Someone reviewed v on Jul 5, 2022

Pros: 555

Cons: 555

Bottom Line: 555

Slug_Coordinator reviewed v2.3.1 on Mar 12, 2019

Pros: NONE

Cons: I customized Audacity with my own Settings and some of them got wiped out with the update. You moved stuff without Notice of that and opted to wipe out Bass / Treble which I used a Custom Setting for as well as other tools I used.

Oh not they are Chains etc., they are buried where I cant find them without days of reading. Then half the stuff I custom made is gone cause your wanted to screw with it.

Bottom Line: S U C K S stick with your older version if you made a lot of Custom Batches...

uberfly reviewed v2.1.2 on Aug 4, 2016

Stefan you review are all idiotic. Best free audio editor there is. Keep finding new ways to use it.

nilst2006 reviewed v2.1.2 on Mar 30, 2016

Don't allow fake user agents on their site. Therefore a 1.

boaz reviewed v2.1.0 RC2 on Mar 9, 2015

This is the best of the free/open source audio editors. Has a lot of features, works well, and they update it every so often. I don't know how anyone could complain about this software, if you don't like it - go buy a professional software.... It's that simple.

FatBastard reviewed v2.1.0 RC1 on Mar 4, 2015

Thank god for this amazing and free program!

Monkey_Punch reviewed v2.0.4 on Sep 10, 2013

"I, roj, have uttered a maxim and thus it is true and applies to everything I get for free and to which I did not contribute a single line of code."

@Roj: You are a mental midget. What are you some kind of friggin' Tory or BNP member? You sure speak like one you audacious wank. If you didn't contribute one iota of code to the program or donate to support the programmer, you have no expectation of ANYTHING. You didn't PAY for anything. You got something for nothing and are complaining about it! It's akin to being given a free car but complaining because it's not a Bugatti Veyron. You have debunked NOTHING. The only thing you've debunked is that you are a waste of a sperm cell. If you don't like it because it's missing features, learn programming and write the code or code an audio editor yourself, you fap slap.

As for Audacity, it's a great free program for doing basic audio editing tasks. Throw money at the developers for their hard work. Throw rocks at FAILroj.

roj reviewed v2.0.3 on Jan 23, 2013

To those who trumpted the whole "it's FREE" rubbish as if that excuses shortcomings:

FREE is not an excuse for lack of features or usability. I and anyone who uses an application has every right to expect a certain level of ease of use or functionality given that the author of the program undertook the endeavor in the first place. In short, get a grip and stop being apologists.

Now that this point is crystal clear and the "FREE so don't complain" nonsense thoroughly debunked and consigned to the dung heap where it belongs, Audacity is a very competent beginners audio editor. I would appreciate the versatility of Goldwave's mixing and cue functions and expect to see the program evolve more towards them in the future just for the sake of ease of use.

I'd give it a FOUR and a recommendation as an excellent work in progress.

egg83 reviewed v2.0.3 RC1 on Jan 21, 2013

I use this program all the time. Works very well, it is a must have for audio editing.

gatorfan95 reviewed v2.0.2 RC4 on Aug 21, 2012

Yes the look is "retro", it's still an excellent sound editor and it's free.

FatBastard reviewed v2.0.1 on Jul 3, 2012

Very nice program

gatorfan95 reviewed v2.0.1 on Jun 29, 2012

Good Stuff. A very nice FREE sound editor. What is there to complain about?

tickleonthetum reviewed v2.0.1 RC2 on Jun 27, 2012

Goldwave is shareware, Audacity is Freeware, you can't compare them!

suphong reviewed v2.0 on Mar 19, 2012

yes, very good
or download here is 100% clean http: // downchecker . com/download/audacity-for-windows

egg83 reviewed v2.0 RC3 on Feb 27, 2012

What a great music file editor! Use this software all the time professionally, has never let me down!

rip_pit reviewed v1.3.14 Beta on Dec 17, 2011

very handy.
4 stars just because of the interface is a little old and not very user friendly
but the core app is great.

v1314 Changes : http://audacity.sourcefo...download/features-1.3-a

olirosee reviewed v1.3.13 Beta on Apr 12, 2011

Let's even out the Goldwave spammers a little. Audacity is a great program for most purposes. Nice to see an update.

