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Audacity

screenshot of recording on audacity

Audacity is a free audio editor. It records sound, plays sound, imports and exports WAV, AIFF, Ogg Vorbis, and MP3 files, and more. You can use it to edit your sounds by using its Cut, Copy and Paste (with unlimited Undo), mix tracks together, or apply effects to your recordings. Audacity has a built-in amplitude envelope editor, a customizable spectrogram mode and a frequency analysis window for audio analysis applications. Built-in effects include Echo, Change Tempo, and Noise Removal, and it also supports VST plug-in effects. No midi support.

Kristal

screenshot of Kristal recorder

Kristal is a free multi-track and audio recording software package. ASIO and VST FX support, 16 audio track limit.

• 16 audio tracks
• 32 Bit floating point audio engine
• 44.1 to 192 kHz sample rate
• 3-band parametric EQ
• 2 VST insert slots per channel
• 3 VST master effect slots
• ASIO low latency audio driver support
• 4 KRISTAL Plug-In slots

Connect your mic/guitar and play through KRISTAL using VST effects in real-time. No midi support.