Alternatives to Sound Forge for Windows with any license

Audacity

Audacity is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. You can use Audacity to record live audio, convert tapes and records, edit sound files, change...
- Very powerful, like Sound Forge, but its interface is quite messy and not user-friendly naryandria • Feb 2016 • 3 agrees and 3 disagrees
- I've recorded many CDs with Audacity and it's so far the best audio editor for me so far Guest • Feb 2018
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD PortableApps.com ... LAME
Multitrack editing Ad-free Audio editing Audio recording ... FSA tracking Mix Music Noise Reduction Remove Noise Portable Record to tape Support for VST plugins Add a feature

1830 Like
FL Studio

FL Studio (formerly known as FruityLoops) is a digital audio workstation developed by the Belgian company Image-Line. FL Studio features a graphical user interface based...

Commercial $ $ $ Mac Windows Android iPhone Android Tablet
Support for VST plugins Audio recording Drum matrix editing Live recording ... Mix Music Music composer Non linear editor Works Offline Piano Roll Track everything Add a feature

327 Like
Adobe Audition

Adobe Audition software delivers the professional tools you need to make your video and audio productions sound their best. Handle a wide range of audio production tasks...

Commercial Mac Windows
Audio editing Audio restoration Music composer Task level chat ... Support for VST plugins Add a feature

145 Like
Ocenaudio

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...
- its free and has great features but lacks more advanced ones. Guest • Mar 2017
- It has the most usual functionalities of sound forge (cut/select/normalize/) and supports VST effects. Last but not least, its interface is amazingly neat and efficient! naryandria • Feb 2016 • 0 agrees and 1 disagrees
Free Mac Windows Linux
Audio editing Support for VST plugins Batch conversion Hot keys ... Lightweight Multi-selection Multiple files Spectrogram view Add a feature

61 Like
Wavosaur

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...

Free Windows
Support for VST plugins Audio editing No installation Add a feature

28 Like
GoldWave

GoldWave is the most reliable and complete audio editor available in its price range. It includes all of the common audio editing commands and effects, plus powerful...

Commercial Windows
Audio editing Add a feature

49 Like
WaveShop

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...
- Discontinued The program is no longer updated. Last version, 1.0.14, released in November 2013, can be still downloaded from the official website.
Free Open Source Windows PortableApps.com
Audio editing Audio recording Mix Music Music composer ... Portable Add a feature

19 Like
WavePad

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...

Freemium Mac Windows Android iPhone Android Tablet ... iPad Kindle Fire
Audio editing Audio recording Noise Reduction Non destructive editing ... Portable Support for VST plugins Add a feature

27 Like
Radium

Radium is a music editor with a new type of interface. - Compared to the normal sequencer interface editing is quicker and more musical data fits on the screen. -...

Commercial $ $ $ Open Source Mac Windows Linux
Audio editing Modular System Music composer Piano Roll ... Support for VST plugins Add a feature

14 Like
Zynewave Podium

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.

Freemium Windows
Audio editing Audio recording Mix Music Music composer ... Portable Support for VST plugins Add a feature

9 Like
Wavelab

Steinberg's WaveLab allows quick audio editing and professional mastering with sample-accurate precision. High-quality EQs, dynamics and effects are included, and...
- It's an audio editor that doesn't try to be a multitrack DAW, it's more mastering or broadcast centered Guest • Oct 2015
Commercial Mac Windows
Audio editing Add a feature

5 Like
Nero WaveEditor

Nero WaveEditor allows you to record pieces of music and edit the corresponding audio files, for example using various filters and sound enhancement methods.
- Bundleware Just Bad Software/incredibely hard to install without bundleware.
Free Windows
Audio editing Audio recording Mix Music Add a feature

14 Like
Awave Studio

Awave Studio is a multi-purpose audio tool that reads a veritable host of audio carrying file formats from different platforms, synthesizers, trackers, mobile phones… —...

Commercial Windows
Audio editing Add a feature

5 Like
Acoustica

Comprehensive solution for audio editing, mastering and restoration on both Mac and PC.

Commercial $ $ $ Mac Windows
Audio editing Audio recording Audio restoration Batch processing ... Built-in Burner Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Multitrack editing Mix Music Music composer Add a feature

5 Like
Free Audio Dub

The fastest way to edit audio files! Free Audio Dub is the free audio editing software that lets you delete unwanted parts from audio files without re-encoding. ...

Free Windows
Audio editing Add a feature

10 Like