Audio editors. Special programs for high-quality voice processing
When choosing a program for editing audio files, each user already knows what exactly he wants to do with this or that track, therefore, he roughly understands which functions he exactly needs, and which ones he could do without. There are quite a few sound editors, some of them are aimed at professionals, others - at ordinary PC users, others will equally interest both, and there are also those in which audio editing is only one of many functions.
In this article we will talk about programs for editing and processing music and any other audio files. Instead of wasting your personal time choosing the right software, searching it on the Internet and then studying it, just read the material below, you will definitely make the right choice.
AudioMASTER is a simple and easy-to-use audio editing program. In it, you can trim a song or cut a fragment from it, process it with audio effects, and add various background sounds, called atmospheres here.
This program is completely Russified and, in addition to visually editing audio files, you can use it to burn a CD or, even more interesting, record your own audio from a microphone or other device connected to a PC. This audio editor supports most well-known formats and, in addition to audio, can also work with video files, allowing you to extract an audio track from them.
This audio editor is slightly less functional than AudioMASTER, however, all the basic and necessary functions are present in it. Using this program, you can trim tracks, cut fragments from them, and add simple effects. In addition, this editor allows you to edit information about audio files.
You can't burn CDs in mp3DirectCut, but such a simple program doesn't need it. But here you can also record audio. The program is Russified and, most importantly, is distributed free of charge. The biggest drawback of this editor lies in the truth of its name - besides the MP3 format, it does not support anything else.
Wavosaur is a free, but not Russified, audio editor that is noticeably superior to mp3DirectCut in its capabilities and functionality. Here you can also edit (cut, copy, add fragments), you can add simple effects such as smooth fading or increasing sound. You can also record audio in the program.
It is also worth noting that with the help of Wavosaur you can normalize the sound quality of audio, clear any audio recording of noise or remove fragments of silence. A distinctive feature of this editor is that it does not require installation on a computer, which means it will not take up memory space.
Free Audio Editor
Free Audio Editor is a simple and easy-to-use audio editor with a Russified interface. It supports most current formats, including Lossless audio files. Like mp3DirectCut, you can edit and change track information here, however, unlike AudioMASTER and all the programs described above, you cannot record audio here.
Like Wavosaur, this editor allows you to normalize the sound of audio files, change the volume and remove noise. In addition, as the name implies, this program is distributed free of charge.
Wave Editor is another simple and free audio editor with a Russian interface. As befits such programs, it supports most popular audio formats, however, unlike the Free Audio Editor, it does not support Lossless audio and OGG.
As in most of the editors described above, here you can cut out fragments of musical compositions and delete unnecessary sections. A couple of simple effects are available, but necessary for most users - normalization, fading and increasing volume, adding or removing silence, reverse, invert. The program interface looks clear and is easy to use.
Wavepad Sound Editor
This audio editor is noticeably superior in functionality to all the programs we reviewed above. So, in addition to the banal trimming of songs, there is a separate tool for creating ringtones, in which you can choose the quality and format based on what mobile device you want to install it on.
Wavepad Sound Editor has a large set of effects for processing and improving sound quality, there are tools for recording and copying CDs, and audio extraction from CDs is available. Separately, it is worth highlighting the tools for working with the voice, with the help of which you can completely suppress the vocal part in a musical composition.
The program supports VST technology, due to which its functionality can be significantly expanded. In addition, this editor provides the ability to batch process audio files, regardless of their format, and this is very convenient when you need to edit, convert or simply change several tracks at once.
GoldWave is similar to Wavepad Sound Editor in many ways. Although different in appearance, these programs have an almost identical set of functions and each of them is quite a powerful and multifunctional audio editor. The only drawback of the program in question is the lack of support for VST technology.
In Gold Wave you can also burn and import Audio CDs, edit, process and modify audio files. There is also a built-in converter, and batch processing of files is available. Separately, it is worth noting the advanced tools for audio analysis. A distinctive feature of this editor is the flexibility of customizing its interface, which not every program of this kind can boast of.
OcenAudio is a very beautiful, completely free and Russian-language audio editor. In addition to all the necessary functions that such programs have, here, as in GoldWave, there are advanced tools for audio analysis.
