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Free Audacity Alternatives

The best free alternative to Audacity is WavePad. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Audacity and loads of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to Audacity are Ocenaudio, MixPad, Tenacity and GarageBand.

Audacity alternatives are mainly Audio Editors but may also be Audio Recorders or Music Production Apps. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Audacity.
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  1. WavePad icon

    WavePad

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    • Freemium • Proprietary
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
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    • Kindle Fire

    WavePad is Music and Audio Editor that allows you to create and edit voice, music and other sound recordings. You can duplicate sections of recordings and add echo, amplification, noise reduction and other effects.

    WavePad Audio and Music Editor Main Screen
    WavePad vs Audacity opinions
    Most users think WavePad is a great alternative to Audacity.

    It costs $100 to get the features that comes with Audacity for free, and the UI is a mess.

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    Clear interface, efficient zoom, lots of effects and very easy to use

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    Cannot mix more than one track

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    You can edit your voice, add implication and voice reduction with music and voice overs

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  2. Ocenaudio is a cross-platform, easy to use, fast and functional audio editor. It is the ideal software for people who need to edit and analyze audio files without complications. ocenaudio also has powerful features that will please more advanced users.

    Ocenaudio version 3.7.19 running on Windows with an audio file open.
    Ocenaudio vs Audacity opinions
    Most users think Ocenaudio is a great alternative to Audacity.
    EliasNS

    It's free and multiplatform. Also it's easy to use and has a lot of features.

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    Cknight70

    As opposed to Audacity's mess of a ui this is quite nice. Has all the effects I needed. Looks good even in a KDE environment.

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    Olorin

    A great alternative to Audacity, if you don't need multi-track editing.

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    Ugotsta

    Ocenaudio has all the editing capabilities of Audacity but wrapped in a much more streamlined, modern and intuitive interface. It's not open-source, but it's free, doesn't have ads, is also cross-platform and runs fast at native speed.

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    I needed to do spectral analysis of an audio file, but audacity didn't support hidpi. Ocenaudio does, and overall it is capable and pleasing to use.

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    srinath1234

    Easy to use and stable. Auto noise reduction is an excellent feature not available in Audacity. But an equally missed feature is "Truncate Silence" that is found in Audacity.

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    yesdino

    Perfect for MAC users! Audacity is a WIN program adapted for mac, but is still to "win 98 style". I had troubles with the mic in audacity. Oceanaudio is very easy to use, the scrolling with the magic mouse works perfectly, it saves in so many audio formats (without putting the extension at the end, like in audacity).

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  4. MixPad is free music Music Mixer and Recording software designed for easy audio production. Mix music, vocal and audio tracks, adjust the volume, pan, fade and more with MixPad as your digital mixing desk.

    Mixpad Music Mixer and Studio Recorder Track Settings
    MixPad vs Audacity opinions
    Almost everyone thinks MixPad is a great alternative to Audacity.
    fernandomanuelrodrigues

    This is NOT an audio editor

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    Tenacity

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    • Free • Open Source
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

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

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    Tenacity vs Audacity opinions
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    Trevo525

    It's a fork of Audacity started when they added some questionable privacy policy changes.

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    It is a fork removing analytics

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    Arkl1te

    Has no downloadable build release for Windows

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    stevetf

    Tenacity appears to be a dead fork of Audacity.

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    aidan_mullen23

    A good alternative to Audacity as it is just a fork that removes any privacy concerns.

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    It is the audacity fork made after audacity was bought and started to have bullshit put in by a company.

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    argyll

    This the fork of Audacity you've been probably looking for.

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  6. Welcome to the school of rock. A Mac-sized practice space. Your own recording studio. If you want to learn to play an instrument, write music, or record a song, GarageBand can help — whether you’re a rookie or a rock star.

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    Almost everyone thinks GarageBand is a great alternative to Audacity.
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    Wavosaur

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    • Free • Proprietary
    • Windows

    Wavosaur is a cool free sound editor, audio editor, wav editor software for editing, processing and recording sounds, wav and mp3 files. Wavosaur has all the features to edit audio (cut, copy, paste, etc.) produce music loops, analyze, record, batch convert.

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    Wavosaur vs Audacity opinions
    Almost everyone thinks Wavosaur is a great alternative to Audacity.

    best 4 chop loop & clips. no multi track.

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  9. Cakewalk, formerly SONAR, is a comprehensive audio software for music composition, audio recording, editing, mixing and mastering.

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    DarkAudacity

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    • Free • Open Source
    • Windows

    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.

    Discontinued

    Last release was 2016, last changes on github repo was 2~3 years ago.

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    Danilo_Venom

    As a fork of the original Audacity, DarkAudacity can read mogg MultiTrack files too

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    Audio Hijack

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    • Freemium • Proprietary
    • Mac

    Record any audio, with Audio Hijack! Save audio from applications like iTunes, Skype or Safari, or from hardware devices like microphones and mixers.

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    Audio Hijack is great for recording, but it's not meant for editing

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  12. 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.

    Discontinued

    The program is no longer updated. Last version, 1.0.14, released in November 2013, can be still downloaded from the official website.

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    Almost everyone thinks WaveShop is a great alternative to Audacity.
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