About Audacity

Audacity is a free, open-source audio editor and recorder for multitrack editing. Best for free basic audio editing.

Podcast editingVoice recordingAudio cleanup
  • Includes a free plan
  • Pricing model: Open source
  • Made for Beginners, podcasters and students
  • 5 documented key features

Our verdict

Audacity is a solid choice for free basic audio editing, with strengths in free forever and lightweight. The main trade-off to weigh: dated interface.

Pros & cons

Pros

  • Free forever
  • Lightweight
  • Large community

Cons

  • Dated interface
  • Less polished than paid DAWs

Who it suits

Best for

free basic audio editing

Not ideal for

Not recorded yet.

Key features

5
  • Multitrack recording
  • Noise reduction
  • Effects and plugins
  • Spectrogram view
  • Export to many formats

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