Free Music Editing Software
Published by: SoftDistrict, in Various software
September7th2010
The internet is a huge worldwide network, and it can be used for all sorts of purposes. For example you can search for any kind of information, from any domain that interests you. Or you can chat with friends and family, and also meet new people from all over the world…or you can play all sorts of free online games, or you can download music, pictures, movies, programs and anything you might want. In case you are interested in music editing, for today we’ll tell you more about a free music editing software.
And the program that we are going to choose is the Audacity. This is a free and easy to use program, which is available in many languages. It is an audio editor and recorder and it can be used with all the major operating systems : Windows, Mac OS X or GNU / Linux. You can use it to record live audio, and it can record through a microphone or a mixer , but it can also convert cassette tapes, minidisks and vinyl records into digital recording and CD-s. With some sound cards, it can also capture streaming audio. You can records from the microphone, from the line input or from other sources and it can dub over existing tracks to create a multi track recording. It can record up to 16 channels at the same time, and it also has level meters that can monitor the volume levels before, during and after the recording.
You can also import and edit all sorts of audio files, combine them with others and then export them into new formats. It can import WAV, AIFF, AU, MPEG audi and OGG Vorbis. Then you can export them into WAV, AIFF and even MP3 files. As a note, Audacity does not support WMA, AAC, or other proprietary or restricted formats. With this program you can also edit files by cutting, copying, pasting or deleting and you can use unlimited undo and redo, to go back any number of steps. It can edit really fast big files, and you can edit and mix an unlimited number of tracks. When editing, use the drawing tool to modify individual sample points, and you can fade the volume up or down smoothly by using the envelope tool.
You can also add effects to your music, such as change the pitch without altering the tempo, or change the tempo without altering the pitch. You can also remove static noises, hiss, hum or other annoying background noises that are constant. You can modify the sound frequencies with the Equalization, with the FFT Filter and also with the Bass Boost effects. It even has professional tools such as compressor, amplify and normalize, which can adjust the volumes of a track. And among its other built in effects you will find: echo, phaser, wahwah and reverse.
The samples can be recorded and edited in 16 bit, 24 bit or 32 bit and you can record up to 969 khz. The sample rates and the files are converted by using high quality resampling and dithering. You can also mix tracks that have different sample rates or which are on a different format, and Audacity will convert them for you in real time. You can also add new effects to the program by using the LADSPA plug ins, and you can even create your own music by loading VST plug-ins for Windwos and Mac (with the optional VST enabler). For the specialists it even has a built in programming language, so that you can write new effects. For analysis of files you can use the spectrogram mode, and you can view the sound frequencies. It also has the Plot spectrogram function, which offers you a detailed frequency analysis. It is licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL), so it is absolutely free. It is also an open source software, which means that its source code is available for everyone that wants to study it or use it. From this category of open source software, there are many more other famous ones such as the Firefox Mozilla web browser, the Open Office program or the Linux based operating system – the Ubuntu.
Depending on the operating system that you are using it on, it has different requirements. For example for Windows 98 and ME it requires a minimum of 64 MB RAM and a processor of just 300 Mhz. For Windows 2000 and XP the minimum requirements are 128 MB RAM and 300 Mhz, for Windows Vista Home basic – 512 MB RAM and 1 Ghz processor speed, and finally for Windows Vista Home Premium / Business / Ultimate it requires a computer with at least 1 GB RAM and at least a speed of the processor of 1 Ghz.
So here was just an example of a free music editing software, but of course there are many more others on the internet. So in case you know some other that are really cool and worth trying, tell us all about them. Have a nice day!
And the program that we are going to choose is the Audacity. This is a free and easy to use program, which is available in many languages. It is an audio editor and recorder and it can be used with all the major operating systems : Windows, Mac OS X or GNU / Linux. You can use it to record live audio, and it can record through a microphone or a mixer , but it can also convert cassette tapes, minidisks and vinyl records into digital recording and CD-s. With some sound cards, it can also capture streaming audio. You can records from the microphone, from the line input or from other sources and it can dub over existing tracks to create a multi track recording. It can record up to 16 channels at the same time, and it also has level meters that can monitor the volume levels before, during and after the recording.
You can also import and edit all sorts of audio files, combine them with others and then export them into new formats. It can import WAV, AIFF, AU, MPEG audi and OGG Vorbis. Then you can export them into WAV, AIFF and even MP3 files. As a note, Audacity does not support WMA, AAC, or other proprietary or restricted formats. With this program you can also edit files by cutting, copying, pasting or deleting and you can use unlimited undo and redo, to go back any number of steps. It can edit really fast big files, and you can edit and mix an unlimited number of tracks. When editing, use the drawing tool to modify individual sample points, and you can fade the volume up or down smoothly by using the envelope tool.
You can also add effects to your music, such as change the pitch without altering the tempo, or change the tempo without altering the pitch. You can also remove static noises, hiss, hum or other annoying background noises that are constant. You can modify the sound frequencies with the Equalization, with the FFT Filter and also with the Bass Boost effects. It even has professional tools such as compressor, amplify and normalize, which can adjust the volumes of a track. And among its other built in effects you will find: echo, phaser, wahwah and reverse.
The samples can be recorded and edited in 16 bit, 24 bit or 32 bit and you can record up to 969 khz. The sample rates and the files are converted by using high quality resampling and dithering. You can also mix tracks that have different sample rates or which are on a different format, and Audacity will convert them for you in real time. You can also add new effects to the program by using the LADSPA plug ins, and you can even create your own music by loading VST plug-ins for Windwos and Mac (with the optional VST enabler). For the specialists it even has a built in programming language, so that you can write new effects. For analysis of files you can use the spectrogram mode, and you can view the sound frequencies. It also has the Plot spectrogram function, which offers you a detailed frequency analysis. It is licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL), so it is absolutely free. It is also an open source software, which means that its source code is available for everyone that wants to study it or use it. From this category of open source software, there are many more other famous ones such as the Firefox Mozilla web browser, the Open Office program or the Linux based operating system – the Ubuntu.
Depending on the operating system that you are using it on, it has different requirements. For example for Windows 98 and ME it requires a minimum of 64 MB RAM and a processor of just 300 Mhz. For Windows 2000 and XP the minimum requirements are 128 MB RAM and 300 Mhz, for Windows Vista Home basic – 512 MB RAM and 1 Ghz processor speed, and finally for Windows Vista Home Premium / Business / Ultimate it requires a computer with at least 1 GB RAM and at least a speed of the processor of 1 Ghz.
So here was just an example of a free music editing software, but of course there are many more others on the internet. So in case you know some other that are really cool and worth trying, tell us all about them. Have a nice day!
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