Audacity

Founded 1999

Audacity helps users edit and record audio effortlessly.

Cost

Free

Rating

★ People love it

Time to value

Immediate

You can use Audacity for audio editing and recording across multiple platforms such as Windows, macOS, and Linux. It's an open-source tool, meaning its features can be expanded through countless third-party plugins. Audacity supports all major audio formats, making it easy to import, export, and convert files like WAV, MP3, and FLAC. Whether you're working on music, podcasts, or voice-overs, Audacity lets you take control of your sound with features like deep audio analysis and a built-in spectrogram view.

What Audacity does

Audio editingAudio recordingPodcast productionSound analysis

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