The program has a large set of tools for editing and changing audio files; here you can change the audio quality and change track information. In addition, like Wavepad Sound Editor, there is support for VST technology, which significantly expands the capabilities of this editor.
Audacity is a multifunctional audio editor with a Russified interface, which, unfortunately, may seem a little overloaded and complicated to inexperienced users. The program supports most formats, allows you to record audio, trim tracks, and process them with effects.
Speaking of effects, Audacity contains quite a lot of them. In addition, this audio editor supports multi-track editing, allows you to clear audio recordings of noise and artifacts, and also contains tools for changing the tempo of musical compositions. Among other things, it is also a program for changing the key of music without distorting its sound.
Sound Forge Pro
Sound Forge Pro is a professional audio editing, processing and recording program. This software can be used to work in recording studios for editing (mixing) music, which none of the above programs can boast of.
This editor was developed by Sony and supports all popular audio formats. A batch file processing function is available, CD burning and importing is possible, and professional audio recording is available. Sound Ford has a large set of built-in effects, supports VST technology, and has advanced tools for analyzing audio files. Unfortunately, the program is not free.
This brainchild of a popular developer is much more than just an audio editor. Ashampoo Music Studio contains in its arsenal all the necessary functions for editing and changing audio, allows you to import Audio CDs, record them, and also contains basic tools for recording audio. The program looks very attractive, it is Russified, but, unfortunately, it is not free.
What sets this program apart from all the others discussed in this article is the wide range of possibilities for working with a user’s music library on a PC. Ashampoo Music Studio allows you to mix audio, create playlists, organize your media library, and create CD covers. Separately, it is worth noting the program’s ability to find and add information about audio files on the Internet.
Transcribe! is not an audio editor, but a program for selecting chords, which will clearly be of interest to many beginners and experienced musicians. It supports all popular formats and provides basic capabilities for changing the sound (but not editing), which, however, are needed here for something completely different.
Transcribe! allows you to slow down played compositions without changing their key, which is especially important when selecting chords by ear and not only. There is a convenient keyboard and a visual scale, which displays which chord is dominant in a particular section of the musical composition.
Sibelius is an advanced and most popular editor, although not for audio, but for musical scores. First of all, the program is aimed at professionals in the field of music: composers, conductors, producers, musicians. Here you can create and edit musical scores, which can later be used in any compatible software.
Separately, it is worth noting the support for MIDI - musical parts created in this program can be exported to a compatible DAW and continue working with it there. This editor looks quite attractive and clear, it is Russified and distributed by subscription.
Sony Acid Pro
This is another brainchild of Sony, which, like Sound Forge Pro, is aimed at professionals. True, this is not an audio editor, but a DAW - a digital audio workstation, or, in simpler terms, a program for creating music. However, it is worth noting that in Sony Acid Pro you can quite freely perform any tasks of editing audio files, changing and processing them.
This program supports MIDI and VST, and contains a huge range of effects and ready-made musical cycles, the range of which can always be expanded. There is the ability to record audio, you can record MIDI, the function of burning audio to a CD is available, it is possible to import music tracks from Audio CD and much more. The program is not Russified and not free, but those who plan to create professional, high-quality music will clearly be interested in it.
FL Studio
FL Studio is a professional DAW, which in its functionality is in many ways similar to Sony Acid Pro, although outwardly it has absolutely nothing in common with it. The interface of this program, although not Russified, is intuitive, so mastering it will not be difficult. You can also edit audio here, but this program was created for something completely different.
Providing the user with the same capabilities and functions as the brainchild of Sony, FL Studio is noticeably superior not only in its convenience, but also in unlimited support for everything that may be needed when creating music. There are many libraries of sounds, loops and samples for this program that you can use in your tracks.
Support for VST technology makes the possibilities of this sound station almost limitless. These plugins can be both virtual musical instruments and tools for processing and editing audio, the so-called master effects. In addition, it is worth noting that this program is widely in demand among professional producers and composers.
Reaper is another advanced DAW, which, despite its small volume, offers the user very wide opportunities for creating your own music and, of course, allows you to edit audio. This program has a large set of virtual instruments, many effects, and supports MIDI and VST.
