Free Sound Editing with Audacity

It's been around for some time, but seems to fly under the radar. For people that are just getting into sound editing, for podcasting or just for fun, the free cross-platform Audacity is worth a download. It has more than enough features to keep you busily hacking together audio files. It features recording, import/export, splicing and editing, and effects, and has a plug-in system that makes it extensible. Oh, and did I mention that it's free? If you're looking for a way to record and edit sound on your computer, be it a PC, Mac or Linux box, this might be your solution. And if you're looking for a fun audio project, find yourself a 2 year-old, and coach them through saying a greeting for your answering machine, preferably using lots of long words. As long as you can record one or a few words at a time, you're set; just edit it all together after the fact.

 

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