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Monday, November 01, 2004

First Impressions: Audacity

Audacity 1.2 is a free cross platform audio editor. I just played with it a bit as I needed audio that would playback music as I narrate my presentation. It can record and save in several audio formats including .wav and .mp3.

What impressed me with Audacity was the ease at which I was able to mix, cut and record my audio requirement. From my speakers, the audio quality was good enough for what i needed to do: audio for a slide presentation.

It also have effects such as fade, change pitch, amplify, bassboost, etc. along with silence, white noise and tone generation.

Audacity is a winner in quality, effects, ease of use and platform independence. Overall, and with the free price tag to boot, it rates a 10 in my book.

For more info on Audacity, visit: for free at http://audacity.sourceforge.net

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