Reaper has a lot in common with Sony Acid Pro, although the former looks more attractive and understandable. This DAW is also in many ways similar to FL Studio, but is inferior to it due to fewer virtual instruments and sound libraries. If we talk directly about the capabilities of audio editing, then this trinity of programs as a whole can do everything that any advanced audio editor can.
Ableton Live
Ableton Live is another music creation program that, unlike the DAWs listed above, can also be used for musical improvisation and live performances. This workstation is used by Armin Van Bouren and Skillex to create their hits, but thanks to the simple and understandable interface, although not Russian, every user can master it. Like most professional DAWs, this one is also not free.
Ableton Live also copes with any everyday tasks of audio editing, but this is not what it was created for. The program is in many ways similar to Reaper, and “out of the box it contains many effects and virtual musical instruments that can be safely used to create unique, high-quality and professional musical compositions, and support for VST technology makes its possibilities almost limitless.
Reason is a professional recording studio packaged into a very cool, powerful and feature-rich, yet simple program. Moreover, it is a recording studio both functionally and visually. The English-language interface of this workstation looks very attractive and understandable, clearly providing the user with all the equipment that could previously be seen exclusively in studios and in videos of popular artists.
Many professional musicians, including Coldplay and the Beastie Boys, use Reason to create their hits. This program has a huge variety of sounds, loops and samples, as well as virtual effects and musical instruments. The range of the latter, as befits such an advanced DAW, can be expanded with third-party plugins.
Reason, like Ableton Live, can be used for live performances. The mixer presented in this music mixing program, in its appearance, as well as in the range of functions and available capabilities, is noticeably superior to a similar tool in most professional DAWs, including Reaper and FL Studio.
We told you about audio editors, each of which has its own strengths, similar and radically different features in comparison with analogues. Some of them are paid, others are free, some contain many additional functions, others are designed exclusively for solving basic tasks such as cropping and converting. Which one to choose is up to you, but first you should decide on the tasks that you set for yourself, and also read the detailed description of the capabilities of the audio editor that interests you.
Interesting video of how Enjoykin makes music
A small, free MP3 file editor for direct editing (no decoding), eliminating quality loss and saving time. The program allows you to trim silence, normalize and smoothly reduce sound, combine files, edit ID3 tags and burn MP3 to a disc without decompression in PCM format (ACM and LAME codecs are supported). Supports large files.
Remember the times when we rejoiced at the advent of polyphony in mobile phones? What opportunities opened up: you could put your favorite melody on the call (which, however, could only be ordered at that time on paid services).
And even though it was not a full-fledged composition, but only a polyphonic one, this fashion (putting a melody on a bell) spread everywhere. And even then there were rumors, or perhaps wild dreams, that very soon mobile phones would begin to play full-fledged melodies in mp3 format.
Soon this is exactly what happened. But since those mobile phones had very little memory (only a few megabytes), spending it entirely on just one song, even a favorite one, was completely reckless (after all, you could save a few more photos with a 0.3 megapixel camera!).
It was then that it became fashionable to cut tracks, say, to the chorus or favorite moment in the song. And, oddly enough, now mp3 melodies are cut off no less often than before: new favorite compositions appear, old ones become boring, and we still get to the phone just as quickly, so we have absolutely no need for a long melody.
Why did I remember all this? Yes, because there are a great many programs for editing (including trimming) audio files, and in order to trim a melody several times a year, it is not at all necessary to learn to use professional software, which you most likely do not want to understand. And here is a free, convenient and unusually simple program for any user - mp3DirectCut.
However, trimming melodies is not the only function of the program, but, as it seems to me, it is one of the most popular “light” audio editors in this class.
Main features of the mp3DirectCut program:
- Trimming, splicing and extracting audio, some editing capabilities;
- Record and encode to mp3 with audio input device;
- Editing metadata of audio files.
Program installation
Installation takes place in literally two clicks: just unpack the archive and run!
Interface
When you first launch the program, you will be greeted and asked to select an interface language, fortunately, Russian is present.
The main window of the program: the central part is given to the graph - a standard situation for such programs. However, this graph is not the actual waveform of the "audio object"; it is intended to be used for navigation rather than to obtain frequency information from visual perception.
