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Digital audio editor and recording application

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GoldWave Original author Chris Craig (GoldWave 1.0) Developer GoldWave Inc. Release April 28, 1993; 33 years ago (1993-04-28)[1] Stable release 7.04[2] / February 3, 2026; 4 months ago (2026-02-03) Operating system GoldWave: Microsoft Windows, iOS 11.0 (up to 1.0.40), Android 6.0 (up to 1.0.36 (2020-07-31 build)), Mac OS 11.0 with Apple M1-compatible processor GoldWave Infinity: web-based (supports Microsoft Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Android, iOS) Type Digital audio editor License Shareware Website www.goldwave.com/goldwave.php

**GoldWave** is a commercial [digital audio editing](/source/Digital_audio_editing) software product developed by GoldWave Inc, first released to the public in April 1993.

## Goldwave product lines

- GoldWave: Audio editor for [Microsoft Windows](/source/Microsoft_Windows), [iOS](/source/IOS), [Android](/source/Android_(operating_system)).[3] iOS version runs on [Mac OS 11](/source/Mac_OS_11) with [Apple M1](/source/Apple_M1)-compatible processor.

- GoldWave Infinity: Web browser-based audio editor that also supports [Linux](/source/Linux), [Mac OS X](/source/Mac_OS_X), Android, iOS.

## Features

GoldWave has an array of features bundled which define the program. They include:

- Real-time graphic visuals, such as bar, waveform, [spectrogram](/source/Spectrogram), [spectrum](/source/Spectrum), and [VU meter](/source/VU_meter).

- Basic and advanced effects and filters such as [noise reduction](/source/Noise_reduction), compressor/expander, volume shaping, volume matcher, pitch, reverb, resampling, and parametric EQ.

- Effect previewing

- Saving and restoring effect presets

- [DirectX](/source/DirectX) Audio plug-in support

- A variety of [audio file formats](/source/Audio_file_format) are supported, including [WAV](/source/WAV), [MP3](/source/MP3), [Windows Media Audio](/source/Windows_Media_Audio), [Ogg](/source/Ogg), [FLAC](/source/FLAC), [AIFF](/source/Audio_Interchange_File_Format), [AU](/source/Au_file_format), [Monkey's Audio](/source/Monkey's_Audio), VOX, mat, snd, and voc

- Batch processing and conversion support for converting a set of files to a different format and applying effects

- Multiple undo levels

- Edit multiple files at once

- Support for editing large files

- Storage option available to use RAM

## GoldWave

### Supported versions and compatibility

#### Windows

A version prior to the version 5 series still exists for download of its [shareware](/source/Shareware) version at the official website. [*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

Versions up to 3.03 are [16-bit](/source/16-bit) applications and cannot run in [64-bit](/source/64-bit) versions of Windows).

All versions up to 4.26 can run on any [32-bit](/source/32-bit) [Windows](/source/Microsoft_Windows) operating system.

Starting with version 5, the minimum supported operating system is changed to [Windows ME](/source/Windows_ME). However, the requirements listed in the software package's [HTML](/source/HTML) documentation was not updated.[4]

Starting with version 5.03, minimum hardware requirements were increased to [Pentium III](/source/Pentium_III) of 700 (500 in FAQ[5])MHz and [DirectX](/source/DirectX) 8 are now part of the minimum system requirements compared to the [Pentium II](/source/Pentium_II) of 300 MHz and DirectX 5 required by previous versions.[6]

Windows ME are supported up to 5.25. [Windows 98](/source/Windows_98) works, but not officially supported.[7] The 5.09 announcement claimed Windows 98 does not work starting in 2005-01-29 (previously claimed unsupported as late as 2 days earlier[8]),[9] but the feature was restored in 5.10.[10]

Beginning with 5.51, Windows 98 and ME are not supported.[11]

Beginning with 6.00, minimum supported operating system is [Windows 7](/source/Windows_7) 64-bit.[12]

#### Linux

Prior to GoldWave Infinity, GoldWave version 5 was supported via a [Wine](/source/Wine_(software)) compatibility layer.[13]

#### Android

Original test version was announced in 2019-07-30.[14]

The last release of GoldWave was 1.0.36,[15] which is also the first production version, then it was replaced by GoldWave Infinity.

#### iOS

Original test version was announced in 2019-10-09.[16]

The last version announced in publisher's web site was 1.0.39, which is also the first production version.[17] The last released version was 1.0.40, then it was replaced by GoldWave Infinity.

### Reception

- GoldWave was used to analyze historic recordings from the [Moon landing](/source/Moon_landing),[18] including establishing the "missing word" from astronaut [Neil Armstrong](/source/Neil_Armstrong)'s [famous line](/source/Apollo_11).[18][19]

- Adam Young (aka [Owl City](/source/Owl_City)) used GoldWave to record all his vocals on his first major label album *Ocean Eyes*.[20]

- The videogame Megaman X 4 features English audio recorded using GoldWave.[21]

- The videogame [Half-Life](/source/Half-Life_(video_game)) uses audio edited with GoldWave (most notably the Black Mesa Announcement System known as VOX, the HECU voices, most of the sound effects and a few voicelines).

