Published October 19, 2012
Audacity
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
For the last of this series of posts we have Audacity – a cross-platform audio editing/recording software. Audacity is a must-have for anyone working on music, since it makes basic audio tasks quick and simple. I tend to use it mainly for when I want to convert file formats, but it has many other uses and comes with a lot of useful plug-ins for manipulating your audio. It’s not exactly the type of software you would use to produce an entire song from scratch, but it’s definitely a great tool to use amongst your other programs.
Pros:
- Light-weight and free software
- Easy to use (cutting and pasting audio samples is a breeze)
- You can export /import many popular audio formats
Cons:
- Lacks the advanced features of a full-fledged DAW
- Requires downloading LAME MP3 Encoder before you can export to MP3 (At no cost but a slight inconvenience)
And that’s it for this series of music posts! I hope that some of you check out the software I’ve recommended for yourselves as well!
This is the one I use to record music
in school, cool!
I use this and Mixcraft 6.
I use Audacity to shorten those songs that end way earlier than the track time, or if they don’t end well with a fade out.
I agree
I’ve used this program once to fix a broken mp3 file. Seeing make me want to explore its features
Audacity is a great program for beginners I tend to lean more towards more functional DAW’s. I prefer to make songs from scratch Audacity just is not powerful enough. It sure is a beginners toy and is fun to use.