The document discusses and compares several audio editing and digital audio workstation software options, including WavePad, Audacity, FL Studio 12.1.2, Ardour, Wavosaur, Adobe Audition, Sound Forge Audio Studio 10, and Steinberg Cubase. For each software, it provides information on price, availability across operating systems, and key features. It evaluates the tools on their ease of use, professional capabilities, and suitability for tasks like music creation, audio editing, and sound engineering.

1. By Akanksha singh
Bsc GA
1st sem

2.  WavePad — which comes from NCH Software
that is known for the easy-to-use productivity
tools — is a good-to-go, intuitive solution when
you need professional-level audio editing in your
PC.You can use the tool for the creation of a
music fusion by blending different tracks and
professional music creation through recording
and all.WavePad does offer support for almost
every popular audio format, such as MP3,WAV,
VOX, GSM,WMA, OGG,AAC, etc.And, as it
comes to the audio editing aspect, you have
both advanced and standard features

3.  Price: Free and PremiumVersions starting
from $39.95
 Availability: Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7; Mac OS X
10.4 and above; apps for Android and iOS

4.  Audacity is a completely free audio editor, result
of an open source initiative! Despite all the
professional-level set of features that Audacity
has — such as multi-track editing and support
for live recording —, the simplicity of its UI is so
impressive. Audacity supports the popular audio
formats includingWAV and MP3 but you will
have to download one separate encoder for the
latter. Other notable features of Audacity
include easier editing through cut and paste, the
feature for noise reduction and vocal reduction,
etc.

5.  Price: Free
 Availability: MicrosoftWindows 8, 7, Xp; Mac
OS X 10.5 to 10.10 and Linux

6.  Unlike aforementioned tools, which are actually
easy-to-use audio editors, FL Studio 12.1.2 is a
fully-fledged DAW — Digital AudioWorkstation,
which lets you mix and create music as you like.
One thing that makes FL Studio 12.1.2 an
impressive tool is its regular updates, through
which you can have state-of-the-art features.
For instance, if you have a monitor with multi-
touch support, the entire process of audio
editing would be just awesome, we bet.

7.  Price: 3 editions available, basic version starts
from $99
 Availability: Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7, XP; Intel
Mac OS X 10.8 or 10.9 (Yosemite is not
supported). Mobile apps are also available for
iOS (iphone, ipad, ipod touch) andAndroid.

8.  Ardour is yet another Digital AudioWorkstation
that lets you record, edit and mix tracks, using
an interface that can be professional-enough as
well as easy-to-get-used-to at the same time.
Ardour can be useful for professionals such as
audio engineers, musicians, sound track editors
and composers.While Ardour lets audio
engineers mix their MIDI projects with ease, the
enhanced recording options would do well for
musicians and composers.

9.  Price: Pay at least $1 for full programme
features.
 Availability: Intel OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
to OS X 10.10 (Yosemite); Intel/AMD Linux (2
GB RAM is recommended)

10.  Wavosaur is a free audio editor that actually lies
between a Digital Audio Workstation and a
minimalistic music-mixing tool. UsingWavosaur,
it is possible for you to manage different kinds of
music tracks with ease. In addition,Wavosaur
offers some stunning, impressive features too.
For instance, it gives you basic editing through
cut, copy and paste, various processing ways,
ability to use different skins to meet your
requirements and tastes.

11.  Price: Free
 Availability: MicrosoftWindows XP, 7,Vista

12.  Adobe Audition is a part of Adobe Creative
Cloud and you can rely upon the tool when
you need professional-level editing tool for
your musical projects. Adobe Audition offers
superb capabilities such as multi-track editing
as well as the non-destructive editing/mixing
environment for you to work.

13.  Price: Part of Adobe Creative Cloud Package
(Offers 30 day trial) – $29.99 a month
 Availability: Windows 8 , 7; Mac OS X 10.7
Lion, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

14.  Sound Forge Audio Studio 10 from Sony is often
called the home studio for audio production and
the list of features and capabilities will force us
to affirm that. Almost every aspect of music
creation, from the high-quality recording of
audio source to using effects and other methods
to refine your input, will be possible through
Sound Forge Audio Studio 10.The concept of the
tool is rather easier, we would say.You can use it
in the professional manner if you do need so.

15.  Price: $59.95
 Availability: MicrosoftWindows and Mac OS
X

16.  SteinbergCubase, commonly known as
Cubase, is a popular software when it comes
to music production tools and DigitalAudio
Workstations.The latest version ofCubase —
Cubase v8 — brings a handful of impressive
features with a truly professional interface.
SteinbergCubase is known for the features
that prioritize creativity rather than a set of
useless tools.

17.  Price: 99.99 Euros for Cubase Pro 8
 Availability: Windows 7, 8; Mac OS X 10.9,
10.10