Website: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ Software Provider: Audacity Development Team Current Version: Audacity 1.3.9 Operating Systems: Windows 98, 2000, XP, Vista License: Freeware
Importing Audio: Fixed regression bug in 0.95 which caused stereo files to be imported as two mono tracks
Imports MP3 ID3 tags
Exporting Audio: Exporting MP3 now works, if the appropriate version of the LAME DLL is
installed (Joshua)
Allows editing of MP3 ID3 tags with export.
Preferences: Added Audio I/O selectors on Mac (Dominic) and Windows (Joshua)
Effects: Added progress dialog support to all effects (which also allows
effects to be cancelled)
Added support for stereo effects and effects that add or remove tracks, or require multiple passes.
Improved Amplify effect and fixed all known bugs (Dominic)
Improved Bass Boost effect
Added Filter effect (Dominic)
Added Phaser effect (Paul)
Added Wahwah effect (Paul)
About:
Audacity is a free, easy-to-use audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems. Audacity can record live audio through a microphone or mixer, or digitize recordings from cassette tapes, vinyl records, or minidiscs. With some sound cards, it can also capture streaming audio.
Audacity Features
Record live audio.
Edit Ogg Vorbis, MP3, and WAV sound files.
Record from microphone, line input, or other sources.
Change the pitch without altering the tempo, or vice-versa.
Record and edit 16-bit, 24-bit, and 32-bit (floating point) samples.