Is there anything better then Audacity?

Audacity is this popular because its free. If you want something better, unfortunately, you'll have to pay for it.

waloshin said:

Is there anything better then Audacity that is also free?

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Nope, I doubt there's a better free alternative to Audacity. You might want to take a look at Peak Studio LE. It's not too expensive.

IMO garage band is under rated

Reaper is supposed to be very good. Technically they ask you to pay $60/$225 for it but they let you download the full version with no time limits to trial it. I've never used it but it has had many good reviews. Btw I'm not suggesting piracy , i think $60 is a bargain for a good DAW.

I think the OP was looking for a sound editor instead of a full fledged DAW.

If your finances allow, Adobe's Audition is THE sound editor/wave editor of choice. Used to be called Cool Edit pro(Syntrillium)...purchased by Adobe...and they're currently on version 5.5 I believe. About $300...bit to date, the updates have been a reasonable 79 or 99 bucks to The latest version. I've been using CEP/Audition for 15 years. It's the industry standard (radio and voice over).

Otherwise, as mentioned earlier. Garage band is highly underrated in my humble opinion. Spend a half hour on YouTube and you'll find out just how powerful it is especially as a a basic sound editor.

GL
J

waloshin said:

Is there anything better then Audacity that is also free?

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No. Where did you get Audacity? What do you do with it?

Papanate said:

No. Where did you get Audacity? What do you do with it?

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Audacity

About Audacity

Audacity is a free, easy-to-use and multilingual audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux and other operating systems. You can use Audacity to:

Record live audio.
Convert tapes and records into digital recordings or CDs.
Edit Ogg Vorbis, MP3, WAV or AIFF sound files.
Cut, copy, splice or mix sounds together.
Change the speed or pitch of a recording.
And more! See the complete list of features.

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SandboxGeneral said:

Audacity

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Ah yes....open source software. Seemingly always in beta.

Reaper.

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SandboxGeneral said:

Audacity

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I know what Audacity is - what I was trying to point out is that where ever he got Audacity from will also have other 'free' programs for him/her to try.

PAPO said:

IMO garage band is under rated

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I agree! A lot of features exist which people tend not to know about.

Try GarageBand, and if there's something you want to do. Google it!
GarageBand can probably provide a solution to a lot of things.

But if you want a decent application, you may have to pay for it.

for cheap (as in, pay what you want), you can get Ardour. I used it for quite a while before getting my copy of Logic.

Ardour.org