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[](https://www.audacityteam.org)
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[**Audacity**](https://www.audacityteam.org) is an easy-to-use, multi-track audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux and other operating systems. Audacity is open source software licensed under GPL, version 2 or later.
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- **Recording** from any real, or virtual audio device that is available to the host system.
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- **Export / Import** a wide range of audio formats, extendible with FFmpeg.
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- **High quality** using 32-bit float audio processing.
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- **Plug-ins** Support for multiple audio plug-in formats, including VST, LV2, AU.
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- **Macros** for chaining commands and batch processing.
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- **Scripting** in Python, Perl, or any language that supports named pipes.
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- **Nyquist** Very powerful built-in scripting language that may also be used to create plug-ins.
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- **Editing** multi-track editing with sample accuracy and arbitrary sample rates.
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- **Accessibility** for VI users.
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- **Analysis and visualization** tools to analyze audio, or other signal data.
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## Getting Started
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For end users, the latest Windows and macOS release version of Audacity is available from the [Audacity website](https://www.audacityteam.org/download/).
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Help with using Audacity is available from the [Audacity Forum](https://forum.audacityteam.org/).
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Build instructions are available [here](BUILDING.md).
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More information for developers is available from the [Audacity Wiki](https://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/For_Developers).
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