butthead reviewed v1.3.13 Beta on Apr 12, 2011

What's the deal with GoldWave trolls? Audacity is still an awesome program in it's own right.

cricri_pingouin reviewed v1.3.12 RC5 on May 9, 2010

Here is my experience in 4 steps:
1 - Opened a MP3 file, edited it, no problem.
2 - Opened another MP3, wouldn't let me copy/cut/paste at all. Huh?
3 - Opened the same MP3 file with GoldWave. Copy/cut/paste, you name it, no problem.
4 - Uninstalled Audacity.
Points for being free and working well on at least one file, points off for not reliably doing so on any file. I'll make it a 3 and I think that's being generous, but it looks like a promising app once it gets ironed out.

FatBastard reviewed v1.3.12 RC1 on Mar 2, 2010

Great App !!

some guy reviewed v1.3.11 Beta on Jan 19, 2010

great sound capture program to capture and record sound from any audio device, non bloat I love it.

roj reviewed v1.3.11 Beta on Jan 19, 2010

It's free - that's nice.

However, compared to GoldWave it's a toy. And GoldWave is cheap. The mixing and cue point features alone are worth the money for someone serious about doing their own custom mixes. In comparison, Audacity's equivalents are a joke.

THREE stars - it has a LONG way to go.

B__B reviewed v1.3.11 Beta on Jan 19, 2010

Great sound editor and mixer!

frankwick reviewed v1.3.9 Beta on Sep 1, 2009

A little complex for new users. The UI seems "old" but I have had no problems getting any of the betas to work in Win 7. The vocal remover feature is hit and miss.

enrom reviewed v1.3.8 Beta on Jul 17, 2009

No entiendo el puntaje de 2 estrellas del lector anterior. Si no le funciona con el Windows 7 puede ser más una falla de este sistema operativo que no está todavía muy probado.

pjb reviewed v1.3.8 Beta on Jul 17, 2009

Nice app. For some strange reason this version will not load up in Windows 7. Running it in vista SP2 compatibility mode - no issues.
Previous beta 1.3.7 was ok in native Windows 7. Strange...

anomoly reviewed v1.3.7 Beta on Jan 28, 2009

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

boaz reviewed v1.3.7 Beta on Jan 28, 2009

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

DudeBoyz reviewed v1.3.6 RC1 on 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.

UniversityofKentucky reviewed v1.3.6 RC1 on Oct 20, 2008

Meets my podcasting needs.

alshawwa reviewed v1.3.5 Beta on May 9, 2008

superb , advanced , stable & a freeware.

anomoly reviewed v1.3.5 Beta on May 8, 2008

Review from 2002-funny

i am so on this bandwagon. simple, yet effective. just the way things should be.

I use the zip version.

tarrith reviewed v1.3.5 Beta on May 8, 2008

This is an excellent open source sound editor. Simple enough GUI that you don't need to be a rocket scientist to use with multiple tracks so you can splice and dice various streams easily.
Worth a try.

Tarrith.

BTW, if you want it to be like another program that costs money...go buy the other program or become one of the open source developers instead of whining.

madmike reviewed v1.3.5 Beta on May 8, 2008

The Best Freeware for Music Edit. Nuff said

LRN reviewed v1.3.5 Beta on May 8, 2008

Want changes? Ask the developers, don't post it here! Seriously, do you really expect them to read your thoughts? Because they probably don't read Betanews.

Shorter release cycle: Audacity team promised to release new alpha-version every two weeks in following 3 months.

1.3.6 is expected in fall 2008. And let me tell you that 1.3.6 will ROCK.

About MDI: Microsoft says that MDI is obsolete. And it isn't supported on all platforms anyways.

RWW reviewed v1.3.5 Beta on May 7, 2008

Leave Audacity's GUI alone!! Always a joy to work with....simple controls, so easy to use.
Definately would like to see a separate Audacity with video capabilities as long as the same simplicity is carried over. But separate!

DudeBoyz reviewed v1.3.5 Beta on May 7, 2008

UPDATE: Per an above suggestion, I have submitted feature requests to the Audacity team via their project web site.

