Audacity is a free, open source, cross-platform audio recording and editing software. It has an intuitive interface and powerful tools for recording, editing, mixing, and exporting audio files. Useful for podcasters, musicians, audiobook creators, or anyone wanting to edit audio.
Audacity is a highly versatile open source digital audio workstation and recording software. Developed by a group of volunteers as freeware, Audacity is available for Windows, macOS, and Linux operating systems.
Audacity provides an extensive suite of audio editing features, including recording and importing capabilities, audio restoration tools including noise reduction, extensive effects and filters, timeframe editing and multitrack mixing. The user interface is intuitive and modeled on analog tape machines.
Key features include: multitrack editing so you can work on multiple tracks simultaneously; envelope tool support for precise volume control; labeling tracks; a range of effects like reverb, echo and change pitch; support for 16-bit, 24-bit and 32-bit samples with sample rates up to 192,000 Hz; supports WAV, AIFF, FLAC, MP2, MP3 and Ogg Vorbis formats.
With its comprehensive toolset combined with being completely free and open source, Audacity is widely used by podcasters needing to edit their shows, musicians wishing to master their tracks before release, audiobook narrators, field recorders needing to clean up their audio, and many other use cases.
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