Audacity

Edited my whole podcast season for free

Audacity handled recording, noise reduction and multitrack editing for my entire podcast without costing a rupee. The noise reduction effect cleaned up my room's hum beautifully. Only minor gripe is the interface feels a bit old-school and takes a while to learn where everything is.

Perfect for voiceovers once you learn it

I record narration for training videos and Audacity makes editing breath sounds and normalising levels straightforward. The keyboard shortcuts speed things up nicely once memorised. My only complaint is that the labels and macros documentation is a bit thin, so I learned through trial and error.

Restored an old cassette recording perfectly

I digitised some old family cassette tapes and used Audacity's noise removal and click repair to clean decades of hiss and pops. The result was astonishing and brought voices back to life. That a free tool can do studio-grade restoration like this is incredible. Endlessly grateful.

Incredible value but the UI shows its age

For a free open-source editor Audacity does almost everything I need, from trimming voiceovers to applying EQ and compression. Exports to MP3 and WAV without issues. The toolbar layout could be modernised and dragging clips around is fiddly, but I can't argue with the price.