Comparison of digital audio editors

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The following tables compare general and technical information among a number of digital audio editors and multitrack recording software.

(Note: HP-UX, IBM-DB2U, FreeBSD and other Unixes omitted)

## Contents

* 1 Digital Audio Workstations
* 2 Wave editors
* 3 Support
* 3.1 Plugin support
* 3.2 File format support
* 4 Notes
* 5 See also
* 6 Notes

## Digital Audio Workstations

Basic general information about the software: creator/company, license/price etc.

Digital audio editor  | Creator / developer  | Software license | Microsoft Windows | MacOS | Linux | iOS | Android  | Network storage  | External hardware

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ACID Pro  | Magix  | Proprietary | Yes  | No  | No  | No  |  |  |
Ardour | The Ardour Community  | GNU GPL (Pay-what-you-want)  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  |  | NFS  |
AudioDesk  | Mark of the Unicorn | Proprietary | No  | Yes  | No  | No  |  |  |
Audition | Adobe Systems | Proprietary | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  |  |
BandLab | BandLab Technologies  | Proprietary (Freeware)  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  |  |
Bitwig Studio | Bitwig  | Proprietary | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  |  |  |
Cakewalk by BandLab | BandLab Technologies  | Proprietary | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  |  |
Cubase | Steinberg | Proprietary | Yes  | Yes  | No  | Yes, as Cubasis  | Yes, as Cubasis  |  |
Digital Performer | Mark of the Unicorn  | Proprietary | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  |  |  |
Fairlight | Blackmagic Design | Proprietary Freeware | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  |  |  |  |
FL Studio | Image-Line  | Proprietary | Yes  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | Yes  |  |
GarageBand | Apple | Proprietary | No  | Yes  | No  | Yes  |  |  |
Harrison Mixbus | Harrison Consoles | Proprietary | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  |  | NFS  |
Kristal | Kreatives  | Proprietary (Freeware)  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  |  |  |
Live | Ableton | Proprietary | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  |  |  |
LMMS | Tobias Doerffel  | GNU GPL | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  |  | NFS  |
Logic Pro | Apple | Proprietary | Discontinued (last version: 5.5.1)  | Yes  | No  | Yes, iPad only  |  |  |
Magix Music Maker | Magix  | Proprietary / Freemium  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  |  |  |
Mixcraft | Acoustica  | Proprietary | Yes  | No  | Wine[1] | Remote only[2] | Remote only[2] |  |
mp3DirectCut | Martin Pesch  | Proprietary Freeware | Yes  | No  | No  | No  |  |  |
MuLab | MuTools  | Proprietary | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  |  |  |
MultitrackStudio | Bremmers Audio Design  | Proprietary | Yes  | Yes  | No  | Yes  |  |  |
MusE | MuseE  | GNU GPL | No  | No  | Yes  | No  |  | NFS  |
n-Track  | n-Track Software  | Proprietary | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  |  |
Nuendo  | Steinberg | Proprietary | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  |  |  |
Podium | Zynewave  | Proprietary / Freemium  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  |  |  |
Pro Tools | Avid | Proprietary | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  |  | MediaNet (proprietary)  | Yes
Pyramix DAW  | Merging Technologies  | Proprietary | Yes  | No  | No  | No  |  | Yes  | Yes
Qtractor | Qtractor  | GNU GPL | No  | No  | Yes  | No  |  | NFS  |
REAPER | Cockos  | Proprietary | Yes  | Yes  | Yes (after version 6.0)  | No  |  |  |
Reason | Propellerhead Software | Proprietary | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  |  |  |
Record | Propellerhead Software  | Proprietary | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  |  |  |
Renoise | Renoise Team  | Proprietary | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  |  |  |
Rosegarden | Rosegarden  | GNU GPL | No  | No  | Yes  | No  |  | NFS  |
Samplitude/Sequoia | Magix  | Proprietary | Yes  | No  | No  | No  |  |  |
SADiE  | Prism Sound  | Proprietary | Yes  | No  | No  | No  |  |  |
Soundscape 32  | Mackie | Proprietary | Yes  | No  | No  | No  |  |  | External 2U rack unit
Studio One | PreSonus | Proprietary | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  |  | SoundCloud |
Waveform | Tracktion Software Inc  | Proprietary | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  |  |  |
Digital audio editor  | Creator / developer  | Software license | Microsoft Windows | MacOS | Linux | iOS | Android  | Network storage  | External hardware

## Wave editors

Basic general information about the software: creator/company, license/price etc.

