Best Audio Editing Software in 2026 · page 3

Ableton Live

Ableton Live is music production software for Windows and macOS, with multitrack editing and MIDI sequencing.

FL Studio

Qtractor

Qtractor is a Linux desktop application for multitrack audio and MIDI sequencing and recording, aimed at personal home studios.

LMMS

LMMS is a free, open-source desktop tool for making music on Linux, macOS, and Windows.

Fission

SANDYNE

Renoise

Renoise is a digital audio workstation for recording, composing, editing, processing, and rendering audio through a music-tracker workflow.

Audiopod

Ocenaudio

Ocenaudio is a free audio editor for editing and analyzing audio files on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Ongenet

Audio Editor by Puter

iZotope RX

iZotope RX is a paid audio-restoration suite for macOS and Windows, available as a DAW plug-in and in standalone editor offerings.

OpenStudio

OMNi DAW

NanoStudio 2

energyXT

energyXT is a music production suite from energyXT, headquartered in Oslo, Norway.

DSP-Quattro

DSP-Quattro is a macOS application for audio editing, mastering, audio CD-ROM burning, plug-in hosting and batch processing.

TwistedWave

TwistedWave is a paid audio editor made by TwistedWave, a company founded in 2007 and headquartered in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

OpenMPT

OpenMPT is a tracker and audio application for composing and playing music, with a sample-based workflow or DAW-style use through plugin support.

Loopy Pro

Song Peel

MixPad

Soundation

Soundation is a browser-based music studio for recording, editing, and producing music without downloading software.

Streamlabs Podcast Editor

Streamlabs Podcast Editor is a browser-based video editor for podcasts, interviews, Just Chatting streams, and other video content.

Hindenburg Pro

Hindenburg Pro is spoken-word audio editing software for journalists, broadcasters, podcasters, and audio storytellers.