WaveSurfer For Mac

WaveSurfer is an audio manipulation software that provides support for researching and analyzing sound and speech. The utility includes visualization tools, helps you perform various transformations, and allows you to extend its capabilities via plug-ins.

The WaveSurfer app is able to both open and create various audio file formats, such as WAV, AU, AIFF, MP3, CSL, SD, OGG, Vorbis, NIST, or Sphere. The utility does not come with size limitations, so you can go ahead and open any file stored on your drive, or start recording.

When starting a new project, you need to choose from one of the available configurations: Demonstration, HTK transcription, IPA transcription, Spectogram, Speech analysis, TIMIT phones-words, TIMIT transcription, Transcription, Waveform, n-waveforms, and standard.

Depending on your selection, WaveSurfer will launch the appropriate windows and panels. The next step is to start recording or open the audio file you want to analyze. WaveSurfer comes with intuitive controls both when it comes to dealing with the playback or interacting with the graphic representations.

Within the WaveSurfer application you and convert the audio to change the sample rate and the output channels, amplify the sound, ad fade in and out effects, normalize the recording, include echo effects, mix channels, invert, reverse, silence, or remove the DC.

Worth mentioning is that some of the WaveSurfer functions are based on plug-ins that are already installed in the application. At the same time, you can also install new plug-ins to extend its functionalities and be able to work with video files.

To conclude, WaveSurfer delivers a collection of playback, recording, analysis, and manipulation tools that offer you the possibility to review or capture audio content. At the same time, you get to apply various transformations and sound effects.