# Sound Editing Program

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-editing-program/219901>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 19, 2003, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-editing-program/219901 "2003-12-19T02:34:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Duderdude2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@Duderdude2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duderdude2)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-editing-program/219901/1 "2003-12-19T02:34:46Z")

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Is there a program that I can download which would allow me to record a voice sample and add a deep echo or other cool effects? Freeware is preferred , but not essential (It also has to be able to export the sound has a wave). Thanks.

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**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-editing-program/219901/2 "2003-12-19T03:49:37Z")

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There are a couple of options on [this](http://www.lab1.kuis.kyoto-u.ac.jp/members/komaki/tools.html) page, under the “Sound Tools For Windows” header. I usually use the Goldwave sample editor and it’s always worked really well for me.

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**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-editing-program/219901/3 "2003-12-19T03:51:29Z")

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[Cool Edit 96](http://www.adobe.com/special/products/audition/syntrillium.html) does all sorts of stuff and it was free when I got it years ago but I don’t know if that has changed now that Adobe bought them. It allows changing the pitch of the voice and all sorts of cool stuff.

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**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-editing-program/219901/4 "2003-12-19T04:07:28Z")

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[Cool Edit 96 Download](http://www.threechords.com/hammerhead/cool_edit_96.shtml) and other audio editors.

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**Author:** ![buckgully](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb9ed0/32.png) [@buckgully](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buckgully)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-editing-program/219901/5 "2003-12-19T06:32:27Z")

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Audacity is an open source sound editor that I find myself using more and more. It’s fairly easy to use and is suprisingly powerful. It’s available for Windows, Mac and Linux.

> **[Audacity](https://sourceforge.net/projects/audacity/)**
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> Download Audacity for free. A free multi-track audio editor and recorder. Audacity is no longer at SourceForge. Audacity can be downloaded via AudacityTeam website instead: http://www.audacityteam.org/download/
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> Audacity is a free, easy-to-use,...