MUSIC EDITOR/Audio Editing/MP3/Mix/Record Pro

Audacity is the professionals choice for audio editing, recording, effects processing, streaming content creation, and more. If you want to record music, edit and restore audio, Audacity is all you need.

Audacity makes it easy to record audio on your PC. Just plug a microphone or instrument into your computer's sound card, set your recording levels, and click Record. Capture instruments, vocals, keyboards, or just about anything that can be connected to your computer's sound card input.
Edit your recording using studio-quality tools and effects. With Audacity, you can cut, paste, and delete audio in real-time so you hear the results immediately!

This is an actual CD with a user guide, most listings on eBay are just downloads!

You can use Audacity to:

• Record live audio.
• Convert tapes and records into digital recordings or CDs.
• Edit Ogg Vorbis, MP3, and WAV sound files.
• Multi-track editing/recording.
• Cut, copy, slice, and mix sounds together.
• Change the speed or pitch of a recording.
• Remove vocal tracks from a recording (described below).
• And much more - look below!

REMEMBER, YOU CAN OPEN, EDIT AND SAVE MP3 FILES

Recording
Audacity can record live audio through a microphone or mixer, or digitize recordings from cassette tapes, vinyl records, or minidiscs. With some sound cards, it can also capture streaming audio.

• Record from microphone, line input, or other sources.
• Dub over existing tracks to create multi-track recordings.
• Record up to 16 channels at once (requires multi-channel hardware).
• Level meters can monitor volume levels before, during, and after recording.

Import and Export
Import sound files, edit them, and combine them with other files or new recordings. Export your recordings in several common file formats.

• Import and export WAV, AIFF, AU, and Ogg Vorbis files.
• Import MPEG audio (including MP2 and MP3 files) with libmad.
• Export MP3s with the optional LAME encoder library.
• Create WAV or AIFF files suitable for burning to CD.
• Import and export all file formats supported by libsndfile.
• Open raw (headerless) audio files using the "Import Raw" command.
• Note: Audacity does not currently support WMA, AAC, or most other proprietary or restricted file formats.

Editing

• Easy editing with Cut, Copy, Paste, and Delete.
• Use unlimited Undo (and Redo) to go back any number of steps.
• Very fast editing of large files.
• Edit and mix an unlimited number of tracks.
• Use the Drawing tool to alter individual sample points.
• Fade the volume up or down smoothly with the Envelope tool.

Effects

• Change the pitch without altering the tempo, or vice-versa.
• Remove static, hiss, hum, or other constant background noises.
• Alter frequencies with Equalization, FFT Filter, and Bass Boost effects.
• Adjust volumes with Compressor, Amplify, and Normalize effects.
• Other built-in effects include:
  • Echo
  • Phaser
  • Wahwah
  • Reverse

Sound Quality

• Record and edit 16-bit, 24-bit, and 32-bit (floating point) samples.
• Record at up to 96 KHz.
• Sample rates and formats are converted using high-quality resampling and dithering.
• Mix tracks with different sample rates or formats, and Audacity will convert them automatically in real-time.

Plug-Ins

• Add new effects with LADSPA plugins. (Supplied with this CD)
• Load VST plugins for Windows and Mac, with the optional VST Enabler. (Avaliable on the Internet)
• Write new effects with the built-in Nyquist programming language.

Analysis

• Spectrogram mode for visualizing frequencies.
• "Plot Spectrum" command for detailed frequency analysis.

Remove Vocal Tracks and Create Karaoke

Audacity can be used to remove vocal tracks to give Karaoke style sound recordings. This is not possible for all stereo tracks. When the vocals are exactly the same on both stereo channels, you can remove them by “subtracting" one channel from the other. This works for many studio recordings, where the vocal track is mixed exactly in the center.
You can do this in Audacity by:

• Import your stereo file into Audacity.
• Open the track menu (click the arrow next to the track title), and choose "Split Stereo Track."
• Select the lower track (the right channel) by clicking it in the area around the mute/solo buttons.
• Choose "Invert" from the Effects menu.
• Using the track menus, change each track to “Mono"

Press the Play button to hear the results. If you are lucky, the voice will be gone but most of the other instruments will be unaffected, just like a karaoke track. You can use the Export commands in the File menu to save the results.

AND MANY MORE FEATURES!