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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 RecentChanges Feature Requests Release Notes for stable and unstable versions Mixer Toolbar Issues USB turntables Platform-specific issues: Windows Issues WindowsBugs Windows Vista OS Group Policy Installation MacBugs OS/2 Issues LinuxIssues CompilingAudacity 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 soundcards with 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 - 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 Recording Tips PlaybackTips File Management Tips - Project files and folders and dependent audio files EffectsTips NavigationTips - changing playback position and navigating between tracks Changing the current language Sending your work to others Portable Audacity KeyboardLayouts CrashRecovery Mixer Toolbar Issues Tutorials - how to perform common tasks in Audacity Audacity User Interface Audacity for blind users Developing Audacity TestBuilds for reporting on release candidate builds CompilingAudacity CompilingAudacityForBeginners Contribute SubmittingPatches AudacityLibraries HowAudacityWorks ArchitecturalDesign CodingStandards Creating your own Plug-in Mezzo - the future of Audacity (formerly known as "libaudacity") SummerOfCode - Google's program for sponsoring Open source. SummerOfCode Planning - How you can help us with Google's Summer of Code. SummerOfCodeMentor SummerOfCodeStudent Feature Requests - 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 Release Notes - for stable and unstable versions Tutorials - how to perform common tasks in Audacity MultiLingual - Read and write about Audacity in other languages Brazillian Portuguese Information Chinese(Taiwan) Tutorials (中文(台灣)) Czech Information (Cesky) Dutch Information French Information (Francais) German Information Greek Tutorials (Ελληνικά Άρθρα) Italian Tutorials Russian Tutorials (Русская помощь) Spanish Information Swedish Tutorials Irc - Internet Relay Chat channels for Audacity. MostPopularSearches - Want to contribute to the Wiki? These are the things people want to know about.