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Elias dropped the phone on the carpet. It landed face up. The waveform on the screen began to stretch, the spikes growing taller, the valleys deeper. The audio began to layer—voices overlapping, a cacophony of his failures, his secrets, his anxieties, all edited together in a masterful, terrifying mix.

He pressed play on the phone screen.

: NCH Software often provides a free version of their applications with basic functionality. The free version of WavePad Sound Editor might have limitations compared to the full version but can still be useful for basic audio editing tasks.

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