Digital audio editor  | Creator / developer  | Software license | Microsoft Windows | MacOS | iOS | Linux | BSD  | Online  | Network storage  | External hardware

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Acoustica | Acon Digital  | Proprietary | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | Unknown  | Unknown
Audacity | Audacity Team  | GNU GPLv2 | Yes  | Yes  | No[3] | Yes  | Yes  | No  | NFS  |
Audiotool | Hobnox  | Proprietary | Yes  | Yes  | Not officially supported  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | NFS  | Optional MIDI support
BIAS Peak | BIAS | Proprietary | No  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  |  |
Diamond Cut ART | Diamond Cut Productions  | Proprietary | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | Unknown  | Unknown
Ecasound | Kai Vehmanen  | GNU GPL | No  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | Unknown  | Unknown
Goldwave  | Goldwave Inc.  | Proprietary Shareware | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | Yes[4] |  |
Jokosher | Jokosher  | GNU GPL | Yes  | No  | No  | Yes  | No  | No  | NFS  |
NU-Tech | Leaff Engineering  | Proprietary | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  |  |
RiffWorks  | Sonoma Wire Works  | Proprietary | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  |  |
Sound Forge | Magix  | Proprietary | Yes  | Discontinued (last version: 3)  | No  | No  | No  | No  |  |
Soundbooth  | Adobe Systems | Proprietary | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  |  |
SoX | Chris Bagwell, et al. | GNU GPL | Yes  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | No  |  |
SpectraLayers | Steinberg | Proprietary | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  |  |
Sweep | Conrad Parker  | GNU GPL | No  | No  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | No  |  |
Total Recorder | HighCriteria  | Proprietary Shareware | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  |  |
Traverso DAW | Traverso  | GNU GPL | Yes  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | No  | No  | NFS  |
WaveLab | Steinberg | Proprietary | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  |  | External gear, MIDI
WavePad  | NCH Software  | Proprietary / Freemium  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  |  |
WaveSurfer | Centre for Speech Technology at KTH  | BSD-like  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | No  |  |
Digital audio editor  | Creator / developer  | Software license | Microsoft Windows | MacOS | iOS | Linux | BSD  | Online  | Network storage  | External hardware

## Support

### Plugin support

The plugin types the software can run natively (without emulation).

