Audacity
USA, est. 2000 · 1 products across 1 categories
About Audacity
Audacity is a free, open-source digital audio editor and recording application originally developed in 1999 by Dominic Mazzoni and Roger Dannenberg at Carnegie Mellon University, and now maintained by the Muse Group. It is one of the most widely downloaded pieces of audio software in history, offering multi-track recording, waveform editing, noise reduction, pitch shifting, and a large ecosystem of community-developed effects and plugins. Audacity's cross-platform availability on Windows, macOS, and Linux, combined with its zero cost, has made it a gateway into audio editing for millions of musicians, podcasters, and educators globally. Although not a conventional VST plugin in the traditional sense, Audacity supports VST plugin loading for effects processing.
- • Completely free and open-source
- • Cross-platform: Windows, macOS, Linux
- • Massive community ecosystem of plugins and tutorials
- • One of the most widely used audio tools in history
- • Not a professional DAW — lacks MIDI support and real-time effects
- • Interface shows its age and is less intuitive than modern tools
- • Controversy around Muse Group data collection policies post-acquisition
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Frequently Asked Questions About Audacity
Audacity originated at Carnegie Mellon University in the USA and is now maintained by the Muse Group.
Yes — Audacity is one of the most recommended first tools for anyone new to audio recording and editing due to its simplicity and zero cost.
Being the most widely used free, open-source audio editor in the world — a go-to tool for podcasting, basic recording, and audio editing since 2000.
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