Audacity Reviews

Audacity, created by Dominic Mazzoni, is a freeware digital audio recorder and editor application. Now this tool is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems.

The latest beta (1.3.6) even supports MPEG-4, Dolby Digital, and Windows Media.

Highlight Features:

Import and export WAV, AIFF, AU, and Ogg Vorbis files.

Import MPEG audio (including MP2 and MP3 files) with libmad.

Export MP3s with the optional LAME encoder library.

Create WAV or AIFF files suitable for burning to CD.

Import and export all file formats supported by libsndfile.

Open raw (headerless) audio files using the "Import Raw" command.

Easy editing with Cut, Copy, Paste, and Delete.

Record and edit 16-bit, 24-bit, and 32-bit (floating point) samples.

Limitations:

Audacity does not currently support WMA, AAC, or most other proprietary or restricted file formats.

A plug-in is required for VST plug-ins.

Audacity lacks dynamic equalizer controls, real time effects and support for scrubbing.

MIDI files can only be loaded visually.