📌 Other Alternatives In-browser music editors: Audacity can recover things if the project is still open, or by creative use of backup software, but is not designed to go back in time after you close the project. Always work on duplicate tracks and in project copies! Most paid software CAN recover audio from BEFORE you changed it but AFTER you closed the project. Yes, you can lose work with ANY program, but if you delete something without duplicating or working on a copy, then close Audacity, it’s gone unless you use the right features in backup software, such as Dropbox. If you really screw up, you can lose work. Audacity does a lot of things people say it cannot, such as multi-track recording, zooming in and out with mouse scroll wheel, view customizations beyond themes, undoable effect stacking, etc. Read more about it here: or at 📌 When to Stick with AudacityĮVERY article I see explaining what Audacity can NOT do is very wrong! Really amazing. Try free for 60 days, and as of 2020 buy for as low as $60 for an individual license with no significant limitations. According to many forums, the program many people try after Audacity is… Audacity is great for sound manipulation and management, less focused on discrete events and sequencing.Īlso, Audacity can’t handle some modern paid plugins (such as VST3 format), and has few MIDI features. If you want to adjust singing or instrumental sounds, or want many effects that you can apply AS you listen (Audacity has some, such as Bass/Treble), you’ll want to try something different. Read more: /garageband or see /tag/download-guide-to-garageband/ 📌 Projects Beyond Voiceover If you don’t, just head to App Store and download it. It’s available for Mac, iPhone, and iPad, and if you have one of those devices, you probably already have the app.

One of the most popular Audio Recording programs for iOS mobile devices also runs (free with limitations) in the browser, so will run on a Chromebook, or on Windows in a browser window.

(A Chromebook is kind of like a tablet in laptop form-it is not designed to run programs unless they are apps, or can run within a browser.

Audacity chromebook