It sports an almost ridiculous number of features for the advanced user, and caters to both live musicians and DJs alike.

This week, were going to look at five of the best audio editing applications, based on your nominations.

Advertisement Earlier in the week, we asked you which audio editing tools you thought were the best.

We tallied up your responses, and now were back to feature the five applications you said were the best of breed.

If youre not sure of the difference, audio editors let you manage and splice existing audio files, while DAWs are more for creating new music from scratch.

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Now, on to the top five: Best Audio Editing Application Whether youre an at-home DJ or you just need an audio track to go behind a movie, speech, or Read more Advertisement The poll is closed and the votes are counted To see which audio editing tool was your favorite, head over to this weeks Hive Five Followup post to see and discuss the winner Most Popular Audio Editing Tool: Audacity Whether you need a simple audio editing tool, or you plan to make music and need a full-fledged Read more GO Media may get a commission TaoTronics 1500W Ceramic Heater Buy for 46 from TaoTronics Use the promo code WARM006 Audacity (WinMacLinux) Free and open source, Audacity makes audio editing simple and easy.

Its no DAW, but if youre a DJ looking to polish a set before sharing it with the web, or if you just want to remove the noise from your music collection or normalize the volume, Audacity is a simple tool to master and gets the job done quickly.

It supports a number of different file types, including mp3, OGG, WAV, AIFF, and more, and can even record live audio for editing and export later.

Plus, Audacitys flexible features make it perfect for home projects like basement mixes and digitizing old cassettes or vinyl.

Advertisement Advertisement Adobe Audition (WinMac) Formerly Cool Edit Pro, Adobe Audition is a powerful suite that makes audio editing, splicing, remixing, and restoration easy.

Its pricey on its own (349 USD), but can be purchased as part of Creative Suite.

Adobe retained Cool Edit Pros user-friendly interface in many waysAudition is easy to pick up and difficult to master completely, but thats just because of its depth of features.

Audition makes it easy to mix, splice, and edit files you already have, and can support just about anything you throw at it.

You can use the tools built-in effects to add flair to your recordings, set up your frequent changes in an action and batch process dozens of audio files with the same settings, mix multiple tracks, and more.

Advertisement Advertisement Avid Pro Tools (WinMac) Avid Pro Tools is more of a DAW, although it can edit existing audio like a champ.

Professional musicians use Pro Tools for studio recordings and album mixes, DJs use it to correct mistakes in their mixes after the fact, and music producers can assemble entire albums in a fraction of the time required with other tools.

That power will cost you699 for the base versionbut for the money you get an industry-standard, studio-grade tool that supports anything you send its way, has a wealth of plug-ins to extend its functionality, works seamlessly with studio equipment, and has its own music composition tools and instruments built-in.

Advertisement Advertisement Reaper (WinMac) Reaper is another DAW that many of you praised for its flexible and deep feature set, customization options, and the fact that its a lightweight applicationespecially when compared with other DAWs with similar feature sets.

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It sports a number of plugins that can extend its functionality, and even non-professional users can pick it up and work with it fairly quickly.

Reaper works just as well if you want to record music from professional gear or an amateur setup, or if you want to make music entirely with your computer.

Reaper features hundreds of built-in effects and features to make your music really shine, and has a huge and vibrant community of users, to boot.

Oh, and the price tag is niceitll only set you back 60 for individual, non-profit, or small business use.

Its a very powerful DAW, and popular toomany of you noted it for its professional-grade features, specifically geared towards live recordings, but its no slouch if youre looking to write music as well.

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