A software tool for capturing and manipulating audio recordings. Audacity may be used to import or record audio streams and subsequently edit aspects of its composition.
Features:
Manipulate audio recording through use of normalization, trimming, fade in/out and other effects.
Plug-in support for new formats and effects
Common user interface across operating systems through use of wxWidgets software library
A&H use case 1 description:
Siobhan Davies Dance Online used Audacity when capturing and editing audio recordings associated with the work of Siobhan Davies.