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Audacity^® is the free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. It is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems.

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Most popular pages Recording Tips Current Features Tutorials - how to perform common tasks in Audacity Mac Bugs Windows Bugs Windows Vista OS Linux Issues Lame Installation for MP3 encoding VST Plug-ins Recent changes on this Wiki (a page generated by the system) Feature Requests Release Notes for stable and unstable versions Mixer Toolbar Issues USB turntables Platform-specific issues: Windows Issues Windows Bugs Windows Vista OS Group Policy Installation Mac Bugs OS/2 Issues Linux Issues Developing On Linux Plug-ins Plug-ins Ladspa Plug-ins Nyquist Plug-ins VST Plug-ins Audio Formats CD Audio how to import CDs how to burn CDs MP3 Lame Installation for MP3 encoding how to import files from iTunes including M4A/M4P FLAC Audio Protocols ASIO Audio Interface Computer Technology DMA mode Other User Pages CreatedUsingAudacity - links to music and other audio created using Audacity Recommended sound devices - information on using specific recording devices or sound cards with Audacity Other Programs that may be useful in conjunction with Audacity (sound creation, post-processing and others) OtherWindowsPrograms AudacityVsGoldWave - For bass performance OtherMacPrograms AudacityVsGarageBand OtherUnixPrograms Specific Tasks - creating drum tracks, audio restoration ... AudacityComparisons - How Audacity compares to programs in its space (on whatever platform). AudacityVendors - Audacity and Ebay, and advice for people who've bought or want to sell Audacity SitesThatRecommendAudacity VendorsThatBundleAudacity Using equipment that bundles Audacity USB turntables Audacity in Education - how Audacity teaches young people about music and sound

General Audacity topics About Audacity Current Features Release Notes for stable and unstable versions Using Audacity Tutorials - how to perform common tasks in Audacity. Some foreign language tutorials are available. Recording Tips and Troubleshooting Mixer Toolbar Issues PlaybackTips Crash Recovery File Management Tips - Project files and folders and dependent audio files EffectsTips NavigationTips - changing playback position and navigating between tracks Selecting Audio - how to select audio tracks or sections of audio Aligning Audio tracks to each other Changing the current language Sending your work to others Portable Audacity KeyboardLayouts Audacity User Interface Audacity for blind users Developing Audacity Contribute - How you can help improve the Audacity project. Summer of Code 2008 - Google's program for sponsoring Open source. Developer Guide - Overview of developing Audacity. Ensuring Quality Documenting Audacity Release Notes - for stable and unstable versions Tutorials - how to perform common tasks in Audacity MultiLingual - Read and write about Audacity in other languages Brazilian Portuguese Information Chinese(Taiwan) Tutorials (中文(台灣)) Czech Information (Cesky) Dutch Information French Information & Tutorials (Francais) German Information Greek Tutorials (Ελληνικά Άρθρα) Italian Tutorials Russian Tutorials (Русская помощь) Spanish Information Swedish Tutorials MostPopularSearches - Want to contribute to the Wiki? These are the things people want to know about.