Top Alternatives to WavePad

Audacity is a free opensource audio editor utility which also cross platform.

Ardour is a hard disk recorder and digital audio workstation application.

Adobe Audition (formerly Cool Edit Pro) is a digital audio workstation from Adobe Systems featuring both a multitrack, non-destructive mix/edit environment and a destructive-approach waveform editing view.

Sony Sound Forge (Sonic Foundry Sound Forge) is a digital audio editing suite aimed at the professional and semi-professional markets.

GoldWave is a commercial digital audio editing software.

Ocenaudio is a cross-platform, easy to use, fast and functional audio editor that bundles a rich array of audio effects.

WAVOSAUR is a free audio editor for Windows with VST plugins support. The program is ASIO compatible, can do loop points edition, auto-trim, noise removal.

Nero Wave Editor is a basic yet powerful audio editor.

Free Audio Editor is the professional music editor available to record, edit and share all your music.

WaveShop is a free, open-source audio editor.

TwistedWave is an audio editor.