You recorded something you care about, such as a voice memo, a song off a stream or an old tape, and now it has dead air at the start, a clipped ending and a level that's far too quiet. Audio Editor Deluxe is a Windows program for fixing exactly that. You see the sound as a waveform, cut and tidy it, and save it in the format you need.
Quick facts
- Platform: Microsoft Windows
- Formats: WAV, MP3, MP2, WMA, OGG Vorbis, VOX, RAW audio and audio CD tracks
- Includes: audio converter and CD ripper
- Effects and filters: more than 20 sound effects and 6 filters
Key features
See your audio as a waveform and edit it visually
You open a file and get a waveform window with zooming. From there you can cut, copy, delete and paste, mix in another file, and insert or delete silence or noise. You can play the whole file or just the part you selected.
Record from a microphone or another input device
You can capture new audio from a microphone or another input device and edit it straight away.
Fix levels and add effects
Effects include amplify, normalize, fade, echo, chorus, flanger, delay, vibrato, reverse, invert and stretch. You can apply them to a selected part of the file instead of the whole thing.
Clean up tone with six filters
Band pass, high pass, low pass, high shelf, low shelf and notch filters let you cut rumble or hiss in the selection you choose. An equalizer is included too.
Convert files and rip CDs without a second program
The built-in audio converter changes one file type to another. The CD ripper copies audio CDs to MP3, WMA, WAV and OGG. The vendor also says the program can burn your audio to CDs.
Tag and mark your files
ID3 tag editing covers album, artist, genre, title, year, comments and more. Markers let you jump between sections of a long recording.
Who it's for
It suits you if you want to trim recordings, fix volume, convert formats and tag music in one Windows program. The vendor describes it as built for home audio editing.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Recording, editing, converting and CD ripping in one program
- Wide effect and filter set, applied to a selection
- Broad format support, including MP3 VBR and Windows Media
- Tag editing and markers
Cons
- Windows only
- Focused on single-file editing, not multitrack production
FAQs
Can it record my own audio?
Yes. You can record from a microphone or another input device.
Which formats can it open?
WAV, MP3, MP2, WMA, CD tracks, OGG Vorbis, VOX and RAW audio.
Can it rip a CD?
Yes. The CD ripper saves tracks as MP3, WMA, WAV or OGG.
Does it edit ID3 tags?
Yes. You can change album, artist, genre, title, year and comments.
System requirements
It runs on Microsoft Windows.