As you can see, almost all the buttons are inactive until the audio file to be edited is opened.
Now let’s add a full-fledged composition in mp3 format; this can be done by clicking the “Open” button in the upper left corner of the window, or the corresponding item in the “File” menu.
I have a problem: I really like this album, but its penultimate song ends with a long “silence” in my headphones (probably as intended by the artist - the end of the main part of the album before the bonus track, which has a slightly different style). And when this divine sound in my head ends, I have to return to the real world, where it is not always comfortable. =)
Therefore, I want the next track to immediately start playing after the end of the penultimate song.
It’s good that I now have the mp3DirectCut program, with which I can easily cut off the silence at the end of a composition without making any changes to the encoding, without changing its quality or any other parameters except timing. Moreover, the program itself recognized “silence” in the audio track.
Right in the middle of the screen, as you probably noticed, there is a vertical dotted line (1), which does not change its centered position, being a kind of “sight” on the diagram. With its help, you can very simply and accurately select a fragment. You can do it the other way (using mouse buttons), but this will be more accurate and clearer. So, let's begin.
Using the slider at the bottom (4), which scrolls the diagram, we move the vertical marker (1) to the beginning of the area that the program has selected as not having audio frequencies (move the slider with the mouse, holding it with the left button). The marker will conveniently “stick” to the line, making it clear that you will not make a mistake. Now click the “Start selection” button (2).
Now drag the slider to the right again – until the very end of the composition (it won’t let you go any further). And this time press the “End selection” button (3).
All that remains is to “cut out” the fragment I don’t need, which I do by pressing the “Delete” button on the keyboard.
Unfortunately, I don’t know why, when selecting this area, the program does not highlight it in a different color (apparently the colors are the same), if you select to the left - where the “frequencies” are visible on the graph - the selection is perfectly highlighted.
That's it, the fragment has been removed - admire it for yourself.
Now you can save the file. To save in mp3 format, leaving it unchanged (except for timing, of course), select the “File” and “Item” menu. Now we save the file in mp3 format - in principle, the program did not provide me with any other option.
That's all. The program can do something else, but no more than is necessary for an inexperienced user in this matter. Still, in order to work more deeply with sound, you need knowledge, and for this there are more powerful programs, usually paid. Well, for starters, this one will do!
Believe it or not, one of my favorite artists (whose track I cut) once created his first “beats” using cassette recorders, re-recording mixes with fragments of different tracks onto cassettes. And these compositions were played on the radio! And even with this simple program you have more possibilities! So, perhaps some of you will start your long journey with this program ;-), who knows...
Uninstalling a program
This is the first time I’ve included such a clause in the manual, but there are reasons for this. The fact is that the program cannot be removed using standard methods. That is, neither standard Windows tools nor third-party programs will help you with this.
A special feature of the program is that it does not create entries in the registry and system folders. All configuration is stored in a file mp3DirectCut.ini, which is located in the program folder ( Program Files\mp3DirectCut).
By deleting this file, you will delete all settings. If you run the program again after this, the updated file will appear again. Therefore, to completely remove the program, delete the mp3DirectCut folder in Program Files, the desktop shortcut (if there is one), and the links in the Start menu.
Advantages and disadvantages of the program
- The program is simple, functional, will work even on the weakest hardware (tested on a 2005 computer and Windows XP), weighs only 400 kb - you can download from your phone =);
- Fast and easy navigation even through large files – up to 4 GB;
- A very good translation into Russian, there are localizations into other “rare” languages (even into Ukrainian), I counted 26 languages.
- There are simply no obvious disadvantages. One could name a lack of functionality, but everyone already understands that one cannot demand too much from this type of program.
conclusions
The program is made, as they say, “for humans.” The interface, no matter how trivial it may sound, is truly intuitive. I didn’t even bother reviewing the settings, since anyone can figure them out. It is not for nothing that such programs are very loved by users. You will quickly fall in love with it if you often do simple operations with audio files, and it will not interfere with your computer or generally affect the system in any way if you use it only occasionally.
P.S. Permission is granted to freely copy and quote this article, provided that an open active link to the source is indicated and the authorship of Vyacheslav Protasov is preserved.
