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Audio software for multi-track recording and editing

Audacity® is a free, easy-to-use, multi-track audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux and other operating systems. The interface is translated into many languages.

You can use Audacity to:

Record live audio
Convert tapes and records into digital recordings or CDs
Edit WAV, AIFF, FLAC, MP2, MP3 or Ogg Vorbis sound files
Cut, copy, splice or mix sounds together
Change the speed or pitch of a recording
Apply a wide range of other effects to audio recordings

Upstream Project: https://www.audacityteam.org/ snapcraft.yaml Build Definition: https://github.com/diddlesnaps/audacity/blob/master/snap/snapcraft.yaml

Details for Audacity

License

GPL-2.0+

Last updated

18 September 2022 - latest/stable
25 April 2025 - latest/edge

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