Observed arrival · 2026-10-05

Mini Audition, a compact Mac audio editor

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A free audio editor for Mac that handles recording, multitrack mixing, effects, plugins, stem separation, and on-device transcription.

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For: Mac users who edit and mix audio
Worth noticing: The site says Audio Unit plugins run out of process, so a crashing plugin is designed not to take down the editor.

Field notes

A project file keeps tracks, edits, and mixes together; saves also retain snapshots with a window image, letting users return to earlier states. The site says Audio Unit plugins run out of process, while its real-time audio thread avoids locks and allocations. Stem separation uses Meta's Demucs model through MLX on the Mac GPU; that model is a separate download fetched on first use. The listed release is 6.1, and the app requires macOS 15 or later.

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