Editing Sweep (software)

{{Short description|Digital audio editor}}
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{{Infobox software
| name                   = Sweep
| logo                   = Sweep logo.gif
| screenshot             = [[Image:SweepScreenshotLinux.png|250px]]
| caption                = Sweep screenshot on Linux
| developer              = The Sweep Team
| latest_release_version = 0.9.3<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.metadecks.org/software/sweep/news.html|title = Metadecks Project}}</ref>
| latest_release_date    = 12 April 2008
| operating_system       = [[Unix-like]]
| genre                  = [[Digital audio editor]]
| license                = [[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]]
| website                = {{URL|metadecks.org/software/sweep}}
| programming language   = [[C (programming language)|C]]
}}

'''Sweep''' is a [[Free and open-source|free and open-sourced]] [[digital audio editor]] and live playback tool for [[Unix-like]] systems such as [[Linux]] and [[Berkeley Software Distribution]] (BSD). Supported sound formats include [[MP3]], [[Audio Interchange File Format|AIFF]], [[WAV]], [[Speex]] and [[Ogg Vorbis]]. Originally developed with the support of [[Pixar]], the most notable feature of Sweep is its stylus-like cursor tool called ''Scrubby''.<ref>{{cite web|last=James|first=Daniel|date=|title=Linux and Music|url=http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/Feb03/articles/linuxaudio.asp|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070329071041/http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/Feb03/articles/linuxaudio.asp|archivedate=29 March 2007|accessdate=16 January 2012|work=Sound On Sound}}</ref> It is released under the terms of [[GNU General Public Licence]].

Sweep operates on various 8/16/24/32 bit PCM files. It also supports major formats such as GSM 6.10, G721, G723, NIST Sphere, and DWVW.

==See also==
{{Portal|Free and open-source software|Linux}}

* [[Comparison of free software for audio]]
* [[List of Linux audio software]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Official website}}

{{Audio editors}}
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[[Category:Free audio editors]]
[[Category:Free music software]]
[[Category:Audio editing software that uses GTK]]
[[Category:Free software programmed in C]]
[[Category:Software using the GNU General Public License]]

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