Updated: 12/29/2005
Audio
!!Audio
See these other sites for audio related freeware.
  1. http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/freeware/
  2. http://www.softseek.com/
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!How to record from LP
Directions, hardware, and software on how to record from an LP or cassette to your PC. [Report a dead link]
http://www.shareup.com/dadioh/

!Record streaming audio
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Acid Express , 28,000kb
Make music by painting loops into different sections. [Report a dead link]
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/SonicFoundryAcid/

Acoustonic
Acoustonic is a visual wave-editor application for digital processing of audio signals. You can control the dynamic behaviour of signals, adjust equalization, apply filters, or get customary delay effects, like flanging, chorus, or reverberation. www.acoustonic.com. [Report a dead link]
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/acoustonic/

AFAP Audio DSP , 254kb
As Fast As Possible Audio DSP lets you add effects in real time from your input (MIC, LINE IN, MIDI, CD or any other device). FX are pitch, distortion, flanger, reverb. [Report a dead link]
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/FastAsPossibleDSP/

Analogx Sayit
Type in words and the computer speaks and records to a WAV file. You can change many parameters of the voice too. [Report a dead link]
http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/audio/sayit.htm

AnalogX Vocoder
Makes instruments talk in a "roboticized" way. AnalogX Vocoder outputs 16-bit/mono/44100 wave files and can load any sample rate and any bit depth mono wave files. www.analogx.com [Report a dead link]
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/AnalogX_Vocoder/

Anvil Studio , 3,200kb , Rating: 4
Allows you unlimited MIDI and 1 audio track. Can record and do fx. Recommended. [Report a dead link]
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/Mstudio_win95/

Asia
A good freeware sound editor, but does not record. It only edits existing WAV files. [Report a dead link]
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/

Audacity , 1,400kb , Editor's Pick
Sound mixer, add effects, export sounds, more. FX include: invert, wahwah, reverse, noise removal, mix tracks, amplify, bass boost, filter, phaser. Looks like it records too. [Report a dead link]
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Audio Magic
A decent sound recorder, but has no other features. [Report a dead link]
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/

Codec Wars
List of alternative codecs, and free players, including free alternatives to Real Player and Quicktime. Also lists streaming recorders. [Report a dead link]
http://www.searchlores.org/destream.htm

Convert 1.4
Cross converts 669, AIFF, AU, DMF, DSF, DSM, DSP, FAR, FSM, F2R, F3R, GKH, IFF, INS, KRZ, MED, MOD, MTM, OKT, PAC, PAT, PSM, RAW, SBK, SDK, SDS, SDX, SF, SMP, SND, SOU, STM, S3I, S3M, SYW, TXW, ULT, UNI, UWF, VOC, WAV, XI, XM! [Report a dead link]
http://ftpsearch.lycos.com/cgi-bin/search?doit=Search& query=convrt14.zip

Crystal Audio
Seems like a good recorder with effects, and 4 channel mixer. But I could not get it to save to a file. I kept getting an error "Plug in not loaded." [Report a dead link]
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/

dMC , 1,300kb
dbPowerAmp Music Convertor converts to and from many audio file formats, including WAV, MP3, Ogg-Vorbis, WMA, CDA. [Report a dead link]
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/ dBpowerAMP_Music_Converter/

Fat Rock Studio , 109kb
Fat Rock Studio is a multitrack, digital audio recorder (harddisk recording-studio) for Windows95/98/NT4 and later. It has 16 stereo/mono channels and is designed to work just like a real world recorder. It implements a plugin-architecture for realtime audio processing effects. The best comparision is probably with an A-DAT recorder. (Feb 2002 currently in alpha stage. FX do not work.) [Report a dead link]
http://hem1.passagen.se/xlnt/frs/doc.htm

Free Audio Recorder , 570kb
Free Audio Recorder is an easy to use free software that enables you to easily record any sound you can hear on your computer, from internet radio stations to streaming music. You can set the recording audio quality, from a low quality taking minimal disk space, up to CD quality. Using Free Audio Recorder is very easy and intuitive: simply select the file to be saved, set the audio quality, and click Record! As this program is completely free, there are no limitations on the length of the recording, or the recording quality. [Report a dead link]
http://www.dirfile.com/free_audio_recorder.htm

Freecorder
Freecorder does exactly as it sounds -- it is an easy-to-use FREE software program that lets you record sounds on your PC. The benefits:

Freecorder is a great way to get started with capturing audio on your PC. [Report a dead link]
http://www.freecorder.com/

Freewarehome
More audio apps here. [Report a dead link]
http://www.freewarehome.com

Funny Voice
Changes pitch of your voice in realtime. Change it higher or lower. [Report a dead link]
http://www.graphics-tools.com/freeware/freeware.html

HOG , 46kb
Edit audio files with normalization. [Report a dead link]
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/HOG/

Juke , 1,700kb
This jukebox plays MP3, WAV, MID, MPG, AVI, and MOD files and CDs. It also has playlists. [Report a dead link]
http://www.wolosoft.com/en/juke/

Media Player Classic
The best alternative player for Microsoft OS, has the ability to play Real Media and QuickTime movies by using their respective DLL's. See the K-L Codec pack and/or Real Alternative and QuickTime Alternative for the DLL packs. [Report a dead link]
http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli/

Messer
Sound editor/recorder. You can set it to record an Internet radio station at any time, then turn off your PC. You can also record sound from your sound card (mike). Hook up your radio to the IN jack and record radio shows. FREE. [Report a dead link]
http://www.dago.pmp.com.pl/messer/

