WaveShop: free open-source audio editor - fast and bit-perfect

[victimofleisure]

If you're looking for a free audio editor, WaveShop might fit your constraints. It's free and open-source, it's less complicated than Audacity but still has plenty of editing features, and it has a straightforward, uncluttered native Windows interface. It's also thoroughly documented, has 64-bit and portable versions, completely supports surround audio, and is being actively developed. From the WaveShop website:

WaveShop is a free, open-source audio editor for Windows XP/Vista/7. WaveShop is fast, lightweight, and bit-perfect, meaning samples aren't altered unless they need to be. Editing a portion of an audio file only affects that portion; the rest of the file is untouched. Blocks of audio can be cut and pasted without changing their contents at all. This is especially useful for patching a finished master without corrupting its dither. This is especially useful for patching a finished master without corrupting its dither. Waveshop's features include peak, RMS and spectral analysis, normalizing, fading, sample rate conversion, audio generation, and more, all with unlimited undo and comprehensive help.

More screenshots: WaveShop - Screenshots

Download: WaveShop - Download

 

[Golden]

Drop Brink a PM and ask him to add the software to this list, if its not already there:

http://www.sevenforums.com/software/215829-free-great-programs-windows-7-2-a.html

 

[fireberd]

The free Audacity has a lot of audio editing in it.

I personally use Goldwave (shareware).

 

[victimofleisure]

Drop Brink a PM and ask him to add the software to this list, if its not already there:

I can't seem to get PM working. I read the FAQ but I don't see any of the PM stuff in my control panel.

 

[fireberd]

Just make a post on the thread linked by Golden.

 

[Phylades]

Have been using WaveShop for over 3 months and have found it excellent. I record hours of stereo classical radio and break it into separate works saving as mp3. It works quite fast using key strokes on my 64 bit Win7. I usually record on an older XP where I have no problems. I have tried about 6 others with various degrees of frustration.