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Many users are now making money online from their own projects. Some of them create interesting videos. And others are engaged in creating unique music, a song or a melody.

There are certain audio editing programs for this purpose. They are quite functional and provide the user with many possibilities. The main ones among them are the ability to overlay several sound tracks on each other, adding voiceover from the device's microphone, adding effects and different filters, adding nature sounds and other audio that are in the application's library. You can trim audio and add repetition of one music.

The finished works are saved in various popular audio file formats. They can then be offered to listeners as complete material. And they can also be added as a voiceover for a particular video. We offer a rating of the best utilities for creating high-quality audio files, which are already quite popular among Windows users.

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There are many VST plug-ins that have many special presets, and their control can be automated. There are many dynamic processing tools and a huge range of audio effects on offer. They can be manipulated just like real samples.

Pros

    • A standard multitrack virtual sound studio for everyone
    • Built-in effects designed for full-featured mastering
    • User-friendly scalable interface, support for external hardware
    • Full support for VST(i) based virtual hardware (including original format presets for instruments)
    • Simultaneous support of AudioMIDIVSTi tracks
    • Support for video in popular formats
    • Support of sound files in Wave, AIFF, Midi, Rex, Mp3 formats
    • For any audio production purpose
    • "True Swedish Quality"

Cons

    • There was instability when working with foreign VST(i) plug-ins

The rapid development of cloud technologies leads to increased requirements for software, but the multifaceted software FL Studio meets all the latest developments for high-quality creation of musical projects of varying complexity. This utility is created by the operating system Windows, and the system requirements are quite low and work well on any user device.

Pros

    • Nice, original interface
    • Full automation of almost all controls
    • Support for MIDI, DirectX, ASIO, VST(i), ReWire
    • Support for MIDI, Wave, AIFF, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, FastTracker files
    • Huge collection of virtual synthesizers, samplers, romplers, controllers, effects, etc.
    • Small but cute audio library of factory samplers and loops
    • Great studio for recording rock, synthpop and hip-hop, for experimenting

Cons

    • The program is not stable, and can hang at any inappropriate moment
    • Program consumes too many resources when working with DirectX and MIME drivers with extraneous generators and effects

As highly intelligent technology improves computer programs for processing audio content, one of the professional music editors, Adobe Audition, opens new frontiers for virtual editing. The user interface is logically laid out, and the working tools are quickly customizable to the user's interests.

Pros

    • Very user-friendly interface
    • Multi-track editing of audio files
    • The ability to edit frequencies
    • Large number of artistic effects
    • Manually add plugins for better processing

Cons

    • Some formats are not supported in the basic package - for example, Apple QuickTime
    • Takes up relatively a lot of disk space

Multifunctional platform for creating sound files AudioMaster allows all music lovers to enjoy not only pure sound, without the presence of extraneous noise, but also to create individual sound works. Thanks to the availability of both the most essential and narrowly focused working tools, the program is understandable both for novice music editors and for professionals who create multi-faceted creative projects.

Pros

    • Support and output in all popular formats: MP3, FLAC, WAV
    • Recording: use a microphone to capture audio and then process the resulting material
    • Editing tools: remove a track, stitch together multiple songs, apply effects, and change the voice
    • Equalizer: change the settings or choose a preset
    • Extract audio track from video
    • Volume override: increase or decrease the volume, normalize the sound

The multi-platform audio processing platform for audio files of varying degrees of complexity, Audacity has a set of professional tools for creating the most challenging music projects. The customizable control panel is easy to navigate, and the open program code gives you the advantage of making various additions.

Pros

    • Huge set of sound editing tools
    • Rich effects library
    • Russian language available
    • Extremely simple interface
    • Cross platform
    • Completely free of charge
    • You can change the pitch of any soundtrack
    • Sound recording
    • Editing recorded material

Virtual DJ is an electronic music creation program that includes an extensive library of sounds, samples, effects, and setup templates. It has a simple, intuitive interface and a full-featured DJ desk where you can experiment and then save your results to your computer. You can also edit existing tracks here as well, even if you don't have the source tracks available.

Pros

    • Support for VST plug-ins and numerous effects
    • Equalizer
    • Handy indicator that displays processor load
    • Recording tracks to discs
    • Quality mixer
    • Karaoke and special headset function

You can create original musical compositions with the feature-rich Ableton Live editor, which has the technological working tools to achieve the perfect sound. This platform is successfully used for amateur and professional purposes to play music of all kinds of formats and complexity.

Pros

    • Simple and "friendly" interface of the program, which can be fully controlled from external equipment, and the setting of this program is individual for each DJ and musician
    • Highly accurate and stable operation of the effects
    • Compatibility with a large number of external devices that allow to reveal all the potential of the program at all 100%
    • Opportunity to create remixes and experiment with sound on stage, i.e. wider possibilities for the DJ related to the performance of his set, making it more colorful and richer
    • Using Ableton Live software greatly reduces DJ's dependence on the equipment installed in the club, since all you need is a notebook computer and a MIDI controller
    • Ample opportunities to work and create your own musical material, as good as similar professional software such as CUBASE, NUENDO, LOGIC, PROTOOLS

This program is a note and tablature editor for experienced and inexperienced guitarists. At the top of the program is the standard menu for working with the melody. The bottom panel implies working with each individual note. The interface is designed to the smallest detail, so despite the clarity of the program presents a huge number of functions that at first you may not notice.

Pros

    • Sophisticated and intuitive interface
    • Quick and easy import of files
    • All computer versions of Guitar Pro files support
    • Built-in sound banks
    • Search by tracks

Cons

    • No ability to edit imported files
    • No possibility to create a composition from several audio tracks

The multifunctional REAPER platform contains all the most popular working tools in the professional field for creating a high-quality audio file. Despite the laconic design of the user interface it is easy and convenient to perform various operations on the conversion of the original material, all the main control buttons are hidden in the settings window, which gives the user an individual choice of the necessary options.

Pros

    • Both audio track and MIDI format can be freely routed
    • Change the tempo or measure at a convenient or desired location of the open project
    • Create a track, with stereo, four or more channels
    • MIDI and plain audio are in the same field and are not separated into two different tracks
    • Each track has its own volume and panorama control
    • Editing of any envelopes for sound parameters of a selected track is available
    • MIDI binding to manually controlled parameters is available

Cons

    • Lack of a drum machine

Sometimes there is a situation when you need to cut out a certain moment from a song or another recording. And besides, it should be possible to do it quickly, without any difficulties associated with a long study of the program. That's when mp3DirectCut comes to the rescue - a product that will be described a little further down. The application takes up only 284 kilobytes, it is free and allows you to achieve results in a matter of moments.

Pros

    • A simple, convenient, and easy-to-understand program interface;
    • Availability of additional features that enhance sound;
    • Completely free to use;
    • Small size;
    • Includes a reference component and a "Frequently Asked Questions" page in the installation;
    • The program works in any version of Windows, including even Windows XP and Windows.

Cons

    • Unfortunately, it only supports working with the MP3 format;
    • Volume boost is limited to 1.5 dB;
    • ID3v2 tag cannot be read;
    • The program documentation is relatively large, but does not cover all cases;
    • Possible appearance of distortions.