Best audio software on Reddit

180 reviews from r/audiodrama, r/podcasting, r/Metalcore and 33 more subreddits

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#1

Reaper

4.4
(25)
"There are plenty! We'd recommend checking out Reaper, Ableton Live, Cubase, Pro Tools and Studio One."
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"Reaper offers great customization options and an enjoyable workflow."
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"Reaper is probably the gold standard of free programs. Even the paid version is still cheap. Hella easy to learn."
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"Reaper is the only correct answer to all audio questions."
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"Reaper is probably the best for entry-level stuff."
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"I've been running Reaper for years. Tons of tutorials and free plug-ins. I use it for mastering too with some paid plugins."
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"Reaper is probably the most popular."
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"It's the most cost-effective DAW for professional sound and is so goddamn great."
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"Reaper if PC."
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"Reaper is a great DAW for music production, especially with the help of tutorials."
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#2

Audacity

4.3
(23)
"Audacity"
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"We’ve made our whole show with Audacity and for a free tool it does just as much as we need."
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"Audacity is great for recording audio separately before creating videos."
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"Definitely use Audacity"
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"Audacity is free, easy to use, and has many tutorials available."
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"Free with no nagging for premium."
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"Audacity is nice and free."
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"A great starter program that's free, helpful help section & pretty easy to learn to navigate & use."
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"I use free Audacity."
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"It's free and you can do other things as well as noise reduction."
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#3

Adobe

4.2
(12)
"It has some additional features and quality of life enhancements that make things easier on my workflow."
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"Great software for audio editing."
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"Both are excellent."
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"Nothing really comes close for me."
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"I get the Adobe suite free through my school so I can use Adobe dc OCR function and convert everything to readable text."
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"Adobe has just launched an AI based sound restoration tool that is pretty good and focused on podcasters."
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"Adobe audio enhancer"
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"It's expensive, but I prefer Adobe Audition's interface for editing."
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"Another alternative for managing files."
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"Adobe Audition has an audio sync functionality which works well."
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#4

Apple

4.3
(8)
"Logic is powerful and I would never go back to Reaper."
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"It's a really powerful DAW for the price."
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"Logic is nice too, in the Apple world, but I feel is a bit more fitting for music."
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"SM58 -> Zoom R32 -> Logic Pro X."
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"GarageBand is quite powerful and a good segue into Logic."
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"I’m very partial to GarageBand because I’m a Mac guy."
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"GarageBand is nice for doing music."
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"If you're on a Mac machine, it might possibly be worth biting the bullet and paying for Logic Pro."
#5

FL Studio

4.2
(5)
"FL Studio is highly recommended for paid software."
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"FL Studio is usually considered beginner friendly."
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"If you want a clean or grimy trap sound use fl or logic... use ableton or fl studio."
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"FL Studio is a good option but not my main choice."
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"FL Studio is easier to use from what I heard."
#6

Cakewalk

4.2
(5)
"The full professional suite of Cakewalk Sonar is now free at Bandlab."
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"Cakewalk is just as powerful and versatile as Cubase and is 100% free."
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"Cakewalk is just as powerful and versatile as Cubase and is 100% free."
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"Cakewalk is a powerful free software for music creation."
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"Cakewalk is a free DAW for Windows only."
#7

Ardour

4.3
(4)
"Stand out packages are: Ardour: a DAW."
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"Ardour is a solid open-source alternative to big DAWs."
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"Ardour is available for Linux, Mac, or Windows."
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"You can route Zyn's audio to Ardour and then mix stuff in there."
#8

iZotope

4.3
(4)
"Izotope RX is the best for anything audio."
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"On a more technical side you can try Izotope RX."
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"RX10 leans more towards audio restoration on the spectral side."
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"The 'Dialogue Isolate' feature separates spoken dialogue from background noise effectively."
#9

Ableton

4.3
(4)
"Ableton is highly recommended if you're willing to invest more money."
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"Ableton is my main DAW now because of how it looks and is slightly faster than Pro Tools and FL Studio."
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"Ableton Live Lite is a great option for learning music production at a low cost."
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"Ableton Live Intro is affordable and a good starting point for beginners."
#10

Pro Tools

4.0
(4)
"Pro Tools is the best of all of them from my own usage. It has very advanced features, and can be a bit more costly, but ultimately scales from small to large."
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"Pro Tools is solid but I prefer Ableton for its speed."
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"I LOVE editing in PT."
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"If you can learn it and handle their subscription model, it works perfectly fine."
#11

