Comparison of digital audio editors
The following tables compare general and technical information among a number of digital audio editors and multitrack recording software.
Digital Audio Workstations
Basic general information about the software: creator/company, license/price etc.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 |
| Acoustica | Acon Digital | |||||||||
| Audacity | Audacity Team | NFS | ||||||||
| Audiotool | Hobnox | NFS | Optional MIDI support | |||||||
| BIAS Peak | BIAS | |||||||||
| Diamond Cut ART | Diamond Cut Productions | |||||||||
| Ecasound | Kai Vehmanen | |||||||||
| Goldwave | Goldwave Inc. | Shareware | ||||||||
| Jokosher | Jokosher | NFS | ||||||||
| NU-Tech | Leaff Engineering | |||||||||
| RiffWorks | Sonoma Wire Works | |||||||||
| Sound Forge | Magix | |||||||||
| Soundbooth | Adobe Systems | |||||||||
| SoX | Chris Bagwell, et al. | |||||||||
| SpectraLayers | Steinberg | |||||||||
| Sweep | Conrad Parker | |||||||||
| Total Recorder | HighCriteria | Shareware | ||||||||
| Traverso DAW | Traverso | NFS | ||||||||
| WaveLab | Steinberg | External gear, MIDI | ||||||||
| WavePad | NCH Software | / Freemium | ||||||||
| WaveSurfer | Centre for Speech Technology at KTH | |||||||||
| Digital audio editor | Creator / developer | Software license | Microsoft Windows | MacOS | iOS | Linux | BSD | Online | Network storage | External hardware |
Support
Plugin support
The plugin types that the software can run natively.File format support
The various file types the software can read/write.| OMF | AAF | MIDI | WAV | MP3 | AAC | Ogg | REX2 | AIFF | FLAC | Others | |
| Acoustica | W64 | ||||||||||
| Ardour | W64, libsndfile library formats | ||||||||||
| Audacity | AMR | ||||||||||
| AudioDesk | SDII | ||||||||||
| Audiotool | |||||||||||
| Audition | AU, IFF, RAW/PCM, SMP, VOC, VOX, WMA | ||||||||||
| BIAS Peak | |||||||||||
| Bitwig Studio | WMA | ||||||||||
| Cakewalk by BandLab | W64, CAF, SDII, AU, SND, DSF, DFF, RCY, ASF, WMA, WMV | ||||||||||
| Cubase | WMA, W64 | ||||||||||
| Diamond Cut ART | |||||||||||
| Digital Performer | SDII | ||||||||||
| Ecasound | |||||||||||
| FL Studio | XI, REX | ||||||||||
| GarageBand | |||||||||||
| Goldwave | Windows Media Audio, AU, Monkey's Audio, VOX, mat, snd, voc | ||||||||||
| Harrison Mixbus | 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 | |||||||||||
| Kristal | |||||||||||
| Live | SDII | ||||||||||
| LMMS | AU, DS, RAW, SPX, VOC. Can also open.flp files | ||||||||||
| Logic Pro | |||||||||||
| Mixcraft | |||||||||||
| mp3DirectCut | |||||||||||
| MuLab | |||||||||||
| MusE | |||||||||||
| N-Track | WMA, EDL, WAV64 | ||||||||||
| Nuendo | |||||||||||
| NU-Tech | |||||||||||
| Podium | |||||||||||
| Pro Tools | SDII | ||||||||||
| Qtractor | CAF, HTK, IFF/8SVX, MAT4/5, PAF, PVF, RAW, SDII, SDS, SF, VOC, W64, XI | ||||||||||
| REAPER | APE, BWF, MOOG, W64, WavPack | ||||||||||
| Reason | SF2, ReFill | ||||||||||
| Record | SF2, ReFill | ||||||||||
| OMF | AAF | MIDI | WAV | MP3 | AAC | Ogg | REX2 | AIFF | FLAC | Others | |
| Renoise | MP4, MP4A, CAF, SFZ | ||||||||||
| RiffWorks | |||||||||||
| Rosegarden | Csound, Mup, MuxicXML, h2song | ||||||||||
| Samplitude | WMA, RealAudio | ||||||||||
| Sound Forge | SWF, RealAudio & RealVideo, WMA and WMV, AVI, AIF, SND, MPEG-1 and MPEG-2, AU, DIG, IVC, PCA, W64, FRG, VOX, AA3, OMA, CDA, AC-3 studio, RAW | ||||||||||
| Soundbooth | |||||||||||
| Soundscape 32 | |||||||||||
| SoX | External LAME | AU and other audio file formats | |||||||||
| SpectraLayers | .caf,.alac, RAW/PCM,.rm,.au,.snd, AVI, MXF, MP1, MP2, MP4, MKV, Quicktime,.vob,.wmv, WMA | ||||||||||
| Studio One | OpenTL, BWF, RF64, PreSonus Capture Session, Steinberg Cubase Track Archive, Steinberg Sequel Project, Kristal Audio Engine Project | ||||||||||
| Sweep | Various versions of WAV ; Microsoft PCM, A-law and u-law formats; AIFC and RIFX; various AU/SND formats ; RAW header-less PCM files; Amiga IFF/8SVX/16SV PCM files; Ensoniq PARIS ; Apple's Core Audio Format and others. | ||||||||||
| Total Recorder | PCM, WMA, Monkey's Audio. | ||||||||||
| Waveform | |||||||||||
| Traverso | WavPack | ||||||||||
| WaveLab | AU, MP2, RAW | ||||||||||
| WavePad | import midi, Sun AU, MPEG4 audio, GSM, RAW, Dialogic VOX, AMR Narrowband, Musepack, Monkey's Audio Codec, others | ||||||||||
| WaveSurfer | Import: AU, CSL, SD Export: AU | ||||||||||
| OMF | AAF | MIDI | WAV | MP3 | AAC | Ogg | REX2 | AIFF | FLAC | Others |