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Audacity
- Version: 1.2.6
- Downloads Count: 282,378
- License Type: Free
- Price: Free
- Date Added: Oct 22, 2008
- Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows ME, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows ME, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista
- File Size: 2.229 MB
- Author: Audacity Developer Team
Most recent User Reviews for Audacity
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Reviewed by: Rwaters839
Duration of ownership: 0 Months
Strengths: Ease of use and with little reading, it works fine.
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Overall Evaluation: I checked thumbs down, this was a mistake that I think several people have done, the only problem I have had is matching my turntable output to the computer sound card, with the correct pre-amp I have had no problem, after all, Audacity is free, that's what I wanted.
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Reviewed by: tom1344
Duration of ownership: 6 Months
Strengths: Free , fairly easy and great editor, not replacing garageband but windows editor( because it has none, HAH!)
Weaknesses: uses aud. files , annoying but can work around, needs to save as wav. or mp3. or other commom
Overall Evaluation: good editor , recommened to those who don't have one and need one.
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Reviewed by: pcwsk4
Duration of ownership: 1 Years
Strengths: Free audio editing.
Weaknesses: No built in MP3 support.
Overall Evaluation: Great media player
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Reviewed by: number6
Duration of ownership: 2 Years
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Reviewed by: MarriedMan50
Duration of ownership: 3 Days
Strengths: Easy to learn. User friendly with good HELP files.Allows you to edit any mp3 or various other sound format files. Cut them down for use as a ringtone, add voice or bacground sounds, merge them together, etc. It's amazing what this program can do-- and IT'S FREE!
Weaknesses: I haven't found any cons at all.
Overall Evaluation: It's a program that I would recommend even if it wasn't free!
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Reviewed by: BlondeNightmare
Duration of ownership: 1 Days
Strengths: Very easy to navigate. I ran a search on the web for the lame decoder and it took me directly to a site that had a link just for audacity users and throughly explained how to save the file and pick out the necessary dll file in order to be able to save my new altered ring tones to the mp3 format. This program rocks and for free you just cannot beat it!I just wanted a small utility to allow me to cut snippets from my music to use and alter as ringtones. This is amazingly simple and the options allow you alot of creative possibilities.
Weaknesses: None that I see. The capabilities of this small program are amazing. The more I tinker with it the more options I find are available.
Overall Evaluation: Simply said...if a Blonde can figure it out...it's definitely user friendly!
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Reviewed by: blenheimears
Duration of ownership: 2 Years
Strengths: Works well on 64-bit computers, high quality audio output, runs on most operating systems (only tried it on Linux though), free, open source, works on old computers
Weaknesses: Some versions of Audacity are broken/have major bugs, "stable" version is actually less stable than the development version in my experience.
Overall Evaluation: I have used Audacity for almost 2 years now. I have always used it on Linux. I have never tried it on Windows. I have always compiled it from source. I just compiled it on my new laptop (Dell XPS m1330, Intel Core 2 Duo T9500 2.6 GHz, slamd64-current). I am using Audacity to restore quality to old audio cassettes for which the masters have been lost. The repair tool works very well. Amplify allows me to repair sections of the tape that are slightly damaged. I can copy similar-sounding audio from other portions of the tape to hide heavily damaged areas. Audacity is a very good program for restoring old tapes and for general audio recording. I am using onboard audio on all of my computers and I have never had sound card issues like other people have. Overall, I think this is a very good program. There hasn't been a stable release since 2006 though, but this is not a problem for me as I am using the beta version.
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Reviewed by: ColKev
Duration of ownership: 1 Days
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Overall Evaluation: FYI. Figured out the problem in my earlier review. If you have a generic on-board soundcard you most likely won't be able to record from any input device besides line-in or microphone. And if you can record from more sources, you probably have an actual sound CARD which should come w/it's own recording and mixing software which may or may not be as good as this.
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Reviewed by: richardash1981
Duration of ownership: 4 Years
Strengths: Portability - projects and skills can be exchanged between users on PC, Mac and Linux. Easy to use interface gets jobs done quickly without the hassle of a fully blown DAW package, but providing all the tools you need for day to day audio editing. An audio tool that runs on your desktop, not takes it over.
Weaknesses: I help develop audacity - it doesn't have weaknesses, only unimplemented features :). These are some of the new features for the next major release (1.4.0). To get a preview, try our beta releases: More effects, including a repair function for replacing missing audio where a click or scratch has been removed, Automatic saving and recovery of work, Timer recording for unattended use and numerous improvements to the interface.
Overall Evaluation: To correct the original listing: Audacity is not supported on Windows NT (mainly because the sound drivers often don't work). It is however available for Linux and OSX as well as for windows from our download page: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/. More documentation, guides and tutorials can be found on our Wiki site at http://www.audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page, as well as in the support mailing list archives http://www.nabble.com/audacity-help-f4506.html
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Reviewed by: audiophile
Duration of ownership: 1 Days
Strengths: FREE! Records music directly from any web stream (internet radio) whether or not your sound card supports recording from its own output. Powerful sound file editor with Many effects available (trim, amplify, etc.). In conjunction with lame_enc.dll (also free and readily available), it will save MP3 files directly. Provides full control of ID3 tags. And it's FREE!
Weaknesses: Documentation is not extensive. Some experience with sound files is helpful.
Overall Evaluation: This is a Very Powerful Sound Recording and Editing Program, and it is FREE. It's a great way to capture music from the web to play on your MP3 player or your car radio that supports CD's of MP3's (e.g., 2007+ GM / Saturn Outlook). Stock up on FREE music before Internet Radio goes the way of Napster!
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