WavePad AlternativesTop Audio Editors & Audio Recorders like WavePad

WavePad is described as 'Edit and enhance music, voice, and audio files on Windows and Mac OS with batch processing, a range of effects, file format support, and more' and is a Audio Editor in the audio & music category. There are more than 50 alternatives to WavePad for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Android, Linux and Web-based apps. The best WavePad alternative is Audacity, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like WavePad are Tenacity, Ardour, Ocenaudio and Adobe Audition.

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  1. Audacity icon

    Audacity

     2360 likes

    Audacity, a free open-source multi-track editor, enables high-quality audio processing across platforms. Supports diverse formats, plugins, and scripting languages, offering robust features like batching, visual tools, and accessibility.

    125 Audacity alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • AppImageHub
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • Haiku
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    • Most users think Audacity is a great WavePad alternative.

    • Audacity is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to WavePad.

    • Audacity is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to WavePad.

    • Audacity is Free and Open SourceWavePad is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Audacity is LightweightWavePad is not according to our users
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    Tenacity

     108 likes

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

    87 Tenacity alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • FreeBSD
    • Haiku
    Dark mode
     
  4. Ardour icon

    Ardour

     240 likes

    Ardour is a hard disk recorder and digital audio workstation application. Record, edit, and mix on Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows.

    92 Ardour alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    Ardour 6
     

    • Ardour is the most popular commercial alternative to WavePad.

    • Ardour is Paid and Open SourceWavePad is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Ardour is Privacy focusedWavePad is not according to our users
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  6. Ocenaudio icon

    Ocenaudio

     142 likes

    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.

    47 Ocenaudio alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Ocenaudio version 3.7.19 running on Windows with an audio file open.
     
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    Comments about Ocenaudio as an Alternative to WavePad
    Ian James
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    Easier to navigate, yet powerful. It's everything I need for editing recordings.

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    • Ocenaudio is Free and ProprietaryWavePad is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Ocenaudio is LightweightWavePad is not according to our users
  7. Adobe Audition icon

    Adobe Audition

     184 likes

    A comprehensive audio editing suite designed for commercial use with features like post-production refinement, video and podcast editing capabilities, minus composition tools. Equipped with Waveform and Multitrack modes for recording and editing, with new Clip and Session Markers.

    95 Adobe Audition alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    Adobe Audition screenshot 1
     
  8. Cakewalk icon

    Cakewalk

     75 likes

    Cakewalk, formerly SONAR, is a comprehensive audio software for music composition, audio recording, editing, mixing and mastering. It features a full suite of high quality audio and MIDI effects and instruments and composition tools ranging from drum sequencer and piano roll...

    115 Cakewalk alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  10. Sound Forge icon

    Sound Forge

     86 likes

    Comprehensive audio editing software offering high-resolution multi-channel recording, advanced mastering and restoration tools, non-destructive editing, VST support, batch processing, disc burning, 1-click cleaning, and export to broadcast or streaming formats.

    63 Sound Forge alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Sound Forge screenshot 1
     
  11. Spek icon

    Spek

     67 likes

    Spek helps to analyse your audio files by showing their spectrogram. Spek is free software available for Unix, Windows and Mac OS X.

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    FLAC file analysis
     
  12. GoldWave icon

    GoldWave

     53 likes

    GoldWave is a highly rated, professional digital audio editor that turns your computer or mobile device into a recording studio at your finger tips.

    48 GoldWave alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    GoldWave screenshot 1
     

    • GoldWave is the most popular Web-based alternative to WavePad.

    • GoldWave is Paid and ProprietaryWavePad is Freemium and Proprietary
    • GoldWave is LightweightWavePad is not according to our users
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    TwistedWave

     16 likes

    TwistedWave is a very easy to use and powerful audio editor.

    It supports Audio Unit plug-ins and many file formats, including wav, aiff, caf, mp3, mp4, FLAC, Ogg/Vorbis and ambisonic sound files.

    Good multichannel support. TwistedWave lets you easily add, remove or reorder chan.

    46 TwistedWave alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Online
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    TwistedWave screenshot 1
     

    • TwistedWave is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to WavePad.

    • TwistedWave is Freemium and ProprietaryWavePad is also Freemium and Proprietary
    • TwistedWave is LightweightWavePad is not according to our users
  14. Wavosaur icon

    Wavosaur

     39 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Main Window
     
  15. Steinberg WaveLab icon

    Steinberg WaveLab

     7 likes

    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

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    Steinberg WaveLab screenshot 1
     
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