Audacity

Audacity is the world's most popular free software for recording and editing audio. So if you're producing music, a podcast, or just playing around with audio, Audacity is for you.

Audacity supports all major audio formats, allowing you to convert WAV to MP3, FLAC, Ogg and much more.

Visualize frequencies in Audacity's Spectrogram view or use scientific Vamp analyzers to make discoveries.

Cut Audio Cut unwanted sections from audio. Remove mistakes, trim silence, or rearrange clips with the Cut command.

Reverse Audio Reverse audio in one click. Play selections backwards for drops, reverse reverb, backmasking, and sound design.

Trim Audio Trim audio to keep only the part you want. Crop intros, outros, and silence in one click with Ctrl+T.

Split Audio Split audio into separate clips at the cursor. Non-destructive — no audio removed, just new clip boundaries.

AI Transcription Transcribe speech to text locally with Whisper AI. No uploads, no minute limits, no subscription.

Delete Audio Delete unwanted sections without touching your clipboard. Remove mistakes, strip intros, and clean recordings.

Distortion Add distortion, overdrive, fuzz and clipping to guitar, vocals and sound design. 11 distortion types.

Compressor Compress audio to even out volume levels. Reduce peaks and boost quiet parts for a polished, consistent sound.

Speed Changer Change the speed of audio while keeping pitch intact, or adjust both together. Simple controls, instant results.