Kwave is a sound editor based on KDE Frameworks.
With this software, you can edit many types of audio files including multi track files.
You can alter and playback on its own.
Key Features
- Graphical view with a complete zoom and scroll capability..
- GUI can be used in SDI, MDI or Tab mode.
- 24 Bit Audio Support.
- Undo/Redo.
- Use of multicore CPUs (SMP, hyperthreading).
- Simple Drag & Drop.
- Realtime Pre-Listen for some effects.
- Support for multi-track files.
- Playback and recording via native ALSA, PulseAudio, Qt Multimedia (or OSS, deprecated).
- Playback via Phonon.
- Load and edit-capability for large files (can use virtual memory).
- Reading and auto-repair of damaged wav-files.
- Supports multiple windows.
- Extendable Plugin interface. Plugins include Amplify free, Fadein and out, Go to position, Insert at position, Lowpass Filter, Noise, Normalize, Notch Filter, Pitch Shift, Playback, Recording, Reverse, Silence, Samplerate, Sonagram, Select Range, Save Blocks, Volume, and Zero.
- Wide range of file formats are supported.
Website: kwave.sourceforge.net
Support: Handbook
Developer: Thomas Eschenbacher, Martin Wilz, Ralf Waspe, Caulier Gilles, Dave Flogeras, Rim Hemsley, Joerg-Christian Boehme
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
Kwave is written in C++. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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