Audacity is a free, easy-to-use, multi-track audio editor and recorder for Windows, macOS, GNU/Linux and other operating systems. The interface is translated into many languages. You can use Audacity to:
- Record live audio.
- Record computer playback on any Windows Vista or later machine.
- Convert tapes and records into digital recordings or CDs.
- Edit WAV, AIFF, FLAC, MP2, MP3, Ogg Vorbis sound files.
- AC3, M4A/M4R (AAC), WMA, Opus and other formats supported using optional libraries.
- Cut, copy, splice or mix sounds together.
- Numerous effects including change the speed, pitch or tempo of a recording.
- Write your own plug-in effects with Nyquist.
- And more! See the complete list of features.

Platform(s)
GNU/Linux
BSD
macOS
Windows
Software type
ALSA
JACK
PulseAudio
Software language
C++
Software features
LV2 host
VST2 host
MIDI
Audio editing
Analysis
Metering
Spectrogram
Audio FX
Conversion
License
GPL-2
Developer(s)
Audacity team
Announcements
Recent releases | Release Date |
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Audacity 3.2.0 Beta | 14 Sep '22 |
Audacity 3.2.0 Alpha 1 | 30 Aug '22 |
Audacity 3.1.3 Beta 1 | 23 Nov '21 |
Audacity 3.1.0 Beta | 14 Oct '21 |
Audacity 3.1.0 Beta 1 | 14 Oct '21 |
Audacity 3.0.3 RC3 | 22 Jul '21 |
Audacity split-3.0.3 | 18 Jun '21 |
Audacity Dark-2.3.2x | 7 May '19 |