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Screencasting
- Amarok
Open source audio player, regularly updated. (Mac, Linux)
- Media Monkey
Music player that can "manage small to very large collections of audio files and playlists (50,000+), whether on a hard drive, network, or CDs." Available in free and pay versions. (Win)
- Songbird
"An open-source customizable music player that's under active development." Includes built-in web browser. (Mac, Win; Linux on older versions)
- WinAmp
Music player available in both free and pay versions. (Win)
Audio Editors
- Adobe Audition $$$; Win
"Recording, mixing, editing, and mastering — AdobeŽ AuditionŽ 3 software is the all-in-one toolset for professional audio production."
- Adobe Soundbooth $$; Win
"Create and polish audio, customize music, add sound effects, and do much more."
- ACID Music Studio $; Win
From Sony, a "tool for original song creation, multitrack audio and MIDI recording, and studio-quality mixing, and effects processing."
- Ardour free; Linux, Mac
"Record, mix, edit, collaborate... Unlimited audio tracks and buses. Non-destructive, non-linear editing with unlimited undo."
- Audacity free; multi-platform
Highly popular "free, open source software for recording and editing sounds." (multi-platform)
- Aviary: Myrna Audio Editor free; online
"Use Myna to remix music tracks and audio clips. Apply sound effects and record your own voice or instruments!"
- Aviary - Roc Music Creator free; online
"Use Aviary's music creator to simulate dozens of musical instruments including piano, guitars and drums. Create music loops and patterns for use in Aviary's audio editor (Myna) or as ring tones."
- Garageband free; Mac
Audio editor bundled with Macs; part of the iLife suite.
- Levelator free; multi-platform
"Software that ... adjusts the audio levels within your podcast or other audio file for variations from one speaker to the next, for example. It's not a compressor, normalizer or limiter although it contains all three. It's much more than those tools, and it's much simpler to use."
- LMMS - Linux MultiMedia Studio free; Linux
"Alternative to commercial programs like FL StudioŽ, which allow you to produce music with your computer. This includes the creation of melodies and beats, the synthesis and mixing of sounds, and arranging of samples."
- MP3 Direct Cut free; Win
"A fast and extensive audio editor and recorder for compressed mp3. You can directly cut, copy, paste or change the volume with no need to decompress your files for audio editing."
- MusE free; Linux
"MusE is a MIDI/Audio sequencer with recording and editing capabilities ... MusE aims to be a complete multitrack virtual studio for Linux, it is published under the GNU General Public License."
- Music Editor Free free; Win
"A very easy and intuitive to use for audio editing. Within minutes you will be able to open or record an music file and edit it. But if you take time to explore the other features you will find many powerful tools for editing audio...."
- Power Sound Editor Free free; Win
"Record your own music, voice, or other audio files, edit it, mix it with other audio or musical parts, add effects like Reverb, Chorus, and Echo, and burn it on a CD..."
- Rosegarden free; Linux
"A well-rounded audio and MIDI sequencer, score editor, and general-purpose music composition and editing environment."
- SoundForge Audio Studio $; Win
From Sony, "everything you need for audio editing and mastering professional-quality audio on your home computer. Record live instruments and vocals, edit and restore audio, apply studio-quality audio effects, and convert files with lightning speed."
- Traverso DAW free; multi-platform
"A GPL licensed, cross platform multitrack audio recording and editing suite, with an innovative and easy to master User Interface."
- Wavosaur free; multi-platform
"A free sound editor, audio editor, wav editor software for editing, processing and recording sounds, wav and mp3 files. Wavosaur has all the features to edit audio (cut, copy, paste, etc.) produce music loops, analyze, record, batch convert."
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