Audacity for Windows 1.3.7 Beta

4.8 out of 5 stars 4.8 (169 votes)

BETA (January 28, 2009)

Windows 2000/9x/XP / Open Source / 27,941 downloads

Audacity is a free audio editor that can record sounds, play sounds, import and export WAV, AIFF, and MP3 files, and more. Use it to edit your sounds using Cut, Copy, and Paste (with unlimited Undo), mix tracks, or apply effects to your recordings. It also has a built-in amplitude envelope editor, a customizable spectrogram mode, and a frequency analysis window for audio analysis applications. Built-in effects include Bass Boost, Wahwah, and Noise Removal, and it also supports VST plug-in effects.

Reviews of Audacity for Windows

  1. 5 out of 5 stars
    anomoly

    Reviewing 1.3.7 Beta (Jan 28, 2009)

    Amazing how the exe compresses down to 1.5 from 6.5MB. Speak english u can delete the lang folder too.

  2. 5 out of 5 stars
    boaz

    Reviewing 1.3.7 Beta (Jan 28, 2009)

    This is a great free "Poor Man's" audio editor. Has a lot of features for a free editor.

  3. 4 out of 5 stars
    DudeBoyz

    Reviewing 1.3.6 RC1 (Oct 20, 2008)

    I like this app a great deal.

    However, between 1.3.5 Beta and this new 1.3.6 RC1, there are some significant changes to the User Interface, from Menus to Toolbars to Default Values and Preferences.

    I'm frustrated by this continual change of direction in regards to the interface, menu systems, etc. because I'm not sure if they are based on any sort of usability studies or are a result of arbitrary preferences from a rotating array of contributors to the project.

    I'd also appreciate better docs and detailed changelogs.

    So, even though this is a very good and free alternative, I don't feel comfortable giving it a full-on rating of 5 at this point. In fact, I'd rather give it a 3.5 than a 4, but that's not an option.

  4. 5 out of 5 stars
    UniversityofKentucky

    Reviewing 1.3.6 RC1 (Oct 20, 2008)

    Meets my podcasting needs.

  5. 5 out of 5 stars
    alshawwa

    Reviewing 1.3.5 Beta (May 9, 2008)

    superb , advanced , stable & a freeware.

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