P.P.S.. If the functions of this program are not enough for you, try the full-fledged free...
An audio editor can greatly simplify working with audio tracks.
With the development of new technologies, working on audio recordings has ceased to be exclusively the responsibility of professionals.
Now every home PC user has the opportunity to trim, mix and apply effects to sound files.
What can we say about transcoding them into various formats. Along with installed programs, online services also allow such actions.
The most convenient of the programs and services will be discussed further.
Downloadable editors
The traditional way to edit audio is to use installable programs.
Such programs provide ample opportunities, but for solving simple tasks, such as transcoding a file or trimming a composition, there are “too many” of them.
However, many users prefer to use programs.
"People's" program for sound processing. With a free distribution model, it offers a solid toolkit.
The first version of the software became available to the public in 2000. Since then, the project has been continuously developed and improved. The latest version for today was released on March 29, 2015.
Audacity supports reading and writing many formats, and various codecs, including: WAV, AIFF, AU, Ogg, MP2 and MP3.
A wide range of options for transcoding audio signals between formats is available.
In fact, any source file can be recoded into any format supported by the program.
Among other features, it is worth mentioning an unlimited number of tracks for mixing and a large number of additional filters and effects.
Wavosaur
A free music editor that can seriously compete with other audio processing programs.
In this case, the program does not require installation and does not make any changes to the system registry. A special feature is the ability to display a detailed track in 3D mode.
Wavosaur supports the most common formats: WAV, MP3, OGG, AIF, AIFF.
Ample opportunities are available for signal transcoding between formats, editing an unlimited number of tracks and processing in real time.
A significant drawback of the editor is that the supported operating systems are limited to the range from Win XP to Vista. Owners of common , 8 and 8.1 will have to look for an alternative.
Audio Editor Gold
Audio Editor Gold, unlike previous programs, is not distributed free of charge. Trial access is limited to 30 days and constantly pops up a reminder to register.
It features a friendly interface.
Track editing is done on a wave model, which can be scaled in detail to more accurately highlight sections of the track.
You can edit each channel separately.
The software supports free transcoding between all supported formats, including WAV, WMA, Ogg and MP3.
Any file can be freely recoded into one of the available formats.
Online audio editors
Network technologies are evolving. Their current level makes it possible to transfer the functionality of many programs to the browser.
Editing audio and video using network resources is no longer fiction, but a reality accessible to any network user.
TwistedWave
With TwistedWave, there is no need to download and install proprietary audio editing software.
The service offers the ability to trim, re-encode or add a filter to an audio recording using a browser.
Among the possibilities are about 40 VTS effects, fading effects over the entire track or sections of it, transcoding and saving the finished track in the cloud.
The service supports working with many formats: WAV, MP3, FLAC, Ogg, MP2, WMA, AIFF, AIFC, Apple CAF.
TwistedWave allows you to freely transcode files between supported formats.
For the saved recording, you can manually set the bitrate from 8 kB/s to 320 kB/s. That is, the service turned out to be a good audio converter.
Info! Free processing is only possible for mono mode. You will have to pay extra for processing a recording in two or more channels.
Online MP3 Cutter
With this service, cutting music will become a simple process that takes a minimum of time.
To get the required segment of the composition you will need only three steps: open the file, determine the segment and download the finished piece of the song.
The saved segment can be recoded into a more convenient format. The service supports five formats: MP3, AMR, WAC, AAC and Apple CAF. It is also convenient to use for simple audio transcoding.
It is enough to simply not define the segment to be extracted from the composition, and choose to save it in a different format.
That is, despite the fact that cutting music is the main purpose of Online MP3 Cutter, it can be used to successfully reformat audio.
Today you can find quite a lot of programs for processing sound or recording your own compositions at home with a connected external electronic instrument such as a regular synthesizer or MIDI keyboard, as well as, say, a guitar connected through the sound card input. Naturally, after recording the content will have to be edited. Let's look at the most current programs for audio processing.
Sound presentation
No matter what extension the sound file has, current programs open it in wave representation. If earlier this applied exclusively to the .wav format, now any program for audio processing quite simply opens or FLAC in the wave representation.
