Best Audio Editing software

The intelligent leveler balances voices, music, and speech automatically — the site states no compressor knowledge is required, so non-engineers get consistent levels across speakers

Automatic cutting of silence, pauses, coughs, and filler words like "ah" and "uhm" in multiple languages removes an entire manual editing pass

Free productions embed an Auphonic jingle, so zero-budget output isn't completely clean

Recurring credits reset monthly and don't roll over, and billing has a 3-minute minimum per production, which penalizes short clips

Completely free and open source, with every feature unlocked and no watermarks, export limits, or subscription prompts

Runs natively on Windows, macOS, and Linux with a consistent, well-documented feature set across platforms

Editing is destructive: effects are applied to the waveform, so complex projects depend on undo history rather than reversible clip-level processing

No virtual instruments or MIDI sequencing, so it cannot replace a full digital audio workstation for music production

Supports high-resolution recording at 24-bit precision and sample rates up to 192 kHz, with low-latency ASIO and WASAPI driver support

Offers both waveform and spectral editing views, enabling sample-level edits and visual removal of clicks or noise at specific frequencies

Windows-only; there is no macOS or Linux version, which rules it out for cross-platform teams

No refund policy or free trial period is explicitly stated on the official site, so trying before buying requires checking the download page yourself