ReZound

Was ist ReZound?

ReZound was created as a free, open‑source alternative to Windows audio editors like Adobe Soundbooth and GoldWave. Development stopped years ago, so the last stable release is quite dated, but the program still runs on many modern distributions with the right libraries. It offers a classic desktop UI with waveform views, basic effects, and multitrack mixing.

The editor targets hobbyists and semi‑professional users who need straightforward cut‑paste, fade, and batch processing without the overhead of a full DAW. Its workflow mirrors the Windows tools it aimed to replace: you load files into tracks, apply effects from a menu, and export the result.

Compared with Adobe Soundbooth, GoldWave, WaveLab or WavePad, ReZound feels more spartan and less polished, but it gets the job done for simple editing tasks. If you need a more actively maintained tool, Audacity or Ardour are the modern go‑to choices.

Ideal für: Simple multitrack editing and batch processing on older or low‑spec Linux systems.

Wichtige Funktionen von ReZound

• Multitrack timeline with unlimited tracks
• Waveform display with zoom and pan
• Basic effects: fade, normalize, reverse, pitch shift
• Batch processing of multiple files
• Import/export of WAV, AIFF, OGG, MP3 (via external codecs)
• Undo/redo stack
• Simple cut, copy, paste and splice operations

Tipps für Windows-Umsteiger

ReZound reads and writes standard WAV, AIFF, OGG and MP3 files, so you can open the same projects you used in Soundbooth or GoldWave without conversion. Keyboard shortcuts are similar (Ctrl+Z for undo, Ctrl+S to save), but the menu layout differs, so spend a few minutes mapping your most used commands. For complex effects not present in ReZound, export to WAV and process with a dedicated tool like SoX before re‑importing.