Audacity is a free, open source digital audio editor and recording application. Edit your sounds using cut, copy, and paste features (with unlimited undo functionality), mix tracks, or apply effects to your recordings. The program also has a built-in amplitude-envelope editor, a customizable spectrogram mode, and a frequency-analysis window for audio-analysis applications. Built-in effects include bass boost, wah wah, and noise removal, and the program also supports VST plug-in effects.
You can use Audacity to:
- Record live audio.
- Record computer playback on any Windows Vista or later machine.
- Convert tapes and records into digital recordings or CDs.
- Edit WAV, AIFF, FLAC, MP2, MP3 or Ogg Vorbis sound files.
- AC3, M4A/M4R (AAC), WMA and other formats supported using optional libraries.
- Cut, copy, splice or mix sounds together.
- Numerous effects including change the speed or pitch of a recording.
- Write your own plug-in effects with Nyquist.
- And more! See the complete list of features.
Audacity 3.7.2 changelog:
- #8290 Fixed a crash when applying some effects across multiple tracks if one track is empty.
- #8157, #8155 Fixed some crashes emanating from the Mixer window.
- #7672 Returned the "Residue" option in noise reduction. (Thanks, Christopher Rooney!)
- #7809 Modules are now allowed to stick around when patch releases like this one are published. This means you likely won't need to update the OpenVINO again during 3.7.x.
- #7076 When adding a realtime effect to a track, the effect settings are now opened immediately.
- #7819 Added an infobox when saving a project in a new version breaks compatibility with an old one.
- #7740 Added a preference to turn off automatic tempo detection.
- #4169 When duplicating tracks, the duplicated tracks now have independent realtime effect instances.
- #7700 Fixed range-selection beyond the edge of a clip being destructive.
- #8013, #8008, #8004, #8009, #8003, #8005, #8071 Improved stability of cloud saving.
- #7410 Fixed pasting content from a clip at the beginning of itself being offset in time.
- #4231 macOS: Fixed AUSoundIsolation.
- #6342 Fixed audacity continuing to scroll after letting go of the scrollbar.
- #8110 Fixed black stripes appearing when zooming in while in the envelope or multi-tool.
- #8043 Added a new "get effects" button next to the Upload Audio button.
- #8211 Added UUID instance support. See this page for further info: https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/introducing-a-uuid-system-in-audacity-here-s-what-you-need-to-know/128561
- #7154 Fixed label texts using the wrong color in dark themes. (Thanks, GovindaMadhava!)
- #8261 Fixed tracks being incorrectly drawn on high zoom levels using high precision trackpads.
- #7902 Linux: Fixed FFmpeg loading in the Ubuntu 22.04 AppImage.
Audacity 3.7.3 is a hotfix release. It fixes the following bugs:
- #8426 Incorrect results when applying effects to multiple clips
- #8425 Truncate Silence fails to work properly when there is more than one silent part
Download: Audacity 64-bit | Standalone ~20.0 MB (Open Source)
Download: Audacity 32-bit | Standalone
View: Audacity Home Page | Release Notes | Screenshot
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