Music Mania : Audacity

Hello TeciOtaku readers,we bring you another post on the hit series music mania.This time we are here with the well know audio mixing software audacity which claims to be best in mixing two audio files of different formats. Why we are bringing this in music mania series well let us tell you that this software is not only used by professional Djs but also by sound remixers as it is very light and comes under a GNU license

So let us peep into what it can provide,don’t forget to download it and watch the video to know how to use this while djing.


Audacity : The Insight

Audacity is a free, easy-to-use and multilingual audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux and other operating systems. 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.

Features

This is a list of features in Audacity, the free audio editor. For more information on how to use these features, go to the help pages.

Recording

Audacity can record live audio through a microphone or mixer, or digitize recordings from cassette tapes, vinyl records, or minidiscs. With some sound cards, it can also capture streaming audio.

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.

Import and Export

Import sound files, edit them, and combine them with other files or new recordings. Export your recordings in several common file formats.

Import and export WAV, AIFF, AU, and Ogg Vorbis files.

Import MPEG audio (including MP2 and MP3 files) with libmad.

Export MP3s with the optional LAME encoder library.

Create WAV or AIFF files suitable for burning to CD.

Import and export all file formats supported by libsndfile.

Open raw (headerless) audio files using the “Import Raw” command.

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

Editing

Easy editing with Cut, Copy, Paste, and Delete.

Use unlimited Undo (and Redo) to go back any number of steps.

Very fast editing of large files.

Edit and mix an unlimited number of tracks.

Use the Drawing tool to alter individual sample points.

Fade the volume up or down smoothly with the Envelope tool.

Effects

Change the pitch without altering the tempo, or vice-versa.

Remove static, hiss, hum, or other constant background noises.

Alter frequencies with Equalization, FFT Filter, and Bass Boost effects.

Adjust volumes with Compressor, Amplify, and Normalize effects.

Other built-in effects include:

Echo

Phaser

Wahwah

Reverse

Sound Quality

Record and edit 16-bit, 24-bit, and 32-bit (floating point) samples.

Record at up to 96 kHz.

Sample rates and formats are converted using high-quality resampling and dithering.

Mix tracks with different sample rates or formats, and Audacity will convert them automatically in realtime.

Plug-Ins

Add new effects with LADSPA plug-ins.

Audacity includes some sample plug-ins by Steve Harris.

Load VST plug-ins for Windows and Mac, with the optional VST Enabler.

Write new effects with the built-in Nyquist programming language.

Analysis

Spectrogram mode for visualizing frequencies.

“Plot Spectrum” command for detailed frequency analysis.

Because of the inbuilt support of plugins and effects it is also use by DJs to premix a track..

Here's the video to make it more clear..

Now watch this vedio to understand how it is used by DJs to mix songs..this one is very cool.




Hope you liked it and now want to download Audacity,so
                                                      Download this
Visit the official website for more information and do comments to tell us what you mixed with audacity..don't forget to share it as well.

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