About Audacity

Audacity is the audio recording/editing software that I use and recommend for others. It is a free, easy-to-use audio editor and recorder.

It is available for Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows.

With it you can:

  • Edit all kinds of audio formats like MP3, Ogg Vorbis, WAV and AIFF.

  • Record live audio or convert media like cassette tapes and LPs into digital recordings or CD-ROMs.

  • Cut, slice, paste, splice, import, mix audio.

  • Perform all kinds of special effects on the audio from changing the speed or pitch of a recording, Noise Removal, Truncate Silence, Generate DTMF Tones, Compressor, Click Removal (for LP recordings) to mention a few. For more in depth list of Audacity's effects see Audacity Effects Menu.

  • Edit Ogg Vorbis, MP3, WAV or AIFF sound files.

  • Has Nyquist support, so you or others can write their own plug-in effects. Means that you can find special effect plug-ins to enhance your Audacity.

Official Website: audacityteam.org/

Official Download Site: audacityteam.org/

Current Stable Release: 2.1.1 (Last checked Dec. 19, 2015)

Developer: The Audacity Team

First Released: May 28, 2000

Online Manual:

http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/

Download Manual:

http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/unzipping_the_manual.html

Audacity Wiki Home Page:

http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Audacity_Wiki_Home_Page

Official News Releases:

http://audacityteam.org/about/news

Wikipedia Article:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audacity_(audio_editor)

Last updated December 19, 201