free, open-source audio editor for Windows XP/Vista/7. WaveShop is fast, lightweight, and bit-perfect, meaning samples aren't altered unless they need to be. Editing a portion of an audio file only affects that portion; the rest of the file is untouched.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    WaveShop screenshot 1
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    72 alternatives
  11. Jokosher icon
     17 likes

    Jokosher is a simple and powerful multi-track studio. Jokosher provides a complete application for recording, editing, mixing and exporting audio, and has been specifically designed with usability in mind.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    Jokosher screenshot 1
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    +3
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    22 alternatives
  12. Ringdroid icon
     8 likes

    Create your own ringtone by editing a music track in your library, or record a new one directly from the phone.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
    Ringdroid screenshot 1
    9 alternatives
  13.  5 likes

    Mp3Splt-project is a utility to split mp3 and ogg files selecting a begin and an end time position, without decoding. It's very useful to split large mp3/ogg to make smaller files or to split entire albums to obtain original tracks.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com
    mp3splt-gtk screenshot 1
    4 alternatives
  14.  2 likes

    JAMin is the JACK Audio Connection Kit (JACK) Audio Mastering interface. JAMin is an open source application designed to perform professional audio mastering of stereo input streams. It uses LADSPA for digital signal processing (DSP).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    JAMin screenshot 1
    6 alternatives
  15. Ecasound icon
     1 like

    Ecasound is a software package designed for multitrack audio processing. It can be used for simple tasks like audio playback, recording and format conversions, as well as for multitrack effect processing, mixing, recording and signal recycling.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    GUI front-end Nama for Ecasound
    36 alternatives
  16. TAPESTREA icon
     1 like

    TAPESTREA's name is an acrostic for "Techniques And Paradigms for Expressive Synthesis, Transformation, and Rendering of Environmental Audio".

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    TAPESTREA's Analysis screen
    The Timeline screen
    1 alternatives
  17.  1 like

    Simple GUIs to record and edit sound files, similar to operating a tape-deck. Buttons start and stop recording, or break incoming audio into separate files. Cut sections from audio file, or join files. Saves files in WAV, OGG, or MP3.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Editor
    Recorder
    record-split
    22 alternatives
  18. AudMonkey icon
     Like

    "The free and open source audio editor" is an easy-to-use, multi-track audio editor and recorder for Windows, macOS, GNU/Linux and other operating systems. It is a fork of Audacity that respects your privacy and the GNU License.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    21 alternatives