Audacity is another one of those programs I file under “must-have.” Like unto paint.net, it’s one of those programs that disproves the old “you get what you pay for” saying. It is, indeed, 100% free, very useful, and very easy to use.
Audacity is a free audio editor that will let you pretty much pull in audio in any format, including .wav, .mp3, .ogg (with the right drivers, of course), etc. You can then tweak it with the included plugins, including (see screen shot below) fade in/out, equalizer, inversion, reversal, noise removal and more. You can then export your projects as the ever-versatile MP3 or as raw audio. It also has a next-to-nothing footprint (it doesn’t eat a lot of system resources and loads very quickly). Beautiful.
This is just another one of the beauties of open-source coders sharing their talents through the internet.
March 26th, 2007 at 8:06 am
[…] PrimoPDF is not only free, it comes with additional options, including security features to limit others’ ability to modify, copy, or even print material from the PDFs you create. Basically, it’s one of those 100% must-have freeware programs out there, like unto Audacity. […]
April 18th, 2007 at 9:03 pm
[…] While I think Phil Stacey from American Idol this season is a talented singer, but there are definite resemblances. Don’t believe me? I threw together a side-by-side comparison of him and a Chihuahua. Thank goodness for and Paint.NET, another one of my free, must-have software. […]