Audacity: The Multi-Language Recorder and Audio Editor Open-Source Software

 

Recording voice on Audacity

Audacity is free software that can be used by music enthusiasts to record and edit multi-track audio on any operating system, including Mac OS X, Windows, and GNU/Linux, among others. It is an editing program that is also open-source software that can be used, studied, and improved by anyone and shared with others.

Audacity is a tool for recording live audio, computer playback or soundtracks, and for converting music records and tapes into digital recordings such as Compact Discs (CD) or in editing other sound files such as Waveform Audio File (WAV), Audio Interchange File Format (AIFF), Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC), MP2, MP3, or Ogg Vorbis, as well as other formats using optional libraries including Windows Media Audio (WMA), AC3 Dolby Digital, or Mpeg 4 Audio (M4A/M4R), just to mention a few.

The Audacity software also provides users with tools for cutting, splicing, or mixing different sounds together, while adding effects by changing the pitch or speed of a recording. Users can even write their own plug-in effects using Nyquist frequency.

Users of the Audacity open-source codes who want to submit suggestions, request features, report bugs, or pose any technical queries can find support at the Audacity Forum site.

Audacity 2.3.2 Version

The latest version of Audacity is Audacity 2.3.2, which was released in May 2019 to replace all earlier versions for Mac OS, Windows, and Linux. Aside from bug fixes, the new edition now includes an encoder for LAME mp3, a SELECT button for the whole track, and a file browser for selecting files from the Nyquist plug-in installer. Note that in this latest Audacity version, the “Type to Create a Label” feature has to be enabled as it is now off by default.

 

Moreover, the open-source codes for the Audacity 2.3.2 Version now come with a mod-script-pipe for driving the software from Python using a preferred enabler.