Free Adobe Audition Alternatives

The best free alternative to Adobe Audition is Audacity, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Adobe Audition and loads of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to Adobe Audition are Tenacity, Ocenaudio, WavePad and GarageBand.

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Adobe Audition alternatives are mainly Audio Editors, but if you're looking for Audio Recorders or Music Production Apps you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Linux, Android, Windows, Free, Mac, iPad and Open Source. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Adobe Audition.
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  1. AudioMass icon
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    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.

    115 AudioMass alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • AudioMass is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Adobe Audition.

    • AudioMass is Free and Open SourceAdobe Audition is Paid and Proprietary
  2. DarkAudacity icon
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    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.

    117 DarkAudacity alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. AudioLab icon
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    AudioLab is a professional Audio Editor and Ringtone Maker for Android. Features like Audio Trimming ( cut / crop / copy / paste / add silence / fade / undo / redo ), Audio Mixing ( Mix Four Audio, Change Speed & Pitch, have all DJ effect options and Filters ), detailed Tag...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  4. Bosca Ceoil icon
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    Bosca Ceoil is all about looping, and designed that way at its heart. Songs are built up from lots of tiny 16 note patterns – the intended workflow is that you loop over these single patterns until you have something you like, then you start making variations.

    65 Bosca Ceoil alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Adobe AIR
     
  5. Efflux icon
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    Efflux is a Progressive Web Application allowing you to create music within your browser, either on- or offline on anything from a phone to desktop machine.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    A groundbreaking music app designed exclusively for Apple Vision Pro. Immerse yourself in a spatial world where music and innovation converge, allowing you to create, manipulate, and explore sound in an entirely new dimension.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • visionOS
     
  7. Zynewave Podium icon
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    Podium is a modern digital audio workstation (DAW) for Windows. It supports recording and editing of audio and MIDI, and hosts VST instrument and effect plugins.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    DarkWave Studio is a free, open source, Digital Audio Workstation for Windows. Featuring a modular Virtual Studio, Pattern Editor, Sequence Editor and Multitrack Hard Disk Recorder. It has support for VST/VSTi instrument and effect plugins.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued
    • Bundleware

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. WaveShop icon
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    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
     
  10. Open Octave icon
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    Open Octave Midi is a Linux based Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) designed to give musicians the tools needed to make composing on a computer possible, and even fun! The project is focused on orchestral and film writing and recording.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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