Kwave AlternativesAudio Editors & Audio Recorders like Kwave

Kwave is described as 'Sound editor that can record to, play, open, and edit many file formats. Kwave makes it simple to edit audio in many ways' and is a Audio Editor in the audio & music category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Kwave for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and iPhone apps. The best Kwave alternative is Audacity, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Kwave are Tenacity, Ocenaudio, Spek and Sound Forge.

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  1. Audacity icon

    Audacity

     2360 likes

    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.

    125 Audacity alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • BSD
    • AppImageHub
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • Haiku
    Editing Audio
     

    • Audacity is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Kwave.

    • Audacity is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Kwave.

    • Audacity is Free and Open SourceKwave is also Free and Open Source
  2. Tenacity icon

    Tenacity

     109 likes

    Tenacity is an easy-to-use, privacy-friendly, FLOSS, cross-platform multi-track audio editor/recorder for Windows, macOS, Linux and other operating systems.

    87 Tenacity alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • Flathub
    • FreeBSD
    • Haiku
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  4. Ocenaudio icon

    Ocenaudio

     142 likes

    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.

    47 Ocenaudio alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Ocenaudio version 3.7.19 running on Windows with an audio file open.
     
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    Sound Forge

    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 t...

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  6. Spek icon

    Spek

     67 likes

    Spek helps to analyse your audio files by showing their spectrogram. Spek is free software available for Unix, Windows and Mac OS X.

    48 Spek alternatives

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    FLAC file analysis
     
  7. Sound Forge icon

    Sound Forge

     86 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.

    63 Sound Forge alternatives

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    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    • Sound Forge is the most popular commercial alternative to Kwave.

    • Sound Forge is Paid and ProprietaryKwave is Free and Open Source
  8. GoldWave icon

    GoldWave

     53 likes

    GoldWave is a highly rated, professional digital audio editor that turns your computer or mobile device into a recording studio at your finger tips.

    48 GoldWave alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    GoldWave screenshot 1
     

    • GoldWave is the most popular Web-based alternative to Kwave.

    • GoldWave is Paid and ProprietaryKwave is Free and Open Source
  10. AudioMass icon

    AudioMass

     13 likes

    AudioMass lets you record, or use your existing audio tracks, and modify them by trimming, cutting, pasting or applying a plethora of effects, from compression and paragraphic equalizers to reverb, delay and distortion fx.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    AudioMass screenshot 1
     

    • AudioMass is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Kwave.

    • AudioMass is Free and Open SourceKwave is also Free and Open Source
  12. TwistedWave icon

    TwistedWave

     16 likes

    TwistedWave is a very easy to use and powerful audio editor.

    It supports Audio Unit plug-ins and many file formats, including wav, aiff, caf, mp3, mp4, FLAC, Ogg/Vorbis and ambisonic sound files.

    Good multichannel support. TwistedWave lets you easily add, remove or reorder chan.

    46 TwistedWave alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Online
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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    • TwistedWave is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to Kwave.

    • TwistedWave is Freemium and ProprietaryKwave is Free and Open Source
  13. Sneedacity icon

    Sneedacity

     5 likes

    Sneedacity (named after Sneed's Feed and Seed from The Simpsons episode, "E-I-E-I-D'oh") is a free (libre), open source, and privacy-respecting audio recording and editing suite forked from Audacity.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Roxio Creator

     7 likes

    Comprehensive multimedia suite with over 20 integrated applications offering disc burning, video capture and editing, photo editing, file conversion, DVD authoring, and encryption, ensuring versatile media management and online sharing capabilities.

    322 Roxio Creator alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  15. Izotope RX icon

    Izotope RX

     3 likes

    RX 11 Advanced is everything you need to fix, enhance, and polish your audio for music, post production, and content creation. De-noise and de-reverb dialogue or vocals in real-time, take care of Frankenbites with ease, clean up tracks faster than ever with enhanced precision...

    69 Izotope RX alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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