Pros
Audacity is a great audio editor on my Windows 8.1 machine. Strong and fast run on top of the line HP Envy. Good Features.
Cons
On the Mac it is an empty suit. A skeleton with no parts and useless.
This POS does not deserve to share the name with the windows version.
Fix it so it runs just like the Win version. No wonder the Mac users are upset.
Completely useless. Nothing works
Summary
Save your energy. Save yourselves.
Unless you are a masochist, you should avoid downloading or using the Mac version until they fix it.
The build should be made just like the PC. No ifs ands or butts.
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Reply by Klodfone on August 12, 2015
Installation: Do NOT run Audacity from the DMG!!!!
Permanent link to this post Posted by Gale Andrews » Wed Nov 06, 2013 6:05 pm
Mac downloads of Audacity are at http://audacityteam.org/download/mac.
If you obtain the DMG of Audacity please install Audacity properly thus:
Double-click the downloaded .dmg to mount it.
Drag the "Audacity" folder from the newly mounted .dmg to the "Applications" icon underneath "Places" on the left of Finder. Do not double-click the "Audacity" folder to open it and drag only the Audacity icon to /Applications. The Audacity application must be kept inside the Audacity folder at all times.
You can instead copy the "Audacity" folder to any other location of your choosing.
Eject the .dmg in the "Devices" section on the left of Finder, then launch the Audacity application from the "Audacity" folder that you copied.
If you do not follow the above steps you will have multiple problems.
You will be warned that "Critical Nyquist files
Pros
It's free and can be deleted.
Cons
Horrible interface is complete unintuitive and user-unfriendly. Took ages just to work out how to recognise the USB input from my amp, then took ages to work out how to set up a recording and then took forever to try and split the tracks. I gave up trying to split up the tracks after an hour just trying to get songs 1 and 2 sorted... Just horrendous software. Pay for VinylStudio and save yourself lots of pain.
Summary
This is probably suited to very technical users. For someone who wants to quickly and easily convert vinyl to a Mac, it was virtually impossible to use.
Pros
free
lost of features that (so far) work
Cons
user interface is a little awkward (not as intuitive as Wave Pad), but it is free software
Summary
unless you are a high-end audio editor, this should meet your needs.
Pros
Pro features
Cons
Would like to rip audio from a video file
Pros
powerful multi-track audio editor
Cons
no right click options or context sensitive help
Pros
Useful app for quick audio tweaking and conversions
Cons
Too many things went wrong in this update. Drag to icon doesn't open file, then crashes shortly. Same plugins in all my folders as before, so it's not on my end. MBP 10.7.5.
Summary
Wait until 2.05 or 06, or get previous version.
Pros
None. The product would open, but *none* of the features appeared to be active.
Cons
Does not appear to even have all the files needed to run. Not at all intuitive as it initially downloads. I'll try the Windows version, which apparently has all the pieces in one package.
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Reply by Klodfone on August 12, 2015
Installation: Do NOT run Audacity from the DMG!!!!
Permanent link to this post Posted by Gale Andrews » Wed Nov 06, 2013 6:05 pm
Mac downloads of Audacity are at http://audacityteam.org/download/mac.
If you obtain the DMG of Audacity please install Audacity properly thus:
Double-click the downloaded .dmg to mount it.
Drag the "Audacity" folder from the newly mounted .dmg to the "Applications" icon underneath "Places" on the left of Finder. Do not double-click the "Audacity" folder to open it and drag only the Audacity icon to /Applications. The Audacity application must be kept inside the Audacity folder at all times.
You can instead copy the "Audacity" folder to any other location of your choosing.
Eject the .dmg in the "Devices" section on the left of Finder, then launch the Audacity application from the "Audacity" folder that you copied.
If you do not follow the above steps you will have multiple problems.
You will be warned that "Critical Nyquist files
Pros
works on macintosh, easy to get going & do a recording, edits & export
Cons
don't know
Pros
Many options, it's free, easy to use, very good quality program.
Cons
Interface is dated, no option to export a file as an "m4r."
Summary
Download this! It's terrific!
Pros
All positive.
Cons
There's a learning curve, yes, but it is a very rewarding one.
Summary
Audacity is worth any amount of time you can make available to work with it. It will reward you amply.
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