Non-Destructive Audio Editing

Most audio software performs non-destructive edits which means that your source audio files are never modified or “destroyed.” For instance, in Reaper you can delete sections of audio, process tracks and clips, move audio around — but the raw source files are never touched or changed. Non-destructive editing is wonderful because if/when you want to reverse your editing decisions at a later time, you can, easily.

Destructive editing software actually modifies (“destroys”) your source audio files so that you can NEVER go back and recover any audio that you deleted or modified. Audacity fits into this category, so be careful and ALWAYS back up your original recordings just in case.

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