Released in September 2026, Audacity 4 is the biggest renovation in its 25-year history, from the UI to clip-based editing.

I must admit I’m not very fond of audio editing tools. Mixing music has never been my cup of tea, so when it comes to testing an audio editor, chances are I end up more confused than satisfied.

Properly mixing the various elements of a song is an important step in producing professional-sounding music. Generally, the more parts and effect processors an unmixed song contains, the more ...

Audacity 4.0 fundamentally overhauls the interface of the free audio editor. The application now uses Qt instead of the previous interface, introduces a new model for editing audio clips, and saves ...

If you're looking to start a podcast or record music, or just need a tool to assemble and convert audio samples, it's tough to beat Audacity. It's a highly capable, open-source editor that supports up ...

Popular open-source, cross-platform sound recording, editing and mixing tool Audacity 2.0.3 has been released. Despite the minor revision number, the new update boasts several key new features, ...

Music soothes the savage breast, but newcomers to the sonic scene may screech louder than a dubstep-tinged turntable session when they see the cost of professional audio-editing software. Fortunately ...

Use the free Audacity audio-editing program to combine tracks intended to play sequentially into a single file you can add to your iTunes library. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace ...

Open-source sound recording, editing and mixing tool Audacity 2.1.0 has been released, and comes with a slew of significant updates and improvements. Version 2.1.0 debuts one major new feature: a Real ...

In recent years, recorded audio has undergone a renaissance thanks to the breakthrough of podcasts. It’s now easy to record audio and share it online, and things that used to require access to a ...