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Editor Rating 5.0

Version: 2.1.1	Size: 8.80 MB
License [?]: Open Source	Price: Not available
Last Updated: Dec 15, 2015	Category: Audio Utilities and Plug-Ins Software
Developer: The Audacity Team
Operating System: Mac Linux Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 7 Windows 8 Windows 10
Additional Requirements: 1GB RAM, 1GHz processor
Limitations Not available

Audacity is a cross-platform, free and open-source, easy-to-use yet powerful audio editor and recorder.

Features:

• Import an audio file, edit and export it. Supports common file formats including WAV, AIFF, AU, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis and MP3 (via the LAME encoder);
• Connect a microphone, guitar or instrument to your computer and configure Audacity for sound recording;
• Record a narration and mix with background music. You can cut the narration to fit the music or lower the volume of the music during narration;
• Multi-track mixing or overdubbing. Play a recorded track and add a second or more tracks against it e.g. bass, guitar, piano, flute;
• Remove or isolate vocals to create karaoke tracks and isolated vocal tracks;
• Make an audio loop from an audio track;
• Import a ringtone source file or any audio file, edit and export the custom ringtone to the file format your phone requires;
• Record streaming audio from an internet radio, video or website;
• Connect a USB cassette player to your computer and convert your old cassette tapes into digital tracks or MP3. You can also split the recording into multiple tracks;
• Remove clicks and pops from your recording;
• Exporting audio for use in iTunes. WAV and AIFF formats for high quality lossless audio files;
• Playing, recording, timeline quick-play and scrubbing and seeking;
• Support for a huge varieties of effect plug-ins: LADSPA, LV2 (32-bit), Nyquist, VST and Audio Unit;
• Spectrogram mode for visualizing frequencies and "Plot Spectrum" command for detailed frequency analysis;
• Record and edit 16-bit, 24-bit, and 32-bit (floating point) samples. Sample rates and formats are converted using high-quality resampling and dithering;

Editing Features:

• Simple editing with cut, copy and paste;
• Unlimited undo and redo;
• Very fast editing of large files;
• Use the Drawing tool to alter individual sample points;
• Fade the volume up or down smoothly with the Envelope tool;

Effects Features:

• Change the pitch without altering the tempo or vice-versa;
• Remove static, hiss, hum, or other constant background noises;
• Alter frequencies with Equalization, Notch Filter, and Bass and Treble effects;
• Adjust volumes with Compressor, Amplify, Crossfade Clips and Tracks, Adjustable Fade and Normalize effects;
• Create voice-overs for podcasts or DJ sets using Auto Duck effect;
• Other built-in effects include:
  
  • Echo
  • Phaser
  • Limiter
  • Wahwah
  • Truncate Silence
  • Reverse