NewsForge: Learning to Use Audacity | Linux Today

NewsForge: Learning to Use Audacity

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 10, 2004

“Audacity is a free-as-in-GPLd, cross-platform sound editor for
Windows, Mac, and Unix. I’ve recently spent some time learning how
to use it. I can tell you already that it’s a gem, ranking up there
in my all-time top ten list of free Linux applications. Before the
review police start whacking away on this story, let me make one
thing perfectly clear: this is not a review. I’ll leave that to
those who know a lot more about sound engineering than I do. This
is the tale of an ordinary user learning how to use a kick-ass
application.

“Luckily for me, there is an abundance of helpful information
available for Audacity. The built-in help is good, and there is a
tutorial to help you get started on the web. The development team
also has also set up a Wiki sitefor support…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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