Documentation:Audio Editing Tools

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

Learn More About Audio

• TRU Sound Camp http://trusoundcamp.net/
• Transom http://transom.org/ all about audio astorytelling from NPR Radio