Audio editing software perfects and creates digital audio files. It can be freeware or paid, handle different file types, and offer varying levels of help and support. It works on various operating systems and may be standalone or included in other editing software.
Audio comes from the Latin root audire which means “to listen” and means “sound”. Editing software is software designed to make various types of changes to media, text, etc. Audio editing software is editing software that focuses on perfecting and/or creating digital audio files, and an audio editing software program may be referred to as an audio editor. There are several ways to classify the different types of audio editing software.
Audio editing software can be freeware or paid software. Some audio editing software available for purchase has a free demo or trial version. Trial versions may be limited by the number of working days or length of recording that can be created/saved or the number of sessions it can be used. Alternatively, paid software may have the “Save” feature disabled.
Another way audio editing software can be differentiated is by the file types it handles. Some audio editing software programs only handle a particular type of audio file, such as MP3. Others are equipped to work with a wide variety of file types, including AIFF (Audio Interchange File Format), AVI (Audio Video Interleaved), MP2 and MP3 (Motion Picture Experts Group — MPEG — formats), OGG, VOX, WAV ( Waveform Audio File Format and WMA (Windows Media Audio) Some audio editing software can extract audio from a video file for the user to work with.
The existence and quality of the help and support offers is another distinction. The products differ in providing written support in the form of FAQs, glossaries, product manuals, and tutorials. They may or may not also have technical support or forums to address user issues. And the software may or may not have regular updates.
The audio editing software is built for a variety of operating systems, including Windows® 2000, Windows® XP, Windows® 7, Vista®, Mac® OS X and Linux. It may only have editing functions or be capable of other tasks, such as recording, converting, and burning. Audio editing software is often a standalone program, but sometimes audio editing features are included in software that also has video and image editing features.
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