Sound FX Programs

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There are several sound effects programs for multimedia users. Sound FX programs are used to edit audio clips. Sound editing can include copying, merging, splitting and adding special effects to an audio clip. When shopping for a sound effects program, you should consider the features the program offers and how much the program costs.

Adobe Audition

Adobe Audition is a digital audio program produced by Adobe Systems. Adobe Audition has several sound effect features, including pitch correction, surround encoder, audio mixing and sound and noise reduction. Audition also allows you to work on more than one track simultaneously in a multitrack, non-destructive mix and edit environment. The waveform editing view allows you to mix your audio tracks with more than 50 real-time audio effects, including echo, flange and reverb. Adobe Audition is compatible with Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7.

Audacity

Audacity is a free sound design and editing program. As of October 20, 2009, Audacity was the sixth most popular software downloaded from SourceForge.net with 63 million downloads. Audacity takes you through every step of sound editing from recording to editing. Some of the sound effect features of audacity include noise removal, pitch change, phaser, Wahwah, reverse and amplify. Audacity is compatible with Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and GNU/Linux.

Reason

Reason is a digital audio workstation developed by Propellerhead Software. Reason can be used as a virtual music studio or a collection of musical instruments to be used with another sequencing software program. Some of the devices of Reason include a set of synthesizers, samplers, signal processes, sequencers and mixers. Reason is compatible with Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows.

Qtrator

Qtrator is a free digital audio workstation made solely for use on Linux systems. The developers of Qtrator claim that it was designed to be user-friendly enough for the average home user, yet powerful enough for professional sound editors. Qtrator offers non-destructive, non-linear editing so you can edit your audio tracks without worrying about damaging the original tracks. The sound effect features of Qtrator include a built-in mixer, preset plug-ins, a clip editing tool and MIDI control mapping.

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