Audionaut
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Audionaut, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Audionaut's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free (GPLv3) | Free | Free software under GPLv3; commercial licence also available |
The facts
Each one read from Audionaut's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI and scripting
- The command-line tool and MCP server expose timeline operations to scripts and MCP-capable AI assistants.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Audio analysis
- Built-in analysis detects segment boundaries, onsets, and beats for musically aligned cuts and automatic arrangements.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Editing
- It supports named regions, timeline arranging, cutting, fades, and reusing regions without duplicating audio.checked 12 Oct 2026
- MCP integration
- The maker documents setup for Claude Code and Claude Desktop; the MCP server exposes Audionaut commands as tools.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Multitrack editing
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Network activity
- The app checks for updates once daily unless disabled and downloads an approximately 80 MB stem-separation model from Hugging Face on first use after asking.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- Anonymous usage statistics are opt-in, and the maker says audio, project content, file names, paths, personal data, and hardware identifiers are never collected.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Product
- Audionaut is a desktop audio editor for multitrack recordings, designed for editing and arranging parallel audio files such as stems and field recordings.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Project format
- Projects use a self-contained package with a human-readable JSON project file.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Stem separation
- Stem separation splits a clip into drums, bass, other, and vocals, and runs locally after downloading its model.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support
- The developer invites questions, feedback, and bug reports through GitHub Discussions and the contact page.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Supported formats
- Audionaut imports and exports WAV, AIFF, MP3, FLAC, and Ogg.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Tempo sync
- Projects carry a tempo, positions can be expressed in bars and beats, and Ableton Link can sync the transport with other software.checked 12 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
The company
- Maker
- Audionaut is developed and maintained by Klaus Voltmer; the About page does not state a headquarters or founding year.checked 12 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Platforms
- The maker lists native versions for macOS, Windows, and Linux; macOS requires version 13 or newer and Apple silicon.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Supported platforms
- macOS, Windows, Linuxchecked 20 Sep 2026
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