Audacity for Mac

User Reviews

• Mac Version Incomplete Unfunctional

  Klodfone8/12/2015

  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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• Just awful

  Divertenta1/30/2015

  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.

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• Good for basic audio editing

  r-cnet3/5/2014

  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.

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• Awesome and Free

  ScotlandSaint1/29/2014

  Pros

  Pro features

  Cons

  Would like to rip audio from a video file

  Summary

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• excellent freeware

  JoeKess9/30/2013

  Pros

  powerful multi-track audio editor

  Cons

  no right click options or context sensitive help

  Summary

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• Useful program, but latest 2.04 update is crash city

  vdubreeze29/28/2013

  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.

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• Mac version sucks.

  wordsmythe999/16/2013

  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.

  Summary

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• it's free & easy to use

  James / Hans Kunz9/15/2013

  Pros

  works on macintosh, easy to get going & do a recording, edits & export

  Cons

  don't know

  Summary

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• Excellent Program!

  ScotlandSaint9/7/2013

  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!

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• Audacity is a great program.

  PianoPlayer553/6/2013

  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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