
Supports a number of file formats including wav (multiple codecs), mp3, vox, gsm, real audio, au, aif, flac, ogg and many more.The one I found that best suits my needs is WavePad, developed by NCH Swift Sound, an Australian company. You can also add other background music and voice recordings in between to create a completely new track Add sound effects, voiceovers, and more. All of this software is free and quite good however, Audacity (for me) does not have some features that I would like (for example, when you hit Close, it closes the program, not just the file), so I looked around and tried out some other sound editors. I’ve been doing a fair amount of sound editing using Wimamp and StreamRipper for source material and Audacity with this LAME-MP3-Encoder to edit sound files.

SUMMARY: Very complete commercial sound editor – $76 for the full version (discounted if purchase early), basic version free – 14 day trial.
