The Hope of Audacity

Hopefully if your a musician you already figured out some way to record your music.  Tape decks, 4 tracks, mobile phones, digital 8 tracks and computers.  I’ve seen many low cost ways to do it, but the best piece of equipment to have is a computer.  There’s no way around it the pc will get you on all social networks and connect you with your legions of adoring fans.  You can download dozens of applications and software.  Audacity can help with recording your music, its FREE, easy to use and it’s available for Mac, Linux and Widows operating systems.  This software has also been around a long time and many bands from the Vally actually use this software and once you go with digital you will quickly see the advantages.  I have used analog 4 tracks with some success and even had a digital 8 track recorder with virtual tracks.  Audacity tops them all.

“Audacity” is a trademark of Dominic Mazzoni.

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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.
  • 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.
  • Note: Audacity does not currently support WMA, AAC, or most other proprietary or restricted file formats.
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