---
name: "kwave"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "kwave"
version: "18.08.1-1"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/kwave"
---

# kwave(1)

A sound editor for KDE

## NAME

kwave - A sound editor for KDE

## SYNOPSIS

**kwave** \[*options*\] *files*...

## DESCRIPTION

"Kwave" is a simple sound editor for KDE. Its features include:\
   \* simple cut, copy and paste functions\
   \* undo/redo\
   \* simple filter design tools\
   \* a small editor for additive synthesis\
   \* labeling of signals\
   \* some analysis functions such as Sonagram or Fourier Transformation\
   \* internally uses 24 bit integer sample data\
   \* free selectable sample rates\
   \* support for editing of multi-channel files\
   \* playback of multi-channel audio files (audio output will be mixed down to mono or stereo)\
   \* extendible through an easy-to-use plugin interface

## OPTIONS

A summary of options are included below.

- **--help**

  Show summary of options.

- **--help-qt**

  Show Qt specific options

- **--help-kde**

  Show KDE specific options

- **--help-all**

  Show all options

- **--author**

  Show author information

- **-v, --version**

  Show version of program.

- **--license**

  Show license information

## AUTHOR

**Kwave** was written by Thomas Eschenbacher \<Thomas.Eschenbacher@gmx.de\>.\
 This manual page was written by Aurelien Jarno \<aurel32@debian.org\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).