There are thousands of other free and open-source programs, including the Firefox (opens in new window) web browser, the LibreOffice (opens in new window) or Apache OpenOffice (opens in new window) office suites, and entire Linux-based operating systems such as Ubuntu (opens in new window). Programs like Audacity are also called open source software because their source code is available for anyone to study or use. For more information, visit the Free Software Foundation (opens in new window). Free software gives you the freedom to use a program, study how it works, improve it and share it with others. It is free as in freedom (like “free speech”).

įree software is not just free of cost (like “free beer”). Īudacity is free software, developed by a group of volunteers and distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL) (opens in new window).

And more! See the complete list of features (opens in new window).

Write your own plug-in effects with Nyquist (opens in new window).

Numerous effects (opens in new window) including change the speed (opens in new window), pitch (opens in new window) or tempo (opens in new window) of a recording.

Cut, copy, splice (opens in new window) or mix (opens in new window) sounds together.

AC3, M4A/M4R (AAC), WMA, Opus and other formats supported using optional libraries.

Edit WAV, AIFF, FLAC, MP2, MP3, Ogg Vorbis sound files.

Convert tapes and records (opens in new window) into digital recordings or CDs.

Record computer playback (opens in new window) on any Windows Vista or later machine.

Record (opens in new window) live audio.

The interface is translated into many languages (opens in new window). Audacity is a free, easy-to-use, multi-track (opens in new window) audio editor and recorder for Windows, macOS, GNU/Linux and other operating systems.

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