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Kwave

Kwave is a sound editor that can record to, play, open, and edit many file formats. Kwave makes it simple to edit audio in many ways.

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  • Linux
  • Snapcraft
  • Flathub
  • Flatpak
  • KDE Plasma
  • Haiku
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  1.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  Audio Recording
  2.  High-dpi support

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What is Kwave?

Kwave is a sound editor that can record to, play, open, and edit many file formats. Kwave makes it simple to edit audio in many ways.

Adjust volume level:

  • Fade in, fade out, or custom amplitude curve
  • Scale volume by a constant factor
  • Normalize volume

Adjust frequency content:

  • Lowpass filter
  • Bandpass filter
  • Notch filter
  • Pitch shift

Other features:

  • Add noise
  • Add silence
  • Convert audio sample rate
  • Go to position
  • Insert audio from clipboard
  • Reverse audio
  • Save audio blocks between labels as separate files
  • Sonagram (spectrogram)

Supported file formats:

  • WAV (*.wav)
  • Ogg/Opus (*.opus)
  • Ogg/Vorbis (*.ogg)
  • MP3 (*.mp3)
  • FLAC (*.flac)
  • ASCII coded audio (*.ascii)
  • all file formats supported by libaudiofile (some formats are import only)