Documentation:Audio Editing Tools
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Commercial Audio Editing Tools
- GarageBand (OS X) http://www.apple.com/ca/garageband
- Cubase (OS X, Windows) http://www.steinberg.net/en/products/cubase/start.html
- Presonus Studio One Artist (OS X, Windows)) http://studioone.presonus.com/
- Ableton Live (OS X, Windows) http://www.ableton.com/
- Adobe Audition (OS X, Windows) https://creative.adobe.com/products/audition
- Protools (OS X, Windows) http://www.avid.com/US/products/family/Pro-Tools
- CoolEdit Pro (Windows) http://cool-edit-pro.soft32.com/
- Melodyne (OS X, Windows) http://www.celemony.com/cms/index.php?id=melodyne
- Reason (OS X, Windows) https://www.propellerheads.se/reason
- SoundForge (OS X, Windows) http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/soundforgesoftware
Open Source/Free Audio Editing Tools
- Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ **YouShow Recommendation**
- Install the LAME library so you can export to MP3
- Audacity Manual
- TRU Soundcamp Guide
- Audacity Tutorial from the Audacity site
- Audacity tutorials on YouTube
- Creating a simple podcast with Audacity (this has good basic editing instructions)
- Screen cast of basics of recording and using layers, effects. envelope tool in Audacity
- Let's Make Music (Mac, PC, Linux) https://lmms.io/ music creation and mixing tool
See also 25 Free Digital Audio Editors
Web-Based Audio Editing Tools
- Audiotool http://www.audiotool.com create music right in your browser, export to YouTube, SoundCloud
- Soundation http://soundation.com/
Useful Sound Tools
- MP3 Cutter http://free-mp3-cutter-and-editor.en.softonic.com/ quickly trim audio
- The Levelator (OSX, Windows) http://www.conversationsnetwork.org/levelator A powerful tool for improving audio recordings, especially when voices have dramatically different audio levels
- eCamm Movie Tools (OSX) http://www.ecamm.com/mac/free/ free, handy drag and drop audio tools to convert to MP3 or AIFF
- ID3 Tag Editor (Windows) http://id3tageditor.com/
- ID3 Editor (OSX) http://id3-editor.en.softonic.com/mac
- Vocaroo http://vocaroo.com/
Mobile Apps
- Audioboom (iOS, Android, free and paid upgrades) http://audioboom.com/
- iTalk (iOS, free and paid versions) http://italksync.com/
- Recordium (iOS, $): http://recordiumapp.com/
- Smart Voice Recorder (Android, free) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.andrwq.recorder&hl=en
See Also the SoundCloud Guide to mobile apps http://soundcloud.com/apps/category/create-record
Learn More About Audio
- TRU Sound Camp http://trusoundcamp.net/
- Transom http://transom.org/ all about audio astorytelling from NPR Radio