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KWave

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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.

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License model

  • Free • Open Source

Application types

Country of Origin

  • DE flagGermany
  • European Union flagEU

Platforms

  • Linux
  • Flathub
  • Flatpak
  • Snapcraft
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Properties

  1.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  Audio Recording
  2.  High-dpi support

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  • POX updated KWave
    •about 1 month ago
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    OpenSourceSoftware added KWave as alternative to MOTIV Audio
    •about 2 months ago
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    RemovedUser added KWave as alternative to Izotope RX
    •11 months ago
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KWave information

  • Developed by

    DE flagKDE

  • Licensing

    Open Source (GPL-2.0) and Free product.

  • Alternatives

    27 alternatives listed

  • Supported Languages

    • English

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KWave was added to AlternativeTo by Opus616 on May 26, 2012 and this page was last updated Apr 19, 2025.
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What is KWave?

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.

Adjust volume level:

  • Fade in, fade out, or custom amplitude curve
  • Scale volume by a constant factor
  • Normalize volume

Adjust frequency content:

  • Lowpass filter
  • Bandpass filter
  • Notch filter
  • Pitch shift

Other features:

  • Add noise
  • Add silence
  • Convert audio sample rate
  • Go to position
  • Insert audio from clipboard
  • Reverse audio
  • Save audio blocks between labels as separate files
  • Sonagram (spectrogram)

Supported file formats:

  • WAV (*.wav)
  • Ogg/Opus (*.opus)
  • Ogg/Vorbis (*.ogg)
  • MP3 (*.mp3)
  • FLAC (*.flac)
  • ASCII coded audio (*.ascii)
  • all file formats supported by libaudiofile (some formats are import only)

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