Name: Audacity
Rating: 3.9181 (168 reviews)

Audacity overview

Audacity is a free audio recorder/editor/mixer. You can record sounds, play sounds, import and export WAV, AIFF, and MP3 files, and more. Use it to edit your sounds using Cut, Copy and Paste (with unlimited Undo), mix tracks together, or apply effects to your recordings. It also has a built-in amplitude envelope editor, a customizable spectrogram mode, and a frequency analysis window for audio analysis applications. Built-in effects include Bass Boost, Wahwah, and Noise Removal, and it also supports VST plug-in effects.

Note: While the software is classified as free, it is actually donationware. Please consider making a donation to help support development.

What’s new in version 3.1.3

Updated on Dec 23 2021

Context menus have been added in more places.
In the preferences, Tracks > Track behaviors > Editing a clip can move other clips is now disabled by default
The spectrogram defaults have been changed: scale type to Mel (was Linear), top of scale to 20000 Hz (was 8000 Hz), window size to 2048 (was 1024), and zero padding to 2 (was 1).
The main volume controls no longer change the system volume.
Raw Import now will remember the previously used settings. Automatic detection of the format now is a button.
A journaling feature has been added for QA purposes.
Generate > Tone now supports triangle waves.
There now exist "What's new" screens for the update and welcome dialogs.
Timeline Quick Play for regions and locked regions have been replaced by playback looping.
The shortcut to rename labels and clip names has temporarily been hardcoded to Ctrl+F2.
This conflicts with the default xfce shortcut to change workspaces.
FFMPEG now supports avformat 55, 57 and 58.
PortAudio has been updated to version 19.7 and devendored (so it can be built against 19.6).
Several libraries (expat, libsndfile, ...) have been devendored. The CMakeLists.txt lists which versions we build against.
AppImages support localization. #1382
Progress bars for Nyquist generators have been made more accurate. #1856
Rhythm tracks can no longer drift off-time by 2ms over 9 minutes; they're now sample-accurate. #1853
The play button has regained a pixel or two to become a triangle once more. #1792
Auto Duck has been made way more accurate and should no longer miss sections above the threshold. #1389
The manual now only is included in the executable once #1917
Shift-clicking a menu item no longer opens the settings menu #1358
FFMPEG no longer segfaults ALSA #1170
Audacity no longer crashes when macros output directory is set to C: #1174
A bouncing ball of death problem has been fixed #1312

Information

License

Free

Size

45.1 MB

Developer’s website

https://www.audacityteam.org/

Downloads

443973

App requirements

Intel 64
OS X 10.9.0 or later

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melanie-18

Jan 10 2022

3.1.3

Version: 3.1.3

I recently updated to mac OS 12.01, Monterey but the audacity requirements don't include this new OS so I didn't download audacity 3.1.1 Will this new audacity work on Monterey?

steppr

Dec 7 2021

3.1.2.0

Version: 3.1.2.0

...also, "ZoomAudioDevice" appears under "Built-In Microphone" selection, which never appeared before nor I have ever chosen... Thanks!

Hi, Just attempted to record like usual with my Audio-Technica 2020 USB microphone on Audacity on my MacBook. However, this version: Audacity3.2.1 is not recognizing my mic. After checking possibilities, I believe it may be due to this last version of Audacity, but not sure at all. Anyone able to assist me regarding this issue?!

Derekcurrie

Aug 26 2021

3.0.4.0

3.0

Version: 3.0.4.0

If the link above for Audacity dumps you at an XML server page, try this URL: https://www.audacityteam.org/download/mac/

Jul 27 2021

3.0.3.0

Version: 3.0.3.0

If the link to Audacity fails, use this link: https://www.audacityteam.org/download/mac/

Hermie

Jul 5 2021

3.0.2.0

Version: 3.0.2.0

WAARSCHUWING: Audacity registreert en verkoopt uw prive-gegevens! Caveat Emptor. https://www.computeridee.nl/nieuws/audio-editor-audacity-gaat-ip-adressen-en-meer-verzamelen/

Aeschylus

Audacity has recently been accused of being spyware. Before using, please read this: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/audacity-spyware-claims-follow-privacy-policy-changes-by-new-owner.2303275/

Sjha

Jun 24 2021

5.0

Audacity is my go-to app for sound editing. It does everything so well. And the help available frok the website is second-to-none. A brilliant free app.

anilmushi

Dec 1 2020

2.4.2.0

Version: 2.4.2.0

Great. My go to for quick audio editing and format conversion.

AnthoLogical

May 18 2020

2.4.0.0

Version: 2.4.0.0

Wait before installing v2.4.0 !!! audacityteam.org: "We're currently looking into a serious bug with 2.4.0 and have paused release of it." But you can still download it from macupdate.com...

ertidshehu

Mar 27 2020

2.3.3.0

Version: 2.3.3.0

good

dwchandl

Mar 26 2020

I have used Sound Studio for years, but rather than spend $40 to upgrade I decided to check out Audacity. It does everything Sound Studio does with a clean intuitive interface.

Penguirl

Jan 28 2020

Haven't been able to DL for a couple days now, Cloud Flare error message. I hope it's not been abandoned.

bilancia051

Mar 31 2019

2.3.1.0

Version: 2.3.1.0

Ho zbagliato instalarlo e lo rifaccio dinuovo

rajeckas

Mar 23 2019

4.0

Love Audacity. With a paucity of sound editing/mixing apps I love Audacity for its comprehensive toolkit and ease of use. Unfortunately the latest version screws up the menu bar on any open audio file, I am running High Sierra OS.

Scion777

Sep 20 2018

2.3.0.0

Version: 2.3.0.0

There is no mention of any release 2.3.x on the Audacity home site. Is this a real release? MU should delist this until it is confirmed.

anonymous-antelope-2748

Jul 11 2018

2.2.2.0

Version: 2.2.2.0

A great free audio recorder, editor.

www-purabume

Jul 10 2018

nice

Atalantia

Mar 26 2018

Ist schliesslich brauchbar geworden. Weiter so. Das Program wird langsam richtig gut.

Hilbo60

Feb 22 2018

Use it almost exclusively for changing tempo of my backing tracks, and as such, it performs superbly, being the quickest and fuss-free way of doing this I know!

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