They really need to do a much better job of documenting and separating the last official stable version, 1.2.6

It can be confusing, to say the least, and as can happen with Open Source projects, sometimes the coding gets ahead of the rest of the work.

A clear and detailed comparison page, including graphics where appropriate, might help make things easier in trying to articulate what the advantages may be with the new app and how, specifically, users will benefit.

Documentation can be a real pain - just look at Spin Rite 6, which never really did get good documentation of its own - but it's always good to have a clear understanding of what these new versions bring to the table vs the 1.2.6 release.

I still like it and use it, but at this point I'd rather see them take a breather on the code and put out a final, fully documented package.

I also wish that the project window was "dockable" so that as you moved it to one of the edges of the display, it would sort of "snap" into place.

Unlike 1.2.6, at least this version remembers the window location, but if you accidentally drag the project window one pixel too far to the right, for example, it resets the project window to the upper left corner.

If it auto-docked, it'd be a bit easier to handle, especially if you have multiple windows open and are working on a project.

I'd also like to see some sort of improved MDI code for handling multiple tracks. It's one of the things we often take for granted in apps like Paint Shop Pro, where you can tile or cascade the contents. When you have to open multiple instances of the app, lots of screen space is taken up by the interface buttons being repeated for each window.

Better support for standard keyboard selection of the audio file would be great too. For instance, SHIFT PAGE UP and SHIFT PAGE DN.

Yeah, that's a lot to ask, but this is the premier open source app in its field, and I'd like to see the developers ramp it up a bit so it can compete with Sound Forge Audio Studio (the $69 little brother of the big Sound Forge app)

A faster development cycle would be welcome for fans of the app as well.

Ryusennin reviewed v1.3.5 Beta on May 7, 2008

Hey Ulmo.

So you think that overhauling Audacity's GUI is the matter of a few hours of work? That's good to hear, because Audacity just happens to be open source. Now go get cracking. You sounds like someone who knows what he's talking about.... Right? Right? Naah.

Darkman00 reviewed v1.3.5 Beta on May 7, 2008

I don't mind the GUI :)

Sometimes the simpler the GUI the smoother the proggie works ;)

Other than that - the proggie works excellent and it's FREE!

Ulmo reviewed v1.3.5 Beta on May 7, 2008

kucinghitam is right :
good program, but BEURK, what a GUI.
Need only a fiew hours of graphical work.

Avion Airplane reviewed v1.3.4 Beta on Dec 24, 2007

just tried this program .........
I LOVE IT !

Does exactly what I need it to do

kucinghitam reviewed v1.3.4 Beta on Dec 5, 2007

the gui needs re work..

analphatester reviewed v1.3.4 Beta on Nov 19, 2007

Perfect, but language translate must be work

Golden Falcon reviewed v1.3.4 Beta on Nov 14, 2007

If your not a "professional recording engineer". Notice the quotes.

This Open Source Gem is perfect for anyone.

RWW reviewed v1.3.4 Beta on Nov 14, 2007

One of the very best freeware apps I have ever used!!

darkripper reviewed v1.3.4 Beta on Nov 14, 2007

great and free

Ian C. reviewed v1.3.4 Beta on Nov 14, 2007

Great program, powerful and easy to use.

DudeBoyz reviewed v1.3.3 Beta on May 19, 2007

Audacity is a very good free app.

But, it needs some key features, including a simple "Punch-In" feature that lets you set a specific length when recording. That way you don't have to baby sit cassette recordings and manually end the recording process after the tape stops. Your tape is 43 minutes per side? Set it to record for 45 or 46 minutes and then stop and maybe auto-save. Sound Forge Audio Studio 8 ($69 retail) can do that, and it would rock if Audacity could.

It does have a Timer Recording feature, which can be used for this - sort of - but it is a bit awkward to try to get the recording to start in coordination with the PLAY button on the tape recorder.

It would be nice if you could avoid having to specify a time and could instead just set the length of the recording and click a "START" button to begin the process. That way you can set it up, press the PLAY button on the tape recorder and then click the START button on the interface.

There is a workaround for 1.2.x, but again, it's less than elegant.

I'm grateful they added a batch feature, but it is not nearly as intuitive / user-friendly as it should be, in my opinion.

