Kwave
A KDE sound editor for recording, playing and editing audio files on Linux.
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Package managers
- Flathub
flatpak install flathub org.kde.kwave
About Kwave
Kwave is a sound editor from KDE that records, plays, opens and edits many audio formats, including WAV, Ogg Opus, Ogg Vorbis, MP3 and FLAC. Volume tools cover fades, custom amplitude curves, scaling and normalization.
Frequency tools include lowpass, bandpass and notch filters and pitch shift. It can also add noise or silence, convert sample rate, reverse audio, save blocks between labels as separate files and show a spectrogram. It is released on the regular KDE Gear schedule and is available from Flathub or distribution packages.
Strengths
- Fades, normalization and filters built in
- Can split audio into files at label positions
- Spectrogram view
- Regular releases with KDE Gear
Limitations
- Linux only
- Some formats are import only
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree KDE application.
- License
- Open source, license not stated
- Developer
- KDE
- Platforms
- Linux
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- Linux users doing straightforward recording and audio edits
- Categories
- Audio tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to Kwave
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Audacity
A multi-track audio editor and recorder that has been the free default for twenty-five years.
Audacity is a free GPLv3 multi-track editor and recorder with many built-in effects, running on Windows, macOS and Linux with the same project format.
Tenacity
A fork of Audacity created after the 2021 telemetry row, built to record and edit audio with nothing phoning home.
Tenacity is a free, open-source Audacity fork with no telemetry and plugin support, running on Windows, macOS and Linux, though development is slow.
ocenaudio
A free, cross-platform audio editor built for fast, straightforward editing of audio files.
ocenaudio is a free cross-platform editor built for quick edits with a simple interface, but unlike Kwave it is closed source.
Amadeus Pro
Paid multitrack audio editor and sound recorder for macOS with batch processing.
Amadeus Pro is a paid, closed-source multitrack editor with batch conversion and Audio Units effects, so moving to it means switching to macOS.
Adobe Audition
A professional audio workstation for recording, editing, mixing and restoring audio for video and podcasts.
Adobe Audition adds multitrack, spectral editing and restoration tools on Windows and macOS, but it is subscription only and requires an Adobe account.
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Sonic Visualiser
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Qtractor
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iZotope RX
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