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Audacity

Posted by New Media Specialist June - 18 - 2008 - Wednesday

Audacity audio editor

Audacity is a free audio editor that can be used on Windows, Macintosh, and Linux operating systems. By itself, Audacity can record, edit and save uncompressed audio files, as well as add special effects. You can also convert sound files to MP3 format for use on web pages, to create podcasts, or to play on an MP3 player such as an iPod. You will need to download an additional file to perform the MP3 export, but it is easily installed on your computer. You can find further information about using Audacity on their wiki page (support site).

You can view a screencast (about 7 1/2 minutes) that will show you how to install and set up Audacity and install the MP3 export feature. You can also view a 1-page PDF document on how to record and save an audio file to MP3 format.

Latest version of Audacity


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Official Audacity website

http://audacity.sourceforge.net

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