Audio
Desktop
Audacity
Audacity is an easy-to-use, multi-track audio editor and recorder for Windows, macOS, GNU/Linux and other operating systems. Audacity is free, open source software.
Learning Curve: Intermediate
Price: Free
Adobe Audition
Audition is a comprehensive toolset for creating, mixing, editing, and restoring audio content. This powerful audio workstation is designed to accelerate video production workflows and audio finishing — and deliver a polished mix with pristine sound.
Part of the Adobe Creative Cloud, there is only a 7-day free trial if you wanted to put the software on your personal device. After that the educational price is $20/month. You can access the software for free on ESF campus in the following computer labs: Digital Storytelling Studio (Moon 014), Baker 309 & Baker 319 labs.
Audition and the rest of the adobe suite can also be accessed using both ESF and SU’s Virtual Labs from on campus or off campus. Information to connect to the virtual labs can be found here: https://it.esf.edu/Access/Remote-Labs
Learning Curve: Intermediate – Advanced
Price: $20/month (Student Pricing)
Garageband
https://www.apple.com/mac/garageband/
Audio editing software. Free. Mac Only. A straight forward audio editing program
Learning Curve - Beginner
Price: Free (Mac OS only)
NHC MixPad
https://www.nch.com.au/mixpad/
Audio Editing Software. Free and paid versions. Windows only. Here is a direct link to the Free Version download. Supports multi-track recording and editing.
Learning Curve: Intermediate
Price: Free
Reaper
a complete digital audio production application for computers, offering a full multitrack audio and MIDI recording, editing, processing, mixing and mastering toolset.
REAPER supports a vast range of hardware, digital formats and plugins, and can be comprehensively extended, scripted and modified.
Learning Curve: Intermediate
Price: $60
Mobile (Android & iOS)
Garageband
https://www.apple.com/mac/garageband/
Audio editing software. Free. Mac Only. A straight forward audio editing program
Learning Curve - Beginner
Price: Free (iOS only)
Hokusai
https://www.wooji-juice.com/products/hokusai/ Classic wave editing for iPhone and iPad. Record or import audio, and make it sound awesome: not just trimming the ends, but full cut, copy, paste and delete, and a suite of filters and special effects.
Edit many tracks side-by-side, mix them together, and export to Wave or MPEG 4 (AAC) format – then transfer them to your computer via a cable, iCloud, Dropbox, or other cloud services, or send them to another app on your device.
Learning Curve: Beginner - Intermediate
Price: Free - in-app purchases (iOS only)
Mstudio: Audio & Music Editor
Google Play Store Link Mstudio gives you enhanced control and professional audio editor features with Mp3 cutter, Mp3 Player, Mp3 Merger, Mp3 Mixer, Mp3 Extractor, Change Tempo, Change Pitch, Mp3 Converter, Mp3 Mutter, Mp3 Omitter, Mp3 Splitter. It's a music center which has all the features which you ever want in a single application.
Mp3 player the best sound quality player with the best interface, Mp3 Cutter for making Ringtone, Mp3 Mixer for mixing two audio tracks, Mp3 Merger for joining the endless audio tracks, & recording audio.
Learning Curve: Beginner - Intermediate
Price: Free - in-app purchases (Andriod only)
WavePad Audio Editor
https://www.nch.com.au/wavepad/index.html WavePad Audio Editor Free is a full-featured professional sound and audio editing application. Record, edit, add effects, and share your audio. Record and edit music, voice and other audio recordings. When editing audio files, you can cut, copy and paste parts of recordings, and then add effects like echo, amplification and noise reduction. WavePad works as a WAV or MP3 editor, but it also supports a number of other file formats.
Learning Curve: Beginner - Intermediate
Price: Free & Paid Versions (Android & iOS)
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