Qlab

5.0
(3)
"QLab is powerful and flexible, making it worth the learning curve."
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"Qlab is what you looking for. For both the experienced and inexperienced."
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"QLab is the standard for Mac and is free for stereo audio."
#12

Praat

4.7
(3)
"Praat is an excellent tool for phonetic analysis."
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"Praat is excellent for analyzing spectrograms."
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"Two programs I recall using are Praat and TF32."
#13

Blackmagic Design

4.3
(3)
"Davinci Resolve voice isolation is surprisingly great."
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"Silverlight is free and part of DaVinci resolve. It’s very powerful and has some great features that are often overlooked."
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"Davinci Resolve is a free video editor with a paid Studio version."
#14

MediaMonkey

3.7
(3)
"MediaMonkey is a great media player."
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"Http://www.mediamonkey.com/"
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"Eventually suffered from the same slow bloating like iTunes did with so many extras and long file scan."
#15

Cubase

3.3
(3)
"Cubase is one of the industry standards and far more user-friendly than ProTools."
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"Cubase is one of the industry standards and far more user-friendly than ProTools."
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"Cubase and AVID are over $500 and for a podcaster I don't know if its worth breaking the bank."
#16

foobar2000

5.0
(2)
"Instantaneous start up and scan, and with some patience you can build it exactly how you want a music manager to be."
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"Foobar2000 offers excellent customization options."
#17

LMMS

3.3
(3)
"LMMS is easy to learn and a good choice for music production."
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"Stand out packages are: LMMS: all-in-one pattern based m."
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"LMMS works pretty well and it's easy to use, but it is glitchy."
#18

Audio-Technica

5.0
(2)
"I recommend upgrading to this mic once you've saved up."
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"It's the best mic I've bought for under a hundred bucks."
#19

Twisted Wave

4.5
(2)
"It's easy to use and inexpensive. It does all of the basic sorts of editing you need to record and deliver VO."
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"Try Voice Recorder then edit it in Twisted Wave?"
#20

OBS Studio

4.5
(2)
"OBS Studio is great for recording videos without needing face synchronization."
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"I use Open Broadcaster Software to record screencasts. It's free."
#21

Krisp

4.5
(2)
"Krisp AI Noise Remover makes any mic sound better, even with excessive white noise."
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"Krisp is a downloadable software with a free trial that automatically reduces background noise."
#22

Adobe Audition

3.0
(2)
"I tried reaper and adobe audition with this mic and found out there is less noise when i record with adobe."
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"Adobe Audition is locked behind an Adobe CC subscription."
#23

Realtek

3.0
(2)
"The installation process was a bit ambiguous, but it ultimately worked."
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"The download via WinStore did not work."
#24

Adobe Audio Enhancer

5.0
(1)
"This thing is amazing https://podcast.adobe.com/enhance"
#25

iZotope RX Suite

5.0
(1)
"Izotope Rx suite."
#26

Moon Reader

5.0
(1)
"I use the paid (like $5) Moon reader+ mobile app with ivona voices. Excellent."
#27

Ivona

5.0
(1)
"The good voices (Amy) are free with the mobile app. Totally worth it."
#28

Resolve

5.0
(1)
"Both are excellent"
#29

Tin HiFi

5.0
(1)
"I no longer have noise issues."
#30

Krotos

5.0
(1)
"Krotos Studio is a great tool for sound design, especially for ambiences."
#31

Plogue

5.0
(1)
"Easily use soundfonts with Plogue Sforzando."
#32

Sudotack

5.0
(1)
"My setup is comparable or even better than RTX voice."
#33

NVIDIA

5.0
(1)
"NVIDIA RTX Voice effectively reduces background noise, making it ideal for noisy environments."
#34

Open-source software

5.0
(1)
"RNNoise is an excellent alternative to RTX Voice, providing system-wide noise suppression."
#35

Image-Line

5.0
(1)
"FL Studio is an excellent digital audio workstation for music production."
#36

Waves

5.0
(1)
"It does what you want and is on sale right now for 35 bucks."
#37

Focusrite

5.0
(1)
"Works well with my setup."
#38

Gigabyte

5.0
(1)
"After installing the drivers from the Gigabyte website, the Realtek application appeared in the start menu."
#39