I'd love to be able to set it to equalize a batch of audio files to add more bass, for example. It's not terribly easy to figure out how to do.

I also wish that development was being done at a faster pace.

I do appreciate the program and that it is free, I just want it to be a bit better, faster so folks can have a competitive multi-platform audio app. Open Source is a great thing to support, and I'd rather use free / Open Source software than commercial stuff when possible, as many others might as well.

Thanks, and keep up the good work please.

bigmama reviewed v1.3.3 Beta on May 18, 2007

before you pay another software for audio editing etc.

check this...

has many filters, tools -everything to do your job

- great piece of software

thnx audacity devs. continue the good job.

drumcat reviewed v1.3.3 Beta on May 18, 2007

CHANGELOG: since it's not on their site, and only in the beta license agreement...

Opening/saving formats:
* Import of audio from QuickTime (mov, aac, m4a) files is now
supported on OSX
* Metadata may be added to OGG files
* Improved export option selection
* Importing of Broadcast Wave Format (BWF) wave files now tolerated
* Additional export options added to MP3 and FLAC file formats
* Command line exporter now supported on Windows and OSX

Effects:
* EQ effect responsiveness improved
* Several enhancements to the EQ Effect
* Batch support added for the EQ effect
* New Auto Duck effect
* Added previewing to AudioUnit effects
* Much improved Noise Removal effect
* Effects previewing may now be canceled
* New DTMF Tone Generator effect
* Additional options available in Noise effect
* Improved the Tone Generation effects

Other features:
* New built-in screen capture utility
* Major speed improvement in Spectrogram rendering
* Increased support for drag and drop on OSX
* Support added for building against wxWidgets 2.8
* Support opening multiple Audacity Projects at once from Explorer on
Windows
* Improved main window sliders
* New support for snapping while selecting and sliding
* Improved track focus handling and visual feedback
* Speed improvements and handling of resizing/zooming in tracks
* Spectrum view may now be zoomed
* New internal file cache to improve handling of project files over
networks

Also:
* Many improvements to language specific translations
* Numerous stability improvements

stisev reviewed v1.3.2 Beta on Apr 8, 2007

The BEST free solution out there.

You can even make it PORTABLE!!!!

http://audacityteam.org/...title=Portable_Audacity

Create a "Portable Settings" folder in the same directory as the executable and it will store its settings there!

If you don't care of bloating up your system, Sony Sound Forge is the best "payware".

DudeBoyz reviewed v1.3.2 Beta on Nov 1, 2006

I think the interface needs a serious overhaul to be more space efficient and look more professional. But for free, it is a nice bit of software.

JEdwardP reviewed v1.3.2 Beta on Oct 31, 2006

I still don't like it as well as GoldWave, but it's a lot better than Reaper, and unlike those, it's freeware.

If you like GoldWave, but can't or don't want to pay for it, Audacity should be your choice, without reservation.

zridling reviewed v1.3.0 Beta on Apr 21, 2006

Wow. Just found this and am impressed. As you say, even as a newbie, it's not complex, and it offers options to grow with. Just for basic editing of .wav files, it allows me to come off as far more polished than I ever thought.

womfalcs7 reviewed v1.3.0 Beta on Mar 14, 2006

Awesome application, I love it and I've been using it for a long time. I definitely recommend it.

ayrtonx5 reviewed v1.3.0 Beta on Feb 16, 2006

Audacity is an excellent audio application for either beginner or sophisticated audio users. Check out an example at www.enough-for-everyone.com/mp3soundstream.htm

DJ-HP reviewed v1.3.0 Beta on Feb 10, 2006

Powerful and feature rich

LeXTeRiTY_X reviewed v1.3.0 Beta on Dec 1, 2005

Excellent editor for linear editing, although for power editing use WaveLab.

lordnaastik reviewed v1.3.0 Beta on Nov 30, 2005

Audacity is not as powerful as soundforge.And this is an update after a long time. in any case it is open source, free, and a great tool for audio enthusiasts

bugmenot reviewed v1.3.0 Beta on Nov 30, 2005

Totaly Awsome Audio editor i use this to transfer my old cassette's over my PC in wave and re-edit them into mp3.