| ReWire  | JACK | VST | VST3 | LADSPA | LV2 | DSSI | RTAS | AU  | DXi  | MAS

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ACID Pro  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | Yes  | No
Acoustica | No  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | Yes  | No  | No
Ardour  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | Yes  | No  | No
Audacity | No  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes (3.2.0 and newer)  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | Only on OS X[5] | No  | No
AudioDesk  | Returns only  | No  | Via converter  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | Yes  | No  | Yes
Audiotool | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No
Audition | Partial (Pre CS5.5 - Yes, CS5.5 - No)  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | Yes  | Partial (Pre CS5.5 - Yes, CS5.5 - No)  | No
BIAS Peak | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown
Bitwig Studio | No  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No
Cakewalk by BandLab | Yes  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | Yes  | No
Cubase | Yes  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | Terminated (SX3.1)  | No
Diamond Cut ART | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown
Digital Performer | Yes  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | Yes (with Digi TDM or HD hardware via DAE)  | Yes  | No  | Yes
Ecasound | No  | Yes  | No  | No  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No
FL Studio | Yes  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | No
GarageBand | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | Yes  | No  | No
Goldwave  | No  | No  | Beta  | Unknown  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | Yes  | No
| ReWire  | JACK | VST | VST3 | LADSPA | LV2 | DSSI | RTAS | AU  | DXi  | MAS
Harrison Mixbus | No  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | Yes  | No  | No
Jokosher | No  | No  | No  | Unknown  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No
Kristal | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown
Live | Yes  | No  | Yes  | Yes (Live 10.1 and newer)  | No  | No  | No  | No  | Yes  | No  | No
LMMS | No  | Yes  | Yes  | Unknown  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No
Logic Express/Studio | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | Yes  | No  | No
Mixcraft | Yes  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | DirectX effects only  | No
mp3DirectCut | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No
MuLab | Yes  | Unknown  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No
MusE | No  | Yes  | Yes  | Unknown  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No
n-Track  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | No
Nuendo  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No
NU-Tech | No  | No  | Yes  | Unknown  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No
Podium | Yes  | No  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No
Pro Tools | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | Before version 11  | No  | No  | No
Qtractor | No  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | No  | No
| ReWire  | JACK | VST | VST3 | LADSPA | LV2 | DSSI | RTAS | AU  | DXi  | MAS
REAPER | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | No  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | No
Reason | Yes  | No  | Yes  | Yes[6] | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No
Record | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No
Renoise | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | No  | No
RiffWorks  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | Unknown  | No  | No  | No  | No  | Yes  | No  | No
Rosegarden | No  | Yes  | No  | No  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No
Samplitude  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | Yes  | No
Sound Forge | No  | No  | Yes  | Unknown  | No  | No  | No  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | No
Soundbooth  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown
Soundscape 32  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown
SoX | No  | No  | No  | No  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No
SpectraLayers | No  | No  | Yes  | Unknown  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No
Studio One | Yes  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | Yes  | No  | No
Sweep | No  | No  | No  | No  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No
Total Recorder | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No
Waveform | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | Yes  | No  | No
Traverso | No  | Yes  | No  | Unknown  | No  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No
WaveLab | No  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No
WavePad  | No  | No  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | Yes  | No
WaveSurfer | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No
| ReWire  | JACK | VST | VST3 | LADSPA | LV2 | DSSI | RTAS | AU  | DXi  | MAS

### File format support

The various file types the software can read/write.