Dolby

5.0
(1)
"I would concur with previous poster."
#40

Superior Drummer

5.0
(1)
"Incredibly realistic drum sounds and full flexibility to create original rhythms."
#41

Tim Kulig

5.0
(1)
"All his music is creative commons as long as you credit it, and he’s got a really wide variety of high-quality stuff."
#42

Soundly

5.0
(1)
"I highly recommend Soundly. You can pay a monthly subscription fee to access their huge library of sounds."
#43

Multiplay

5.0
(1)
"Multiplay is a free equivalent for PC."
#44

Show Cue System

5.0
(1)
"It is intuitive and moves forward through the show."
#45

Noteblock Studio

5.0
(1)
"Try using Noteblock Studio to experiment and learn making music."
#46

MyNoise

5.0
(1)
"Has everything you're looking for. There's an app too if you don't want to run it on a PC."
#47

OpenMPT

5.0
(1)
"OpenMPT is an excellent tool for music production."
#48

Moon Reader+

5.0
(1)
"I use the paid (like $5) Moon reader+ mobile app with ivona voices. Excellent."
#49

Media Monkey

5.0
(1)
"Currently managing over 10,000 files and it lets me sort and display them pretty much any way I want."
#50

Pure Data

5.0
(1)
"I highly recommend Pure Data as an open source version of Max/MSP."
#51

Jack

4.0
(1)
"Jack OSX and Soundflower into Logic (maybe Garage Band) and process your audio there."
#52

Boom

4.0
(1)
"Boom 3D."
#53

Moises

4.0
(1)
"There's a web app called Moises that uses AI to isolate tracks from a recording, including vocals; I’ve never tried it for isolating spoken word from background noise, but it’s worth a shot?"
#54

Nvidia RTX Voice

4.0
(1)
"Nvidia graphics cards can run 'RTX Voice' which has a AI noise reduction function."
#55

Ableton Live

4.0
(1)
"Your two other main options would be Ableton Live and Logic (Mac only)."
#56

Moises.ai

4.0
(1)
"Moises.ai."
#57

Basehead

4.0
(1)
"Bsaehead is another which I've used and liked."
#58

Kindle

4.0
(1)
"The kindle plugin voices aren't bad and free."
#59

Clarity

4.0
(1)
"Clarity VX is pretty effective & easy to use."
#60

Phone

4.0
(1)
"You can use your phone as a USB mic and record with Audacity."
#61

Renoise

4.0
(1)
"Renoise works really smoothly on the linux platform. I'd purchase it if I were serious about making music."
#62

Rosegarden

4.0
(1)
"Rosegarden is effective for controlling Zynaddsubfx."
#63

Propellerhead

4.0
(1)
"I enjoy Reason Essentials for its ease of use and visual metaphor."
#64

Cockos

4.0
(1)
"Reaper is very good and it’s 'free' as long as you’re still trying it out."
#65

Avid

4.0
(1)
"Pro Tools is the industry standard with various package versions."
#66

EasyFind

4.0
(1)
"Worked great for searching gigantic SFX libraries."
#67

Acid Xpress

4.0
(1)
"Acid Xpress is a free Windows loop based editor, but it does allow for many other features."
#68

Hindenburg

4.0
(1)
"Hindenburg Journalist Pro is great for radio and podcasts."
#69

Zynaddsubfx

4.0
(1)
"Using Rosegarden to control Zynaddsubfx works quite well."
#70

Acon Digital

4.0
(1)
"Acoustica leans more towards audio editing and might be more usable for you."
#71

Vegas Pro

4.0
(1)
"Vegas Pro has been a reliable choice for years."
#72

Logic

4.0
(1)
"Logic is nice too, in the Apple world, but I feel is a bit more fitting for music."
#73

ZapSplat

4.0
(1)
"For free sound effects I recommend ZapSplat.Com and FreeSound.org."
#74

FreeSound

4.0
(1)
"Both have huge but inconsistent libraries of sounds."
#75

Reason

4.0
(1)
"The flow of it worked for me though and I feel like that’s the key, finding the one that works best for you."
#76

Voicemeeter

4.0
(1)
"I use Voicemeeter for my BM800 before I switched to G733."
#77

GarageBand

4.0
(1)
"GarageBand is nice for doing music."

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