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413,226 downloadsUpdated: April 19, 2021GPL / Donationware

Free and open-source multi-track audio editor and recorder with extensive plugin support for effects, generators, analyzers, and more

What's new in Audacity 3.0.2:

How to use Audacity tutorial with Mike Russell from Music Radio Creative. Audacity is free and allows you to record your voice or any other audio input in hi. Find a file to edit. Audacity can import many common audio file formats, including WAV, AIFF,. Audacity is a versatile and comprehensive audio editing program. It runs smoothly, and the number of Help resources it comes with makes it a good choice for users of all experience levels.

There are many tools in this category, but few so comprehensive and efficient as Audacity. It is a free, open source software with GNU licensing to record and edit audio, working directly with the graphics of the sound waves. It can also convert files. It supports the majority of audio formats, such as wav, mp3, Ogg, wma, ac3, flac and aiff. Audacity will run great with at least 1GB RAM and a 2 GHz processor. Because Audacity was basically written when computers were less powerful, you may be capable to run it.

  • Bug fixes and new macro output preference.
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Audacity is an open-source, cross-platform audio editor and recorder that aims to process the most popular audio formats, podcasts included. Audacity will not disappoint if you need a piece of software that can record live, convert tapes or cut and mix sounds.

Seamless setup and clean GUI

The installation process runs quite fast and does not pose any kind of problems, while the interface is pleasant and clean. It encompasses a menu bar, several buttons and a pane in which to view the waveform of any uploaded item.

It might take a while to get used to it, especially if you have never worked with a similar kind of product before. Nevertheless, some comprehensive Help contents are provided, which will aid you in getting around Audacity.

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Extensions you can use and simple editing options

This utility features support for importing, processing and exporting WAV, FLAC, AIFF, AU and OGG Vorbis files. Bundled with an array of plugins and effects, this software can help you in regards to audio recording/playback, track mixing and spectrum analysis.

Audacity can record multiple channels simultaneously at high sample rates from microphones, USB or Firewire devices. Simple sound editing operations can be performed via cut, copy, paste and delete features, while mixing can be achieved from multiple clips, while the “Draw” function allows altering individual sample points.

Effects to tweak and use, and perform audio analysis

The rich list of effects includes noise processing, equalization, bass, high and low pass filters, as well as amplify, fade in and out, normalize, reverse, echo and phaser filters. Additional effects can be added to the program, as it supports plugins.

Last but not least, it can perform flawless audio analysis through an algorithm based on the Fourier transformation. Frequencies can be visualized through spectrogram views, while the Plot Spectrum allows users to analyze frequencies.

Bottom line

All in all, Audacity impresses through its plethora of features combined with ease of use and accessibility. The processing speed is decent, to say the least and the results are of superior audio quality.

The system performance is not affected at all and we did not come across any freezes or bugs in our tests.If you are interested in bypassing the installation process, you should know that a portable counterpart is available for download, called Portable Audacity.

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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
  • 2 GB / 1 GHz RAM for x64
  • 1 GB / 1 GHz for x86
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A portable version of this application is available: Portable Audacity
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file size:
28.2 MB
filename:
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