MIDI utilities
Convert MIDI to wav then to MP3. [Report a dead link]
http://www.gnmidi.com

Musicmatch Jukebox 6.0
Great media player: rips CDs into MP3s, records MP3s to CD, plays many file formats, has skins, and more. [Report a dead link]
www.musicmatch.com

Musinum , 635kb
Generates fractal music. [Report a dead link]
http://www.reglos.de/musinum/

Net Transport
Records Windows Media, Real media, Quicktime. Equal in power to HiDownload but doesn't look as polished GUI wise. Comes in multiple languages. There is a "Buy" link on their web page but perhaps the program is not disabled. [Report a dead link]
http://www.xi-soft.com/default.htm

Pro Tools FREE , 10,000kb
Combines 8 track audio with 48 track midi sounds mixer and editor. [Report a dead link]
http://www.digidesign.com/

Quartz Studio Free , 1,700kb
The program also includes, among other features, 4+2 audio tracks, real-time processing effects (Reverb et Chorus) on each track, along with volume and pan, audio track data editing functions, a spacialization interface, Skin change, waveform editing, etc. Looks promising. [Report a dead link]
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/QuartzStudio_Free/

Rapigator , 496kb
Another Napster client which supports all file types. [Report a dead link]
http://www.yippee.net/html/win/audio/title13178.htm

Readplease
Text to speech. [Report a dead link]
http://www.readplease.com/rpfree.php

Rockn WAV editor
'RockN Wave Editor' is a WAV file editor that offers many advanced functions. With RockN Wave Editor you can edit WAV files you download from the internet. Have fun playing with adding the many effects offered, or do more serious editing functions. Use the Normalize and Amplify effects to match volumes of different files or bring out the best in music that was recorded a little too soft. Fade in, fade out, addecho, or flanger. Ideas for using RockN Wave Editor... Delete the annoying applause at the end of a song that was recorded live. Apply audio equalization to a music file in order to make it sound better. Record your voice (recording is NOT supported in this application) and overlay it on top of background music. Amplify a song that's been recorded too quietly. Fade out the end of a song. Graphic waveform window allows you to see a visual display of your audio file Import and export WAV files. Cut-and-paste editing of your audio in the waveform window. Edits both stereo and single-channel audio. A number of special effects such as Amplify, Compressor, Delay, Envelope, Equalizer, Fade, Flanger, Invert, Normalize, Phaser, Reverb, Silence, Stretch, Trim, and Vibrato. Ability to mix sounds -- you can overlay your voice on top of music, for example. Effects can be applied to both channels of stereo audio, or each channel separately. [Report a dead link]
http://www.rocknaudio.com/RockN_Wave_Editor.htm

Scanner Recorder , 528kb
Record from police scanners, or your own voice. Has a vox feature to compress areas of no sound saving disk space. [Report a dead link]
http://www.davee.com/

Silent Bob Recorder
Just records sounds from your mike. [Report a dead link]
http://www.silent-bob.de/en/getit.htm

Sonique
Plays almost any music file. [Report a dead link]
http://sonique.lycos.com/

Sound Engine
Add effects to WAV files. Some choices in drop down boxes were not translated, they show extended characters. In several places the english text was cut off at the end. [Report a dead link]
http://soundengine.lunanet.gr.jp/english/

SoundClipper Fun Tool , 4,200kb
SoundClipper FunTool allows digital recording of voice and convenient messaging of voice-files via mail and MSN Messenger. Say it, don't type it! You can use every ordinary type of PC microphone used today, from a simple microphone, to a web cam, to a headset. If you are not used to microphones you can still easily record a SoundClip because speaking pauses are suppressed. [Report a dead link]
http://www.dictanet.com/soundclipperusa/mail.htm

Sox Sound Exchange , 208kb
Sox is a general purpose sound converter/player/recorder that has 25 effects to apply. [Report a dead link]
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/SoX_win/

Speakonia
Text to speech. [Report a dead link]
http://www.cfs-technologies.com/home/?id=1.4

Streambox VCR , 660kb
Can download and save streaming files. http://www.streambox.com/Products/VCR/faqs.asp. [Report a dead link]
http://www.afterdawn.com/software/audio_software/ audio_tools/streambox_vcr.cfm

Streamripper
Record streaming audio via Winamp. [Report a dead link]
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/23218

Timidity
Midi player and converts MIDI files to WAV. [Report a dead link]
http://earth.prohosting.com/~saxguru/

Ultimate Sound Factory , 260kb
DSP with several effects. Does not seem to record. [Report a dead link]
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/ The_Ultimate_Sound_Factory/

Waveflow (Expires)
Record and edit various types of audio files. [Report a dead link]
www.waveflow.com

Win MX , 1,540kb
Another file sharing util like Napster. You can use it with Napster and Opennap protocols. [Report a dead link]
http://www.winmx.com/

Winamp , Rating: 4
Very good player which supports many offline and streaming formats. [Report a dead link]
http://www.winamp.com

Xplosiv player
# Supports file types: MP1, MP2, MP3, XM, IT, S3M, MOD, MTM, OGG,WAV, M3U.
#  Supports unlimited number of skins in any shapes
# Complete with Visuals, 6 bands Equalizer and 12 DSP Effects
# The Playlist supports file add, directory add and easy drag & drop of files to play.
# Sonique visual plugins support
# Supports threading
# User friendly and very customizable
# Excellent audio quality with the BASS engine
# Outstanding performance
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http://www.xplosiveplayer.tk/