Verdict
Superb audio editor that enables you to tweak and customise your tracks, add effects and then export as a new composition
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Platform: Windows Vista 64-bit, Windows 7, Windows 7 64-bit, Windows Vista, Windows XP
Manufacturer: An Open Source project
Size: 4.1MB
Number of Downloads: 55121
Price: $ Free
Audacity is impressive, having both an intuitive interface and a host of features.
Audio can be imported in any of the following formats: WAV, AIFF, AU, IRCAM, MP3, OGG and MIDI.
Once imported the audio can be manipulated in all the ways you would expect, including cutting, copying, adding/removing silence, altering gain, and mixing tracks.
Various effects are available to spice up your recordings, ranging from simple amplification to wah-wah effects.
Multiple undo levels make a good base for experimentation, and the built-in amplitude envelope editor and spectrogram mode may prove useful.
It only has limited MIDI editing tools, but it does allow recording and editing audio in 16, 24 and 32-bit samples.
A selection of plugins are available, including LAME MP3 Encoder (allows Audacity to export to MP3 format), and VST Enabler (for loading VST plugins).
There are numerous changes and fixes in Audacity 2.0. For more information, view the release notes.
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Lame Encoder
The impression given that you can IMPORT MP3 files is misleading, as my recent purchase of an ION turntable proves.
The statement implies that Audacity can import MP3 files is untrue, as my version (supplied with the ION) will not read the files from the supplied iTunes software. Does this mean yet another program to interface the two????????
Posted by oldnewt, 31 Mar 2009