GoldWave
TrialGoldWave Inc.
- Category
- Music & audio
- Version
- 7.09
- Manifest checked
- 2026-10-23
- Size
- ~15 MB
- Licence terms
- Paid (around $19) · evaluation version to try first
- Supported OS
- Windows 11 · 10
- Install method
- Automatic install supported
- Developer
- GoldWave Inc.
- Downloads via this site
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Check before installing
- This is an evaluation version, not free software. Continued use requires a purchase.
- Noise removal and restoration are the strengths. For trimming a recording or converting formats, Audacity is enough and is free for business too.
What it is
An audio editor that has been in development since 1993. It records, edits, converts formats, removes noise and analyses frequency — most of what working with sound requires. It is not free software: you try the evaluation version and then buy.
When to pick this
Worth the money if you are restoring old recordings or need fine control over noise. For trimming a recording or changing formats, Audacity does the job, is open source, and stays free at work.
Details
Noise removal and restoration are the strengths
Hiss, clicks and mains hum from transferred cassettes and LPs are handled separately rather than in one pass. You can work on a selected region while watching the waveform, which avoids the smearing that comes from applying a filter to the whole file.
Waveform and spectrum side by side
The time-domain waveform and the frequency spectrum display together, so you can see which band the problem sits in instead of judging by ear alone.
It costs money
Around $19. The evaluation version runs without feature limits, but continued use requires a purchase. Sites describing it as free software are wrong.
After a reformat
Enter the licence key again
For a paid copy, register again with the key you received at purchase. Settings are just re-done.
Distribution
- winget ID
- GoldWave.GoldWave
- Redistribution policy
- Official source link only
- Manifest checked
- 2026-10-23
- Official site
- https://www.goldwave.com/
The date the version and installer URL were checked in winget. This is separate from a usage-terms review or an installation test.
Original winget manifest