Audacity is still work in progress and worth the wait when the final RC come out.

keep up the good work!

fourte3n reviewed v1.2.3 on Nov 19, 2005

Great program, but could do with an update. :D

stisev reviewed v1.2.3 on Nov 11, 2005

The best free (Open source!) audio editor for windows.

My personal favorite is Sony (ugh) Sound Forge 8.

the_lord_almighty reviewed v1.2.3 on Feb 4, 2005

Wonderful free program. Obviously doesn't do as much as the big boys (Cubase, Sonar, Live) but for free who can complain?
Would like to see MIDI and VSTi support in the future!

spiffyjeff reviewed v1.2.3 on Dec 20, 2004

Perfect for all my editing needs, including save selection as (aka export), silence selection, fade in and out, noise removal.

to -Lord-:
I have not installed the mp3 support, but I can change the sample rate of the ogg files, try going to File> Preferences, then choose File Formats tab. You'll see a section in there for mp3, again, i dont know if you can change it from 128.

H_TeXMeX_H reviewed v1.2.3 on Dec 11, 2004

In my opinion, this is the best audio recording and editing tool out there that is FREE !!! In fact it is better than most ones you have to pay for. If you don't think so, try it. I think it deserves no less than a 5 out of 5.

-Lord- reviewed v1.2.3 on Nov 20, 2004

I really like the program. It's a big help if you want to create your own ringtones out of mp3 files (if your phone supports it), but one thing I would like to see is the ability to resample the mp3's. Most phones can only use something less than 192 or 128 k bit rates. Add that feature, and it's a solid 5 for me.

ModderXManiac reviewed v1.2.3 on Nov 20, 2004

Works pretty well, gives you lots of freedom when it comes to editing. You might want to also look at JetAudio for conversion, its seems to work alot better than this.

kmleow reviewed v1.2.3 on Nov 20, 2004

The best open source sound editor.
5 stars for it.

robmanic44 reviewed v1.2.2 on Sep 23, 2004

Haven't tried it in Windows, but have run it on Linux and it smokes. If it functions on Windows anything like the Linux product, it's worth trying out.

Erator reviewed v1.2.2 on Sep 7, 2004

This program is SUPERB! If you're looking to record streams, create or edit sound files, then you NEED to download this.
Fast, Simple, and POWERFUL.

christoofar reviewed v1.2.2 on Aug 26, 2004

would give 5 stars if DirectX compatibilty would be an option. Light & tight!

dreamz reviewed v1.2.1 on Jul 16, 2004

It rocks, it rolls. Five stars!

roj reviewed v1.2.1 on Jul 16, 2004

The GoldWave of freeware. I never liked CoolEdit 2000 - too many bugs. After it was subsumed by the Evil Empire (Adobe), there was only one shining star left for consumers and that was GoldWave (a fine Canadian product at a great price). This now gives us TWO shining stars. Byte me, Adobe!

viserov reviewed v1.2.0 Pre4 on Feb 16, 2004

A great audio editing program!

Microshaft reviewed v1.2.0 Pre4 on Feb 13, 2004

After eating some toast the other day, I thought to myself: Who would have the "Audacity" to make yet another sound recorder and editing software, well... The Audacity Development Team did, they are that good..

wagner reatto reviewed v1.2.0 Pre2 on Sep 30, 2003

this program will be one of the best.

in my opinion, it needs accept directx too.

BillBraskey reviewed v1.2.0 Pre2 on Sep 30, 2003

Can't beat the price. Open source rules. Does the job quickly and effectively. Keep it up.

tannman1 reviewed v1.1.3 Beta on Mar 20, 2003

Excellent!!! Awsome, simple and effective...not bloated nor skimpy. It works!

Qlib reviewed v1.1.3 Beta on Mar 20, 2003

yeye its great and all but it doesnt deserve a 5 at least not in its present form.

NULLedge reviewed v1.1.1 Beta on Nov 13, 2002

i am so on this bandwagon. simple, yet effective. just the way things should be.

grn reviewed v1.1.0 Beta on Sep 30, 2002

This makes me cry it is so good for recording.

anthonyroberts reviewed v1.1.0 Beta on Jun 12, 2002

The best free audio program I have found.