What is Audacity?
Audacity is the world's most popular audio editing and recording app, celebrating 25 years in 2025. Cross-platform software running on Windows, macOS, and Linux. Import, export, and convert all major audio formats – WAV to MP3, FLAC, Ogg, and more. Elevate productions with VST3, Nyquist, and third-party plugins. Visualize frequencies in Spectrogram view or use scientific Vamp analyzers for deep audio analysis. New OpenVINO AI plugins bring music separation, noise suppression, music generation, transcription, and super-resolution to macOS and beyond. Audio.com integration enables collaboration, versioned backups, and easy publishing.
Key Features
- ✓Multi-track audio editing
- ✓Audio recording
- ✓Format conversion (WAV, MP3, FLAC, Ogg)
- ✓VST3 plugin support
- ✓Nyquist plugin support
- ✓Spectrogram view
- ✓Deep audio analysis (Vamp)
- ✓OpenVINO AI features
- ✓AI noise suppression
- ✓AI music separation
- ✓Cross-platform (Windows, macOS, Linux)
- ✓Free and open-source
🔒 Privacy & Data Protection
Audacity is free and open-source software that runs on your machine. Audio.com cloud features are optional – use Audacity entirely offline if preferred. For podcasters, musicians, and audio editors wanting professional capabilities without expensive subscriptions, Audacity provides 25 years of trusted audio processing.
Best For
💰 Pricing
Audacity is completely free and open-source. Optional Audio.com integration provides cloud features. There are no mandatory subscriptions.
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