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FreeThe world's most popular free audio editing and recording software.
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Audio and music editing means changing recordings, songs, or spoken sound. You can cut audio, clean up noise, mix tracks, or turn music into written notes. For example, you might polish a podcast or separate vocals from a song. This helps you create clearer audio and work with music in new ways.
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Splice
PaidA platform offering royalty-free samples, virtual instruments, and rent-to-own plugins for music production.
The Audio Stuff
FreeAnswers to audio setup questions, worked out in your browser
Hindenburg
FreeAudio storytelling software designed for personal, professional, and educational use.
Melodyne
PaidMelodyne is a note-based audio editing software that enables detailed manipulation of musical recordings and samples.
AnthemScore
FreemiumAnthemScore is software that automatically transcribes audio files into sheet music using AI technology.
Basic Pitch
FreeAn open source audio-to-MIDI converter with pitch bend detection developed by Spotify.
RipX DAW
PaidAn AI-powered digital audio workstation enabling note-level audio editing and stem separation.
Easy Song
PaidEasy Song provides music licensing, cover song licensing, and copyright registration services for creators and users.
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How to choose Audio & Music Editing tools
Your choice depends on the job in front of you. A podcast needs a different tool from a song transcription or copyright request, so start with the result you want.
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Edit spoken audio
For audio editing and podcast production, focus on tools made for recorded speech. Transcription can also turn that speech into text.
- Audacity is a practical pick when you want to edit audio, reduce noise, and prepare podcasts.
- Hindenburg suits podcast work that includes editing, remote recording, and transcription.
- Audacityfree
- Hindenburgfree
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Work with notes and MIDI
Music transcription helps you turn recorded music into notation, while MIDI conversion creates editable musical data. This is useful when learning or arranging a piece.
- Melodyne works well when you want audio editing, music transcription, and MIDI conversion in one tool.
- AnthemScore is the focused choice for turning audio into sheet music, MIDI, or guitar tabs.
- Basic Pitch is an open-source option for converting music into MIDI and transcribed notes.
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Shape songs and manage releases
Song production may involve collaboration, mixing, stem separation, or permission to use music. The right tool depends on which stage you are handling.
- Splice is built for collaborating with other people on music.
- RipX DAW is suited to separating stems or vocals and editing MIDI.
- Easy Song helps when your main task is copyright licensing.
- Splicepaid
- RipX DAWpaid
- Easy Songpaid
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Frequently asked questions
Which tools can help with podcast production?
Audacity and Hindenburg both cover podcast production and audio editing.
Hindenburg also supports remote audio recording.
Which tools can convert music to MIDI?
Melodyne, AnthemScore, Basic Pitch, and RipX DAW all support MIDI conversion.
Is there a free option for music transcription?
AnthemScore has a free plan.
Melodyne offers a 30-day free trial, and Basic Pitch is open source.
Which tool can separate vocals or music stems?
RipX DAW supports both vocal isolation and music stem separation.