| OMF  | AAF | MIDI  | WAV | MP3 | AAC | Ogg | REX2 | AIFF | FLAC | Others

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Acoustica | No  | No  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | W64
Ardour  | No[7] | No[8] | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | Unknown  | Yes  | Yes  | W64, libsndfile library formats[9]
Audacity | No  | No  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | AMR
AudioDesk  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | SDII (native)
Audiotool | No  | No  | No  | Import  | Export  | No  | Export  | No  | No  | No  |
Audition | Yes  | Unknown  | No (unsupported since CS5)  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | AU, IFF, RAW/PCM, SMP, VOC, VOX, WMA
BIAS Peak | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown
Bitwig Studio | No  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | WMA
Cakewalk by BandLab | Yes  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Import  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | W64, CAF, SDII, AU, SND, DSF, DFF, RCY, ASF, WMA, WMV
Cubase | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | WMA, W64
Diamond Cut ART | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown
Digital Performer | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | SDII (native)
Ecasound | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown
FL Studio | No  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Import  | Yes  | XI, REX
GarageBand | No  | No  | Yes[lower-alpha 1] | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Unknown  | Unknown  | No  | No  |
Goldwave  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Yes  | Yes  | Unknown  | Yes  | Unknown  | Yes  | Yes  | Windows Media Audio, AU, Monkey's Audio, VOX, mat, snd, voc
Harrison Mixbus | No  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Yes  | Unknown  | No  | Yes  | AIFC, NeXT AU/SND, Headerless RAW, PAF, IFF/SVX, Sphere Nist WAV, IRCAM SF, VOC, W64, MAT4, MAT5, PVF, Fasttracker 2 XI, HMM Tool Kit HTK, CAF, SD2
| OMF  | AAF | MIDI  | WAV | MP3 | AAC | Ogg | REX2 | AIFF | FLAC | Others
Jokosher | No  | No  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | Unknown  | Yes  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  |
Kristal | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown
Live | No  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | SDII (Mac OS X Only)
LMMS | Unknown  | Unknown  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Unknown  | Yes  | Unknown  | Yes  | Yes  | AU, DS, RAW, SPX, VOC. Can also open .flp files
Logic Pro | Partial  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Unknown  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  |
Mixcraft | No  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | Yes  |
mp3DirectCut | No  | No  | No  | No  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  |
MuLab | No  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  |
MusE | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown
N-Track  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | WMA, EDL, WAV64
Nuendo  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  |
NU-Tech | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown
Podium | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown
Pro Tools | Yes[lower-alpha 2] | Yes[lower-alpha 2] | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Import  | Import  | Yes (7.4)  | Yes  | No  | SDII (Mac OS X Only)
Qtractor | No  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | CAF, HTK, IFF/8SVX, MAT4/5, PAF, PVF, RAW, SDII, SDS, SF, VOC, W64, XI
REAPER | Partial  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Partial  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | APE, BWF, MOOG, W64, WavPack
Reason | No  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | Import  | Import  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | SF2, ReFill
Record | No  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | SF2, ReFill
| OMF  | AAF | MIDI  | WAV | MP3 | AAC | Ogg | REX2 | AIFF | FLAC | Others
Renoise | No  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | MP4, MP4A, CAF, SFZ
RiffWorks  | No  | No  | No  | Export  | No  | No  | Export  | Yes  | No  | No  |
Rosegarden | No  | No  | Yes[10] | Yes[11] | Import[11] | Unknown  | Import[11] | Unknown  | Unknown  | Import[11] | Csound, Mup, MuxicXML, h2song[12]
Samplitude  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | WMA, RealAudio
Sound Forge | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Unknown  | Yes  | Yes  | SWF (open only), RealAudio & RealVideo (export only), WMA and WMV, AVI, AIF, SND, MPEG-1 and MPEG-2, AU, DIG, IVC, PCA, W64, FRG, VOX, AA3, OMA, CDA, AC-3 studio (save only), RAW
Soundbooth  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown
Soundscape 32  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown
SoX | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Yes  | External LAME  | Unknown  | Yes  | Unknown  | Yes  | Yes  | AU and other audio file formats
SpectraLayers | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Unknown  | Yes  | Yes  | .caf, .alac, RAW/PCM, .rm, .au, .snd, AVI, MXF, MP1, MP2, MP4, MKV, Quicktime, .vob, .wmv, WMA
Studio One | No  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | OpenTL, BWF, RF64, PreSonus Capture Session, Steinberg Cubase Track Archive, Steinberg Sequel Project, Kristal Audio Engine Project[13]
Sweep | No  | No  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | Various versions of WAV (integer, floating point, GSM, and compressed formats); Microsoft PCM, A-law and u-law formats; AIFC and RIFX; various AU/SND formats (Sun/NeXT, Dec AU, G721 and G723 ADPCM); RAW header-less PCM files; Amiga IFF/8SVX/16SV PCM files; Ensoniq PARIS (.PAF); Apple's Core Audio Format (CAF) and others.
Total Recorder | No  | No  | No  | No  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | No  | No  | Yes  | PCM (uncompressed), WMA, Monkey's Audio (APE).
Waveform | No  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  |
Traverso | No  | No  | Unknown  | Yes  | Yes  | Unknown  | Yes  | Unknown  | No  | Yes  | WavPack
WaveLab | No  | No  | Controllers  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | AU, MP2, RAW
WavePad  | No  | No  | Import  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | import midi, Sun AU, MPEG4 audio, GSM, RAW, Dialogic VOX, AMR Narrowband, Musepack, Monkey's Audio Codec, others
WaveSurfer | No  | No  | No  | Yes  | Import  | No  | With plugin  | No  | Yes  | No  | Import: AU, CSL, SD
Export: AU
| OMF  | AAF | MIDI  | WAV | MP3 | AAC | Ogg | REX2 | AIFF | FLAC | Others

## Notes

1. ↑ Import only, Version 2 or higher.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 With DV Toolkit or DigiTranslator add-ons.

