ForgeWave is a professional, non-destructive audio editor. It opens hour-long files instantly, never touches the original, and every edit can be undone.

Instant editing

• Cut, copy, paste, markers and regions, even while recording (M key)
• Unlimited undo and redo, projects you can pick up whenever you like
• Bit-perfect playback, scrubbing, meters, EBU R128 loudness with reports for streaming, broadcast and podcasts

Mastering

• 6-band EQ, compressor, true-peak limiter, multiband compressor, also on Mid or Side only
• A/B comparison with a loudness-matched reference track
• Album assembly with pauses, crossfades, common loudness and CUE sheet
• Streaming destination: what Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, Tidal, Amazon Music and Deezer will do to your master, the peak after their conversion, and "listen as on Spotify"

Restoration and spectrum

• Spectral editing with time × frequency selection, Attenuate and Repair
• Noise reduction, DeHiss, DeHum, DeClick, DeClip and one-click restoration

Local AI, no cloud

• Stem separation (vocals, drums, bass, other)
• Transcription with text-based editing: delete words and the audio is cut

And also

• Node batch processing on whole folders, in parallel on every core
• Multichannel recording
• Export to WAV/BWF/RF64, AIFF, FLAC, MP3, OGG, Opus, AAC
• English, Italiano, Français, Deutsch, Español, with a complete built-in user guide

Free, including for professional use. No account, no ads: your audio stays on your computer.

Using the snap

• Audio goes through the desktop sound server (PipeWire or PulseAudio).
• To record from the microphone or sound card: snap connect forgewave:audio-record
• For direct access to the sound card: snap connect forgewave:alsa
• System audio is recorded by choosing the sound server's "Monitor" input.
• Audio plugins (CLAP, VST3, LV2) are not available in the snap yet: to use them, install the .deb, AppImage or tar.gz from GitHub.