- The 2010 album *[Chuck Person's Eccojams Vol. 1](/source/Chuck_Person's_Eccojams_Vol._1)* by American musician [Daniel Lopatin](/source/Daniel_Lopatin) is composed of collages of slowed-down looped samples of songs of the 1980s and 1990s; many of them were initially created at his office job in GoldWave.[22]

## See also

- [Audacity](/source/Audacity_(audio_editor))

- [List of music software](/source/List_of_music_software)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["GLDWAV10.ZIP - GoldWave: Sound player/editor for Windows 3.1"](https://groups.google.com/g/comp.archives.msdos.announce/c/9uoZvQ5x4Mg/m/pb2i75e5fsoJ). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20230630000313/https://groups.google.com/g/comp.archives.msdos.announce/c/9uoZvQ5x4Mg/m/pb2i75e5fsoJ) from the original on 2023-06-30. Retrieved 2023-06-30.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [GoldWave v7.02 Released](https://goldwave.ca/forums2/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=6080)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["GoldWave now available on Android and iOS"](http://goldwave.ca/forums/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=5568). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20230606235554/http://goldwave.ca/forums/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=5568) from the original on 2023-06-06. Retrieved 2023-06-06.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [See GoldWave.htm in GoldWave Version 5.01](https://web.archive.org/web/20030215173435/http://goldwave.com/gwave501.exe)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [GoldWave Frequently Asked Questions (2003-06-08)](https://web.archive.org/web/20030608215112/http://www.goldwave.com/faq.html)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [GoldWave Version 5 Beta Download (5.03)](https://web.archive.org/web/20030402054736/http://goldwave.com/v5beta.html)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [GoldWave Version 5 Download (2005-01-25)](https://web.archive.org/web/20050125021831/http://www.goldwave.com/release.php)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** [GoldWave Version 5 Download (2005-01-27)](https://web.archive.org/web/20050127030929/http://www.goldwave.com/release.php)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** [GoldWave Version 5 Download (2005-01-29)](https://web.archive.org/web/20050129051154/http://www.goldwave.com/release.php)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["GoldWave v5.10 Released"](http://www.goldwave.ca/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=579). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20230609225123/http://www.goldwave.ca/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=579) from the original on 2023-06-09. Retrieved 2023-06-09.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** [GoldWave v5.51 Released](http://www.goldwave.ca/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2940)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** [GoldWave v6.00 Beta Released](http://goldwave.ca/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=4444)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** [GoldWave](http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=640)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** ["GoldWave for Android"](http://goldwave.ca/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=5380&sid=e4b29cca95b4a9cd26b945cf347a195e). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20230609225753/http://goldwave.ca/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=5380&sid=e4b29cca95b4a9cd26b945cf347a195e) from the original on 2023-06-09. Retrieved 2023-06-09.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** ["GoldWave for Android v1.0.36 Released!"](http://www.goldwave.ca/forums/viewtopic.php?p=23258&sid=859e9b9517088537f29032cb3440e79f#p23258). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20230609222617/http://www.goldwave.ca/forums/viewtopic.php?p=23258&sid=859e9b9517088537f29032cb3440e79f#p23258) from the original on 2023-06-09. Retrieved 2023-06-09.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** ["GoldWave for iOS"](https://goldwave.ca/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=5401&sid=6c08bda6b9014ede671255cd8fba0a3e). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20230609225753/https://goldwave.ca/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=5401&sid=6c08bda6b9014ede671255cd8fba0a3e) from the original on 2023-06-09. Retrieved 2023-06-09.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-17)** ["GoldWave for iOS v1.0.39 Released!"](http://goldwave.ca/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=5566&sid=1118d00dd63e71263a9dff8da774bd2c). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20230609223413/http://goldwave.ca/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=5566&sid=1118d00dd63e71263a9dff8da774bd2c) from the original on 2023-06-09. Retrieved 2023-06-09.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Chron_18-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Chron_18-1) Carreau, Mark (September 30, 2006). ["Hear what Neil Armstrong really said on the moon"](http://www.chron.com/news/nation-world/article/Hear-what-Neil-Armstrong-really-said-on-the-moon-1862496.php). *Houston Chronicle*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20220819030007/https://www.chron.com/news/nation-world/article/Hear-what-Neil-Armstrong-really-said-on-the-moon-1862496.php) from the original on August 19, 2022. Retrieved July 28, 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-19)** ["Armstrong 'got Moon quote right'"](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5398560.stm). *BBC News*. October 2, 2006. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210127201446/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5398560.stm) from the original on January 27, 2021. Retrieved July 28, 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-20)** Kates, Kristi (December 1, 2009). ["Adam Young Pro/File: Going Underground"](https://web.archive.org/web/20091121071519/http://emusician.com/interviews/profile/adam-young-profile-1209). *EM Profiles*. Archived from [the original](http://emusician.com/interviews/profile/adam-young-profile-1209/) on November 21, 2009. Retrieved July 28, 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-21)** ["Megaman X 4"](https://twitter.com/UnBalNzD/status/892134908281356288). August 1, 1997. Retrieved July 31, 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-22)** [Reynolds, Simon](/source/Simon_Reynolds) (June 2011). "Total Recall: Music and Memory in the Time of YouTube". [*Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to Its Own Past*](https://books.google.com/books?id=8FI3dVT9t34C). [Faber and Faber Ltd](/source/Faber_and_Faber_Ltd). pp. 55–85. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-571-23208-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-571-23208-6).

## External links

- [GoldWave Inc. page](https://www.goldwave.com/goldwave.php)

- Apple app store page: [GoldWave](https://web.archive.org/web/20220830212212/https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1480402403)

- Google Play page: [GoldWave](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.goldwave.GoldWave)

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