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

This is the Audacity Wiki, a completely public resource - anyone can edit almost any page by clicking on the "Edit text of this page" link at the bottom. Create links by typing putting words inside double-brackets [[like this]].

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Most popular pages

• Recording Tips
• Current Features
• Tutorials - how to perform common tasks in Audacity
• Mac Bugs
• Windows Bugs
• Linux Issues
• Lame Installation for MP3 encoding
• VST Plug-ins
• RecentChanges
• Feature Requests
• Release Notes for released versions
• Mixer Toolbar Issues

All Audacity topics

• AboutAudacity
• Music
• CurrentFeatures

Using Audacity

• UsingAudacity
  • RecordingTips
  • EffectsTips
  • KeyboardLayouts
  • CrashRecovery
  • Mixer Toolbar Issues

Platform-specific issues:

• WindowsBugs
• MacBugs
• OS/2 Issues
• LinuxIssues
  • CompilingAudacity

Plugins

• PlugIns
  • LadspaPlugIns
  • NyquistPlugIns
  • VstPlugIns

Audacity User Interface

• Audacity for blind users

File Formats

• FileFormats
  • Mp3LameInstallation
  • FreeLosslessAudioCodec (FLAC)

Effects

• • GVerbSettings

Developing Audacity

• DevelopingAudacity
  • CompilingAudacity
    • CompilingAudacityForBeginners
  • SubmittingPatches
  • AudacityLibraries
  • HowAudacityWorks
    • ArchitecturalDesign
  • CodingStandards
  • CreatingYourOwnPlugin
• Mezzo - the future of Audacity (formerly known as "libaudacity")

• FeatureRequests - list or vote for your favorites here
• Reporting Bugs - how to report a problem you are having with audacity to the developers.
• BugsBugsBugs - describe problems you're having here

Documenting Audacity

• Audacity User Guide online
• Tutorials - how to perform common tasks in Audacity
• MultiLingual - Write and read about Audacity in other languages
  • CzechLanguage (Cesky)
  • French Information (Français)
  • Italian Tutorials
  • Brazillian Portuguese Information
  • Swedish Tutorials

• Online help outline

• MostPopularSearches - Want to contribute to the Wiki? These are the things people want to know about.

Other

• CreatedUsingAudacity - links to music and other audio created using Audacity
• OtherPrograms - things you might want to use with Audacity
  • OtherWindowsPrograms
    • AudacityVsGoldWave - For bass performance
  • OtherMacPrograms
    • AudacityVsGarageBand
  • OtherUnixPrograms
  • AudacityComparisons - How Audacity compares to programs in its space (on whatever platform).
• AudacityVendors
• SitesThatRecommendAudacity
• VendorsThatBundleAudacity