Adobe Audition AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Audio Editors

The best Audio Editor alternative to Adobe Audition is Audacity, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Adobe Audition and loads of them are Audio Editors so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Audio Editor alternatives to Adobe Audition are Tenacity, Ocenaudio, Ardour and ComposeYogi.

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  1. Audacity icon
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    Audacity, a free open-source multi-track editor, enables high-quality audio processing across platforms. Supports diverse formats, plugins, and scripting languages, offering robust features like batching, visual tools, and accessibility.

    138 Audacity alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • BSD
    • AppImageHub
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • Haiku
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  2. Tenacity icon
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    Tenacity is an easy-to-use, privacy-friendly, FLOSS, cross-platform multi-track audio editor/recorder for Windows, macOS, Linux and other operating systems.

    91 Tenacity alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • Flathub
    • FreeBSD
    • Haiku
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  3. Ocenaudio icon
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    Ocenaudio is a cross-platform, easy to use, fast and functional audio editor. It is the ideal software for people who need to edit and analyze audio files without complications. ocenaudio also has powerful features that will please more advanced users.

    54 Ocenaudio alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
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  4. Ardour icon
     246 likes

    Ardour is a hard disk recorder and digital audio workstation application. Record, edit, and mix on Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows.

    100 Ardour alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Open Source

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    • BSD
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    Ardour 6
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  5. ComposeYogi icon
     22 likes

    A free, open-source music composition tool for beat-making, loops, and arrangements — built with Web Audio, WASM, and modern web tech.

    55 ComposeYogi alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Docker
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  6. Ableton Live icon
     220 likes

    Music software facilitating idea creation, editing, and performance with Arrangement and Session Views. Enhanced interfaces, improved waveforms, and great EQs provide intuitive and detailed music-making for studio and stage experiences.

    96 Ableton Live alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  7. Cakewalk icon
     85 likes

    Cakewalk, formerly SONAR, is a comprehensive audio software for music composition, audio recording, editing, mixing and mastering. It features a full suite of high quality audio and MIDI effects and instruments and composition tools ranging from drum sequencer and piano roll...

    127 Cakewalk alternatives

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    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  8. Bespoke Synth icon
     33 likes

    Bespoke is a software modular synthesizer. It contains a bunch of modules, which you can connect together to create sounds.

    90 Bespoke Synth alternatives

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  9. Logic Pro icon
     125 likes

    Comprehensive studio app offering advanced DAW and MIDI tools, a creative interface, powerful software instruments, plugins like Beat Breaker, full mixer capabilities, and seamless integration with Mac and iPad for professional-sounding mixes.

    90 Logic Pro alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • iPad
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  10. Sound Forge icon
     90 likes

    Comprehensive audio editing software offering high-resolution multi-channel recording, advanced mastering and restoration tools, non-destructive editing, VST support, batch processing, disc burning, 1-click cleaning, and export to broadcast or streaming formats.

    68 Sound Forge alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  11. Avid Pro Tools icon
     60 likes

    Pro Tools makes music creation fast and fluid, providing a complete set of tools to create, record, edit, and mix audio. Get inspired and start making music with a massive collection of plugins, instruments, and sounds.

    98 Avid Pro Tools alternatives

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    • Paid
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    • Mac
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  12. Every track includes real time equalization and dynamics processing to sweeten and fine tune your mix. This is in addition to your six real time track effects, making Fairlight far more powerful than other digital audio workstation software!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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