Audio Editor

Software for Audio editing - Zum editieren/beschneiden/bearbeiten von Klangmaterial

Freeware

• Audacity (freeware, all platforms, had problems in the past - seems to work now on almost any plattform/OS incl. OS X Tiger etc. // and ok we're on Lion now, and Windows 7/8, should work much better - and it's free - no risk - http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

• Windows: www.wavosaur.com

• Magware - Wavelab LE (Teil von Magazinen hin und wieder)

Sample Editor

today worth $50-80

• Wavepad not so new but with Intel Mac support (but usable on intel): http://www.nch.com.au/wavepad/index.html
• Twisted Wave (Mac, iOs (/ iPad, Web) http://twistedwave.com/ $80
• Steinberg Wavelab http://www.steinberg.net MAC & PC (since 7 for Mac)
• Quattro http://www.dsp-quattro.com MAC
• Wave-Editor http://www.audiofile-engineering.com/waveeditor/ MAC (haben auch gutes günstiges Tool für Spektralanalyse beides etwa 70€
• other / more Editors on iPad

further

• Sound Forge (PC only)
• Cool Edit (PC only)

will be dead soon?

• Adobe Audition former Soundbooth (for hobby filmers) http://www.adobe.com (Mac/PC) - only as subsciption - not recommenable anoymore as most of the pro products for that reason. 25€/month - go for one of the above and within 2 month you own the software that you would get here.

no longer

• Bias Peak http://www.bias-inc.com MAC - BIas ist pleite / bankrupt - was a big thing for quite a time but too expensive -
• TC Spark - same - no longer supported for some years

Links

• Linux Audio Editoren Liste http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2007/11/20/linux-audio-editors-an-overview.html

Recording

you are searching for a DAW, then..