Audacity is a free and open source audio software for multi-track recording and editing. It can record live audio through a microphone, mixer, or digitize recordings from other media. With some sound cards, and on any recent version of Windows, Audacity can also capture streaming audio.
Import sound files, edit them, and combine them with other files or new recordings. Export your recordings in several common file formats.
Yes, Audacity features a large number of effects and preset EQ curves with real time preview. It also lets you import and export WAV, AIFF, AU, FLAC, and MP3 natively. In addition, an auto-duck feature lets you mix different audio tracks or voiceovers for recording a proper podcast.
Audacity is free and open-source software that's been around for many years, so yes, it's safe to use. There was some controversy in 2021 after the company was acquired by Muse Group and changes were made to the program's privacy policy, but thankfully the community's protests got Audacity back on track.
No, Audacity is not available for Android or iOS, but WavePad offers similar functionality and is available on mobile for free.
Audacity packs several features for recording and editing different type of audio files such as:
WavePad and ocenaudio are well known alternatives for recording and editing audio files.
Yes, Audacity is free and open-source. You can use this software for any personal or commercial purpose.
Audacity 4 rebuilds the application interface on Qt and introduces many new quality-of-life improvements, including a new clip editing model and a more flexible recording flow. Most Audacity 3 workflows remain available, but some controls have moved or changed.
The separate Select, Envelope, Draw and Multi-tool modes have been removed. Their functions are now context-sensitive:
The following Audacity 3 features are not available in Audacity 4.0, but we're working on adding them in future releases.
Sync-Lock and the old tool modes were replaced by the workflows described above.
Additionally, Audacity 4 ships with some missing exporting and rendering features, analyzers, and effects.
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