Kelley School of Business Selection Archivist Assistant
Chose Audacity
iMovie is a user-friendly option for simple audio and video editing, but it requires a Macintosh which many offices may not have. For audio-only editing, Audacity is a free, open-source, accessible option with plenty of tutorials and plugins available for users. They both have …
In a sense, this is apples and oranges. The one is lightweight and free, the other is expensive and feature-rich. We use both for different situations and skill levels.
All of the DAW's listed above are great for scoring to picture, which is something Audacity doesn't do. But it's an excellent standalone audio editor, which is a vital tool in any studio. It's very easy to transfer the clip, make the changes, and import it back into your session.
Adobe Audition is also a recording and audio editing software, as a user of both software [programs] I can say that Adobe Audition has way more features and tools than Audacity, but the catch is that it is not free, in fact, the complete opposite, it is very expensive. …
We support multiple programs but like to offer Audacity as an easier to learn and free alternative so all users don't feel the need to pay for software or work within our computer lab. Audacity offers the functionality that most of our users need, and has been generally well …
Audacity holds its own against the leading industry competitor software, Audition. For free software, it is incredible the range of options and features that you can find in the paid alternative. Audacity allows us to roll out the software to large teams and get them up to …
Audacity doesn't have nearly all the functionality of GarageBand, but for a free program (and one that can be used on PC as well) it is incredibly well-designed for basic audio editing. You can't beat free, and it has excellent functionality for what it does. Even now I …
I had used Sound Forge before, but it wasn't worth the price compared to Audacity's $0! Sound Forge looked a little bit more polished overall, but it wasn't exactly worth the asking price when compared to Audacity. As previously mentioned, it is open source as well, so it is …
I haven't used other products like Audacity. This program came highly recommended to me by a producer when I was looking for an inexpensive way to edit and save music files. I have been using it for the past seven years and have been extremely happy with how easy it is to use, …
I haven't used other similar programs that are still in existence. Alas, I feel certain that had I done so, I would still be a fan of Audacity because of all that it offers and affords for our uses.
There are a few features that you will find in Audition that you will not find in Audacity. Most of these are the top-end, professional tools that you will not use very often. You are also going to have to pay significantly more for Adobe Audition than you are Audacity.
GarageBand has a vast library of sounds to select from, and this is the only advantage that Audacity doesn't have over GarageBand. But in terms of usability, Audacity shines. Audacity is far more intuitive than GarageBand, and thus, it's a no-brainer that I use it.
Audacity may have some limitations but for the majority of users, Audacity will meet their requirements. It offers multiple tracks, can record directly from the computer, has multiple effects that can be applied, can apply and record macros, and can export to different audio …
Using Apple's GarageBand for audio editing felt like fighting someone else's highly opinionated ideas of how we should be working. Simple tasks (like keeping audio in sync while making edits across multiple tracks) felt like more work than they should've been, while other tasks …
While the comparison it's really apples-to-apples, since Audacity is only designed for audio editing, and I use other tools like Camtasia and screenflow for both audio and video, the other tools do make it convenient to edit the audio within the same software as I edit the …
As I mentioned, Audacity does not have the bells and whistles of Audition, nor is it as reliable for multitracking. Using Audacity as a simple solution for simple projects is a relatively safe bet.
The only other related program we've used is Praat, and while Praat is unmatched for acoustic analysis, it also has a brutally steep learning curve and its recording leaves much to be desired (and is incredibly risky in terms of losing your recording). If you need to make …
Depending on the task being accomplished, we utilize different audio editing software for each purpose. Audition and AVID ProTools are our go-to software for advanced audio editing projects. GarageBand is great for mid-level difficulty multi-track productions (1-3 day basic …