MuLab

Audio editors are essential tools for anyone who wants to add a unique soundtrack to a video montage or people who wish to record their own songs and make them sound better. Professional audio editors are expensive and their controls are difficult to master, but this is not the case with MuLab. It provides all the tools you need to edit and enhance your audio tracks and recordings. Compared to other similar programs, MuLab is much easier to use, due to its well organized user interface.

The software is free, but you can also find it in Extended and Ultimate versions. It is available for Mac OS X and Windows operating systems and it is known to work on Linux platforms as well, with the Wine Windows emulator. Despite its advanced functionality, MuLab is lightweight and it doesn't need to be installed. You can extract its core files from a Zip archive, which is almost 20 MB. Once you extract the files, you can run the program's executable, without making any kind of configurations.

Although MuLab is easier to use than other audio editors, you still have to take your time and study its user interface. The software allows you to create several audio channels, in the central region of the interface, in which you can place audio files, predefined sounds, predefined clips, voice recordings or instrument tracks. You can also create your own composition, using a MIDI keyboard. All channels are color coded and you can find their corresponding mixing tables in the lower region of the interface.

When creating an instrument or effect channel, the software will display a control panel, on which you can fine tune your instrument or effect. If you wish to apply a certain effect on a composition, recording or other sounds, you only need to move that sound to the appropriate channel, by clicking and dragging.

MuLab's features are too many to count. A high quality sound engine, automatic mono and stereo handling, the possibility of working with multiple session or its support for multi-core processors are just a few examples. All you need to know is that it provides you with everything you need to refine your music and soundtracks in a comfortable manner.