Audacity
Audacity is a free open source digital audio editor and recording computer software application, available for Windows, macOS/OS X, Linux and other operating systems.
Recording Audacity can record live audio through a microphone or mixer... read more
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A nice little noise generator.
I used to use this just for recording my vocals, as well as converting my .wav files to MP3. Recently, I learned about importing raw data, and I've been able to make some great glitch sounds, and even some sounds for noise music. Try it sometime if you're into those kind of sounds.

Great for sampling
I've been using this a lot for doing samples, and recording vocals. Good results come out of it indeed! Best of all: Free

Great!!!
I use this to add a bit of compression and input all the information for my albums.
Very simple and powerful
I know this is primarily a music website, but I feel the need to point out this software. I used to use it for recording my vocals, and then I would export them into Fruity Loops. However, now my vocals are recorded in Fruity Loops itself. However, I still find use in Audacity, just not for my music. I often use it for recording my lines when I do my voice acting, and adding various effects before I export it into Cool Edit Pro for editing. So, yes, this is very good for audio editing and recording, but not really that much else.

Perfect for audio editing
It's great because it shows you the results of each change in the waveform.
Nice
For quick audio sampling and sample stretching, this little piece of freeware cannot be beat, you can easily add new plugins and it's factory defaults are pretty comprehensive. People who have used more comprehensive (read: expensive) software suites will think that it's cheap and useless, but this isn't directed toward professionals.

I love to leave audacity open on my PC and Laptop with USB mics attached to quickly hit record on anything interesting my son says or any cool noises he makes with his toys. I have generated all sort of great one shots and loops this way. Sometimes I just leave Audacity in record for an hour and see what I get later. Totally CPU friendly way to sample your environment continuously while working from home....
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Description
Audacity is a free open source digital audio editor and recording computer software application, available for Windows, macOS/OS X, Linux and other operating systems.
Recording Audacity can record live audio through a microphone or mixer, or digitize recordings from other media.
Export / Import Import, edit, and combine sound files. Export your recordings in many different file formats, including multiple files at once.
Sound Quality Supports 16-bit, 24-bit and 32-bit. Sample rates and formats are converted using high-quality resampling and dithering.
Plugins Support for LADSPA, LV2, Nyquist, VST and Audio Unit effect plug-ins. Effects can be easily modified in a text editor – or you can even write your own plug-in.
Editing Easy editing with Cut, Copy, Paste and Delete. Also unlimited sequential Undo (and Redo) in the session to go back any number of steps.
Effects Real-time preview of LADSPA, LV2, VST and Audio Unit (macOS) effects. Plug-in Manager handles plug-in installation and addition/removal of effects and generators from the menus.
Accessibility Tracks and selections can be fully manipulated using the keyboard. Large range of keyboard shortcuts.
Analysis Spectrogram view mode for visualizing and selecting frequencies. Plot Spectrum window for detailed frequency analysis.
okay okay okay
This is a really simple, bare bones, FREE multitracking program with solid editing features... I have it, sometimes its nice to do simple work in a simple environment. Its also not much of a CPU or RAM hog for slow systems.
Good to know! I will have to give it a try.
I record the audio of myself and my guest for my podcast using Audacity. It really doesn't get much simpler! Nice software for sure, especially for free.
I really got into using it for acoustic/voice demoing anda gear demo I put on youtube... got the job done with NO fussing around
exactly, no fuss!
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