MixPad

MixPad

MixPad is a free and easy to use multi-track audio mixing and editing software for Windows and Mac. It allows you to record and mix multiple audio tracks, add effects, edit audio files, and export to MP3 or other formats.
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MixPad: Free Multi-Track Audio Mixing & Editing Software

Free and easy-to-use multi-track audio mixing and editing software for Windows and Mac, record, mix, add effects, edit audio files, export to MP3 or other formats.

What is MixPad?

MixPad is a versatile digital audio workstation (DAW) software that enables music creators to produce professional audio by mixing multiple music tracks. Developed by NCH Software, MixPad is available for Windows and Mac operating systems as a free download.

As an intuitive multi-track recording and mixing software, MixPad comes packed with features to record vocals, instruments, podcasts, and more. It supports common audio formats like WAV, MP3, WMA, OGG, FLAC, AU, AIFF, and more. Users can effortlessly mix an unlimited number of music, vocal, and audio tracks using the mixing console equipped with volume, pan, mute, solo, and EQ controls.

MixPad offers a library of built-in sound effects and supports VST plugins for additional effects. Music creators can slice, trim, cut, copy, paste audio clips on the timeline. Advanced audio editing tools like unlimited undo/redo make professional editing accessible. The Master section on the mixer helps apply overall volume and compression effects. Finally, users can export the audio mixes to MP3, WAV, WMA, OGG, FLAC, AU, and AIFF formats.

As a feature-packed DAW solution catering from podcast creators to musicians, MixPad strives to offer an easy-to-use digital mixing environment for creating professional audio mixes with efficiency.

MixPad Features

Features

  1. Multi-track mixing and editing
  2. Support for VST plugins
  3. Audio effects like reverb, echo, compression
  4. Audio repair and restoration tools
  5. Support for exporting to MP3, WAV, OGG
  6. Waveform editing
  7. Mastering tools like normalization and limiting
  8. Basic MIDI editing
  9. Audio file conversion
  10. Recording from microphone or other inputs

Pricing

  • Freemium

Pros

Free and easy to use

Good for basic multi-track editing

Lots of effects and editing tools included

Works on Windows and Mac

Cons

Limited to 16 tracks

No advanced editing features like pitch shifting

No video support

No mobile or tablet support


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