Kwave is an audio editor based on the KDE Frameworks. It was started in 1998 by Martin Wilz, and Thomas Eschenbacher has been the main developer since 1999. In recent years development has slowed. I wanted to do some software development and contribute to KDE, and I’m interested in audio, so towards the end of 2023 I started working on Kwave.
Hi! I’m really happy to hear KWave is getting all this support! I use it a lot and this is very welcome. Thanks for your hard work! Looking forward to the release in December and will help with bug-testing and reporting if I come across something.
Thank you all very much for working on Kwave. It is a wonderful and underrated app, the best for quick tasks that do not require professional tools. Please do blog about it, if for anything, than to promote it further. I don’t think people are truly aware of it.
Just a thought since you mentioned new ideas, I have noticed that edited files do not preserve metadata(e.g. artist, title, front cover pics, lyrics). Now ttbt, some other apps like Ardour don’t either on the same tasks. Not too big deal if only few files are edited, in which case I just duplicate file and restore metadata with Kid3. But significant if is working on many of them.
Yes it is a great program! That’s why I started working on it. For simple edits it’s a nuisance to set up a project like many other audio programs require. I plan to blog about it more.
I’ll look into the bug of metadata not being preserved. I’ve been planning to do some work in that area of Kwave anyway. If you could file a bug that would help me remember.
Just to be clear here, I’ve mentioned Ardour because it feels intimidating for basic tasks, and Kid3 because hopefully some code could be reused in Kwave. I file a bug report, thx.
Just saw the bug report, thanks! Hopefully I can find some time to investigate it soon.
It’s funny how you managed to turn the tables, I should be thanking here 
There are some more tickets(bugs) I can open to keep improving Kwave, but IMHO this is most notable one. No pressure! Your blog cleared what is the current state of development and I admire your enthusiasm. Godspeed
Well I started working on Kwave for myself, so it’s gratifying when others notice and appreciate what I’m doing.
Feel free to report anything that could be improved. I can’t promise fast fixes since I work on it in my free time, though.