Let the inner musician in you out as you edit through all of your favorite compositions
Let the inner musician in you out as you edit through all of your favorite compositions
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Program license Free
Version 9.2.1
Works under Windows
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(259 votes)
Works under
Windows
Program license
Free
Version
9.2.1
Pros
- Music editing platform
- Free for non-commercial purposes
Cons
- Purchase is subscription-based
Music Editor Free is a sophisticated audio editing platform for Windows.
Music Editor Free is an advanced music editing platform that features many different tools. It can certainly meet your needs across a range of scenarios. It’s also free to use for personal purposes but not technically freeware since you’ll need to pay for a license—one license per three computers—if you want to use it commercially. We’ll discuss the license situation a bit more in the conclusion.
For personal use, Music Editor Free is fantastic and rivals a lot of the paid solutions that are out there. The built-in sound recorder in Windows lets you record from a mic or similar input, but this program supports all inputs and can capture audio from podcasts, music videos and more. You can even extract music from video files on YouTube and the like, and the program doesn’t even require site-specific support for you to be able to rip audio straight from the videos you watch.
Music Editor Free supports most major audio formats, and it can read from and convert to all of the formats it supports. You can edit audio files with options like trim, cut, copy, paste, insert and more. You can even convert your recordings and other sound files to ringtones that can be used with iPhones and Android smartphones. The program also supports adding audio affects, and the supported effects include reverse, echo, noise reduction, equalization, amplification and dozens more.
As mentioned, Music Editor Free is free to use as often and for as long as you like as long as you’re using for non-commercial purposes. If you do want to use it for commercial purposes, you’ll need to ante up. It’s not a bad deal in the sense that you get full access to the program to determine if its right for your needs. The issue potentially is that the commercial license requires an annual subscription, and the non-sale price for the unlimited access is essentially a two-plus year commitment.
Pros
- Music editing platform
- Free for non-commercial purposes
Cons
- Purchase is subscription-based
Pros
- Lets you edit songs saved on your computer or ripped from a CD
- Will work with audio clips you record with your own microphone
- Comes with features for deleting portions of a song or clip
- Makes it easy to splice together multiple audio clips
- Works with different audio file formats
Cons
- May freeze in the middle of importing songs
- Importing multiple or longer songs can take longer
- Freezing is possible when editing longer songs and larger files
- Doesn't come with all the editing tools and features that premium software does
If you always wanted to edit and create your own music but didn't want to pay for an expensive software suite, you can use Music Editor Free to use some of those great features for free.
Imagine just how great your home movies would look with a soundtrack played in the background. You could edit your wedding photo and add your and your spouse's song to the track. With funny videos that you shot of your family and friends, you could even add in sound effects that will make others laugh. Music Editor Free is one of the few free programs that gives you access to great music editing tools.
Though this software requires that you import music and sounds to the program before using it, it gives you a few ways to do so. If you have compact discs, you can place one in your disc drive and drag those songs right over from the CD to the program. For files that you already have on your computer, you can do a quick search and bring in those files. Music Editor Free will even let you record new audio clips with a connected microphone for use in the program.
Once you have access to the songs and audio clips you want to use, Music Editor Free lets you manipulate and adjust those tracks in dozens of different ways. Adjust the speed at which the song plays, add in a short speech that you recorded, or just add a quick sound effect. It also lets you add multiple songs or clips together to create one long piece of music. Do you have a clip but only want to use a portion of that clip? With Music Editor Free, you can actually delete any portion of that clip and save just the piece you want to use.
As Music Editor Free runs so smoothly and quickly, you can actually use other programs at the same time. You can surf the web or edit videos while importing songs. While it does suffer from some freezing and importing songs can take longer than you want, it's a pretty good option for those looking to save money. Music Editor Free doesn't come with as many tools as premium music editing programs do, but it lets you do most of the editing that you want to do to your own songs and music.
Pros
- Lets you edit songs saved on your computer or ripped from a CD
- Will work with audio clips you record with your own microphone
- Comes with features for deleting portions of a song or clip
- Makes it easy to splice together multiple audio clips
- Works with different audio file formats
Cons
- May freeze in the middle of importing songs
- Importing multiple or longer songs can take longer
- Freezing is possible when editing longer songs and larger files
- Doesn't come with all the editing tools and features that premium software does
