Audacity Wiki Home Page

Peter 15Mar18: The following entries can be removed from the Users' Tips section and deleted from the Wiki once 2.3.0 is released as they have been transferred to the Manual:

• Portable Audacity
• Bit Depth and Sample Rates
• MP3

Welcome to the 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 by asking on the Audacity Forum.
• Find pages in this Wiki: by category, all pages, user home pages

For editors only the Legacy Wiki remains available

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For Users

Manuals

• Online Audacity Manual
• Downloadable Manual for Audacity
• Tutorials in the Audacity Manual
• 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)
• In other Languages

Resources

• Audacity website
• Effects Plug-ins
  • Creating your own Plug-in
• User-created music and more about music
• Books about Audacity (some obsolete)

Versions

• Overview of all the Audacity versions
  • History
  • Compatibility
  • Preview Versions
• What's New in Audacity?

...Everything for Users

For Contributors

Donate	Give us feedback	Develop	Translate	Support other Users

...Everything for Contributors

Tips

Tips and Troubleshooting

• Multichannel Recording recording more than two separate channels of audio at once
  • ASIO Audio Interface
• Managing Computer Resources and Drivers tips for recording without dropouts or clicks.
• Audacity for blind and visually impaired users
• How to publish a Podcast
• Cassette Tape: some issues specific to recording from cassettes
• Hardware influence on recording quality - Appropriate hardware for the quality you want to record at, including sound devices, connecting cables, microphones...etc
• Updating Sound Device Drivers - Appropriate and up-to-date drivers for your hardware, especially your sound device
• Mixer Toolbar Issues - Using system and sound device control panels to fix configuration problems
• Improving Recording Quality
• Reducing noise
• Recording live sound: Acoustic
• Popping Vocals
• Ad Hoc Recording Studio - Some basic hints
• Microphone Techniques for Voice

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

• MP3 Editing Tools
• Audio Restoration
• Vocal Removal Plug-ins
• Creating Drum Tracks
• Instrument tuners
• Other Open Source Audio and Audio-Visual Applications
• Other audio applications
  • Windows,  Mac,  GNU/Linux

...All Tutorials and Tips