AUDACITY IS A FREE downloadable audio editing application that boasts a surprisingly robust feature set. Audacity can record live audio through a microphone or mixer, or digitize recordings from cassette tapes, vinyl records, or minidiscs. With some sound-cards, it can also capture streaming audio. Audacity supports several popular audio file formats allowing you to cut, copy, splice and mix various files together as well as change their pitch and speed. If you have a limited budget, look no further and even if you can afford software that offers more, Audacity still might be enough to satisfy your needs. Go to http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ to learn more and download the installer. I’ve also included the installer file on the CD included with this book (look in the “Chapter 8” folder).
Hot Tip
It’s free! I can’t think of a hotter tip than that. Audacity works and it will satisfy most, if not all of your audio editing needs.