Audacity Alternatives

Audacity is described as 'Free open-source multi-track audio editor and recorder with 32-bit float processing. Supports many formats and plugins for Windows, macOS, Linux' and is a leading Audio Editor in the audio & music category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Audacity for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Android, Linux and iPhone apps. The best Audacity alternative is Ocenaudio, which is free. Other great apps like Audacity are Tenacity, WavePad, Adobe Audition and MixPad.

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Audacity 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 iPad, Android, Free, Linux, Open Source, Mac and Mac + Free. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Audacity.
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    Every track includes real time equalization and dynamics processing to sweeten and fine tune your mix. This is in addition to your six real time track effects, making Fairlight far more powerful than other digital audio workstation software!

    13 DaVinci Resolve Fairlight alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Comments about DarkAudacity as an Alternative to Audacity
    Danilo Venom
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    As a fork of the original Audacity, DarkAudacity can read mogg MultiTrack files too

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    • DarkAudacity is Free and Open SourceAudacity is also Free and Open Source
    • DarkAudacity is Privacy focusedAudacity is not according to our users
  3. Kwave icon
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    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.

    27 Kwave alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • KDE Plasma
    • Haiku
     
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    Comments about Kwave as an Alternative to Audacity
    Guest
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    It's extremely limited in functionality

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think Kwave is a great Audacity alternative.

    • Kwave is Free and Open SourceAudacity is also Free and Open Source
  4. Sneedacity icon
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    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.

    106 Sneedacity alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Comments about Sneedacity as an Alternative to Audacity
    stevetf
    3

    Another dead fork of Audacity.

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    • Sneedacity is Free and Open SourceAudacity is also Free and Open Source
    • Sneedacity is Privacy focusedAudacity is not according to our users
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    Mastering is one of the most important parts of the music production process. It is a unique art and, for 25 years, WaveLab has been the number one choice for mastering professionals. WaveLab is a complete mastering solution, with every tool that you will ever need to cover your...

    44 Steinberg WaveLab alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
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    Audio recorder with custom recording folder, nice recording volume indicator, recording notification, recording lock screen activity.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
  7. 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 Audacity.

    • AudioMass is Free and Open SourceAudacity is also Free and Open Source
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    Soundop is a Windows-based audio editing software with features for recording, editing, mastering, and mixing audio. It offers waveform and spectral editing, and supports unlimited audio and bus tracks.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. Acoustica icon
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    Acoustica is a comprehensive audio editor for recording, editing, mixing and mastering. Re-implemented from scratch for the highest quality demands and cross-platform support, Acoustica 7 is now the perfect tool for editing, mastering and restoration work on both Mac and PC (32...

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  10. AudMonkey icon
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    "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
     
  11. Fission icon
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    With Fission, audio editing is no longer a chore. You can join files, crop and trim audio, and rapidly split up long files.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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