## See also

* List of music software

## Notes

1. ↑ "Can I run Mixcraft on a Linux computer using Wine?". https://acoustica.com/mixcraft/support/kb/can-i-run-mixcraft-on-a-linux-computer-using-wine.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Free Remote Control App for Mixcraft (IOS or Android) | Acoustica". https://acoustica.com/mixcraft/extras/remote-control.
3. ↑ "Download". https://www.audacityteam.org/download/.
4. ↑ "GoldWave Infinity". https://goldwave.com/editor/.
5. ↑ Audacity: Plug-Ins and Libraries
6. ↑ "Reason 12.5 with VST3 support released!". 15 December 2022. https://help.reasonstudios.com/hc/en-us/articles/9068790858770-Reason-12-5-with-VST3-support-released.
7. ↑ "What's about OMF support ? - ardour". 7 January 2007. http://ardour.org/node/643. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
8. ↑ In development
9. ↑ "Supported File Formats". https://manual.ardour.org/adding-pre-existing-material/supported-file-formats/. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
10. ↑ "doc:manual-en - Rosegarden Wiki". http://www.rosegardenmusic.com/wiki/doc:manual-en#using_midi_files. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 "doc:audiomanager-en - Rosegarden Wiki". https://www.rosegardenmusic.com/wiki/doc:audiomanager-en. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
12. ↑ "doc:manual-en - Rosegarden Wiki". http://www.rosegardenmusic.com/wiki/doc:manual-en#other_file_formats. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
13. ↑ Randall, Brent (2006-01-31). "Interview with Jim Odom- President Of Presonus". prorec. Archived from the original on September 22, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120922081256/http://www.presonus.com/news/press_releases/Tape-Op-Magazine-Interviews-PreSonus-President-and-CEO-Jim-Odom. Retrieved 2010-03-02.

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Audio editing software

Free and Open-Source|

* Ardour
* Audacity
* Ecasound
* Gnome Wave Cleaner
* Jokosher
* LMMS
* MusE
* Qtractor
* Rosegarden
* SoX
* Sweep
* Traverso
* WaveSurfer

Proprietary|

* Ableton Live
* ACID Pro
* Acoustica
* Adobe Audition
* Anvil Studio
* AudioDesk
* Bitwig Studio
* Cakewalk Sonar
* DC-Art
* Digital Performer
* FL Studio
* FL Studio Mobile
* GarageBand
* GoldWave
* Harrison Mixbus
* KRISTAL Audio Engine
* Logic Pro
* MAGIX Samplitude
* MAGIX Sequoia
* Making Waves
* Mixcraft
* MuLab
* MultitrackStudio
* n-Track Studio
* Pro Tools
* REAPER
* Reason
* ReCycle
* Renoise
* SAWStudio
* Sony Vegas
* Sound Forge
* Sound Studio
* SpectraLayers
* Steinberg Cubase
* Steinberg Nuendo
* Steinberg WaveLab
* Studio One
* Synapse Orion
* Total Recorder
* Tracktion
* WavePad
* Z-Maestro
* Zynewave Podium

Defunct|

* Adobe Soundbooth
* BIAS Peak
* Ensoniq PARIS
* Logic Express
* Logic Studio
* Record
* SoundDroid
* SoundEdit
* Soundscape Digital Technology
* Soundscape R.Ed
* Soundtrack Pro
* TC Works Spark

See also|

* Comparison of digital audio editors
* Comparison of free software for audio
* List of music software
* List of Linux audio software
* Comparison of MIDI editors and sequencers

* Comparison
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