The ease of use in this case is obvious. After all, just like in a WAV file, here you can change almost any audio parameter, right down to the signal frequency. However, it is worth noting that if the signal was initially recorded, for example, with a sampling frequency of 22500 Hz, then no matter how hard you try, you still won’t achieve better sound even when the conversion is set to 48 kHz. It's just that the file itself will take up more space on the hard drive. Even if you save a file with an audio depth of 16 bits or 32 bits, any audio processing program will produce a significant difference in size. Don't believe me? Try converting frequency characteristics or format in any audio converter.
Windows Tools for Signal Recording
As for the recording systems themselves in Windows operating systems, there are their own means. Not the best, of course, but they will do in a pinch. When connecting a microphone or an external device such as a keyboard or guitar using a standard audio input or MIDI interface, the sound card can use the “native” audio recording and processing program located in the standard applications section.
How appropriate this is is up to each user to decide for himself. The only thing that can be said is that these funds are no good. This is, in general, understandable, because Microsoft Corporation specializes more in operating systems and related applications than in narrowly focused multimedia components.
Professional and semi-professional sequencers
As a fairly simple means for processing audio, you can use sequencer applications, which often combine not only a pattern recording system using samples of various formats, but also the ability to add, say, a vocal track when recording from a microphone.
Thus, one of the most popular and most frequently used sound recording and processing programs by musicians is FL Studio. The latest version of build 12.0 is optimized specifically for working with live sound, not counting the huge number of supported virtual synthesizers and effects.
The same goes for the latest version of Cubase, which is slightly superior to FL Studio's sequencer. This is understandable, because Steinberg is the developer of the VST interface, through which most virtual plug-ins are connected today.
Well, now a few words about what any person trying to work with sound on a computer should know.
Sound Forge
This program for professional audio processing is almost a symbol of the entire audio industry. When some of the current world market leaders were just taking their first steps, Sony Corporation managed to create a full-fledged software product capable of processing sound files.
True, in the first versions, opening files using the “wave” type was provided only for the WAV format. MP3 support appeared much later. In addition, initially the connected plugins had to be in only the DX (DirectX) format, and support for the VST host and additional virtual modules connected with it also appeared relatively recently. However, the application can easily be used as a program for processing microphone sound when recording from a stationary
Cool Edit Pro
It is important to touch upon one more aspect when discussing a task such as audio processing. There are almost no programs in Russian. Of course, you can find Russifiers, but, as a rule, they are made clumsily. So it is better, even with minimal knowledge of a foreign language, to use the English version (or some other).
As for the Cool Edit application, it does not have a Russian version. But, in principle, if you know at least the basics of working with sound, understanding the program will not be difficult. In fact, the main window and set of basic functions are very similar to the Sound Forge application. Only today such a program as Cool Edit Pro no longer officially exists. Or rather, it exists, but only in a slightly transformed form.
Adobe Audition
The Adobe Audition application is precisely the successor to the Cool Edit program, since Adobe simply bought the copyright for the development of such a software product from Syntrillium, which was at the origins of the creation of this powerful software package.
In fact, even the interface has not undergone any changes. The working field in single- or multi-track mode remains the same. Except that in the CC and CS versions support for some devices and virtual plugins was added. But overall, this audio processing program is an exact copy of Cool Edit Pro.
Samplitude
When talking about sound and music recording, we cannot ignore the Samplitude package. Sound processing programs like this are primarily aimed at working in studios with direct connection of live instruments through mixing inputs.
A distinctive feature of this application is not only a unique system for recording and signal processing, but also the ability to simulate multi-stage effects on one program track. In other words, you can add an almost unlimited number of effects to one track with a recorded vocal or instrument part. And if you use additional expander plugins or the total number of effects, you can increase it almost to infinity. What can I say, special modules allow you to add 32 effects to one track, but the module itself in the program is used as one effect to which you can connect many more.
Cockos Reaper
"Coconut Reaper" is quite a powerful and popular application. Like many other audio processing programs, this package is aimed at studio work, although it can be used as a multi-track recording tool at home.
