Audacity Wiki Home Page

Peter 10Apr17: ToDo-1 Replace the current updated logo with one that is just headphones - we plan to use this one (headphones +Audacity text) for the Manual and would like visual cue differentiation.

Welcome to the user-editable Wiki for Audacity ^® - a free, award-winning open source application for recording and editing sound. Audacity runs on Mac OS X/macOS, Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux and other operating systems.

This Audacity Wiki is for the current version of Audacity. It is strongly recommended that you use the current version in conjunction with the current Audacity Manual.

• You can get help for any 2.0.x version by asking on the Audacity Forum.
• Find pages in this Wiki: by category, by popularity, all pages, user home pages

If you are using Audacity version 2.0.6 or earlier you will need to use the Legacy Wiki.

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For Users

Manuals

• Online Audacity Manual
• Downloadable Manual for Audacity
• Online Audacity alpha development Manual
• 1.2 Manual (obsolete)

Help

• Frequently Asked Questions in the Audacity Manual
• Ask on the Audacity Forum
• Brief overview of Audacity
• The Audacity Community (summary)

Resources

• Audacity website
• Effects Plug-ins
• User-created music and more about music
• Books about Audacity (some obsolete)
• Legacy Wiki (for other than current Audacity)

Participation

• Report Bugs
• Suggest Features
• Help us with...
• Write Nyquist plug-ins

...Everything for Users

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Tips and extra Tutorials

The main set of Tutorials can be found in the Audacity Manual

Audio from...

• A microphone and Multi-track Overdub recording
• Audio CD
• Tapes or Records and USB turntables/tape decks
• Recording from Cassette Tape: some issues specific to cassettes
• Streaming audio ("stereo mix")
• Sound Devices and Interfaces
• iTunes
• Multichannel Recording recording more than two separate channels of audio at once
  • ASIO Audio Interface
• Recording multi-track overdubs with specialist hardware

Audio to...

• MP3 using the LAME encoder
  • LAME Installation
• Audio CD
• Podcast
  • How to publish a Podcast
• Ringtones
• iTunes and iPod

Tips and Troubleshooting

• Audio file formats
• Bit Depth and Sample Rates
• Audio CDs (Compact Discs)
• Recording Tips
• Recording Troubleshooter
• Changing the Audacity language
• Chris’ Dynamic Compressor for managing perceived loudness
• Managing Computer Resources and Drivers tips for recording without dropouts or clicks.
• Vocal Removal Plug-ins
• Creating your own Plug-in
• Audacity for blind and visually impaired users
• Portable Audacity
• Batch Processing / Chains

Operating System Help

• Windows 10,    Windows 8,    Windows 7,    Windows Vista
  • Selecting Audacity recording devices
  • Using the Windows "Sound" control panel
• Mac
• Linux

Beyond Audacity - other applications that may be of use

• Audio Restoration
• Creating Drum Tracks
• Instrument tuners
• Other Open Source Audio and Audio-Visual Applications
• Other audio applications
  • Other Windows applications
  • Other Mac applications
  • Other GNU/Linux applications

...All Tutorials and Tips

For Developers

Developer Documentation

• Audacity Architecture
• Guide for New Audacity Developers
• Guide for Audacity Hackers
• Guidelines on capitalization in Audacity dialogs and messages
• Scripting
• Write Nyquist plug-ins

Quality Assurance

• Release Notes
• Bug Lists
• Nightly Builds for alpha testing
• Wording
• Code Review
• Testing
• Notes for Testers

Development Activity

• Next Release
• Roadmap
• Bug Lists
• Proposals
• Feature Requests
• Planning
• Experimental Features
• Experimental Modules
• Google Summer of Code 2008/9
• James Crook's Automation Project
• Theme Tweaks - changes required for themes

...Everything for Developers