Audacity, the venerable and much loved open source audio editor, has a 2.0 release out (as of March 13) in versions for OS X, Windows and GNU/Linux. Here's a rundown of what has changed: Many effects ...

The Audacity team has released Audacity 2.0, the first major upgrade of the open source audio editing suite since 2005. The key feature of the new version is automatic crash recovery, allowing users ...

Sometimes on the cutting edge and sometimes not so much, Audacity has been the open source crowd’s go-to digital audio editor ever since it debuted in May 2000—a mainstay piece of basic software that ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. One of the best pieces of free audio software has just had ...

If you've ever played around with recording audio on your computer, chances are you've used Audacity. Credit: Audacity Popular audio editing program Audacity is trying to clear up recent accusations ...

The previous major update to Audacity was Audacity 2.4.2, and the next major update is Audacity 3.0.0. The biggest feature of Audacity 3.0.0 is that the save format of the project has changed.

It may have been around since 2000, but not only does free and open-source audio editor Audacity refuse to die, it continues to evolve. Version 3.2 has now landed, and it promises to take “large ...

You can remove background noise in Audacity with the "Noise Reduction" tool. Use Audacity's Noise Reduction tool on a small piece of your audio first, and then expand the range. No tool for removing ...