Naturally, there are a huge number of built-in tools for editing content recorded in the “live” version. Interestingly, despite its rather discreet interface, the application has many hidden features. This is especially true in support for MIDI devices, as well as some sample formats used by software players (like Kontakt) or samplers like Halion that recognize the AKAI format.
Pro Tools
This audio processing program is almost the best. Again, it is used in professional recording studios. True, it’s worth making a small but very important disclaimer here: there are simply no versions for Windows OS. This package is designed for use on MAC OS X platforms only.
But if you have such a system, you can even abandon “hardware” mastering processors, equalizers, crossovers and, in general, all audio processing tools known today. The possibilities with this package are endless.
Conclusion
Of course, this article does not cover all programs and utilities for working with sound. For example, when recording vocals, to correct them, you can use a unique utility called Melodyne, which can automatically equalize a part recorded from a microphone. However, once you understand one program, mastering other applications will not be difficult.
Tons of music are stored on our computers, and downloading new mp3s is not a problem. But sometimes we are not satisfied with the existing variety and really need to cut the music to create a ringtone for the phone or edit a song for some special occasions. You may need to trim the mp3, apply sound effects such as a fade-out effect, change the audio speed, or cut out an unnecessary fragment.
That's why convenient audio editors were invented that will help you do all this with music files quickly and easily. Just a couple of clicks - and the edited track is already playing in your favorite audio player.
Shuangs Audio Editor
Shuangs Audio Editor - free an audio editor that is quite simple and lightweight with minimal functionality: if you need to trim mp3, wav or wma and apply simple effects, then it is for you.
At the top of the window of this mp3 editor there is, in fact, the file being edited, and at the bottom there are playback control buttons and an equalizer.
It's nice that this audio editor is in Russian, albeit with some problems, but still. Now about the effects. Fading, decreasing/increasing the volume - it’s all there and can be applied very simply to a selected section of music, you just need to designate this very section by placing the start and end markers in the desired place of the track.
As already mentioned, the Shuangs Audio Editor has minimal capabilities, but they are the most necessary.
Download mp3 editor Shuangs Audio Editor.
Free MP3 Cutter and Editor
Free MP3 Cutter and Editor It can also be called a “light” audio editor, because it contains only standard functions for programs of this kind - cutting, fading, volume. Saves files in wav and mp3 formats. Cheap, to be more precise for free, and angrily.
During installation, it tries to install some emoticons for Facebook and other “load” - just uncheck the corresponding boxes.
Selecting a track is also done using the mouse, very simply, and then the desired effects are assigned.
Free MP3 Cutter and Editor also allows you to convert mono to stereo and vice versa.
Download audio editor Free MP3 Cutter and Editor.
Audacity
But here is a real monster among free audio editors - Audacity. Suitable both when you need a deep edit of an mp3 file, and just for cutting/pasting. The sound editor works with MP3, WAV, AIFF, AU and Ogg Vorbis formats.
Using the audio program is easy. We select a fragment of the song with the mouse and do whatever we want with it - attenuation, tempo, timbre, noise removal, normalization, strengthening of bass frequencies, smooth changes in frequency and tone, filling with silence, noise, phone tones, echo... And, of course, all operations with cutting and trimming.
In addition, Audacity's audio editor includes microphone recording, multi-track playback, and professional-grade features such as frequency response analysis, Fourier transform spectral analysis, and track mixing.
In general, I recommend this free audio editor with such a great set of functions to everyone.
Download audio editor Audacity.
Expstudio Audio Editor
Considered an excellent music file editor EXPStudio Audio Editor. Trimming songs, adding special effects, setting fade modes - all this is no problem for him. With a significant number of features, this audio editor can handle many tasks. It can convert a female voice into a male one and vice versa, display the amplitude-frequency response of a track, convert to different formats, and much more.
Unfortunately, the product does not have a Russian-language interface, so you will have to understand it in English, however, this is not difficult, given the simplicity and convenience of the program. It comes in two versions: free and Pro costing $34.95. However, there are not many differences between them, the main thing concerns the number of formats in which the resulting file can be saved. In the free version you can save in wav and mp3 format, in the Pro version this list is significantly expanded.
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Conclusion. So, we have offered you a choice of 6 free audio editors, we hope that among them you will find the best one for yourself.