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Audacity Audacity 1

Digital Audio Editor from Audacity

DJ Henny DJ Henny

« Cheap and tacky gimmick software. »

Published on 01/29/11 at 17:51
This program works flawlessly on almost any computer, it really is not demanding at all. I have used it on a low end computer (1.8GHZ pentium and 1gb ram) as well as my current (2.5GHZ Core2Quad & 4GB ram) and it runs equally on both. This software is pretty much nothing though. It is alright for amateur quick recording of basic things but anything more than that and it becomes a totally pointless adventure through an audio time machine. Avoid unless you are totally amateur and new to audio editing and production. The effects that come with it are cheap thrills that will keep you interested for less time than a twenty one year old virgin lasts on his first go.

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

This software works admirably on any computer. It's pretty stable, I don't think theres anything in it that can actually crash as it is that sparse! The CPU load is pretty low, mainly because it does absolutely nothing except record (the only thing it is somewhere close to good at). Memory usage is extremely low mainly because there is again, nothing to it except cheap effects and basic recording. I have actually tried recording through stereo mix into this program and it failed at that, distorting and amplifying anything that came through my soundcard to on the verge of unlistenable.

OVERALL OPINION

I like most the fact that it is not mandatory to use in music production. I like most the fact it is only 2 mb and I wasted no time at all bothering to install or even try it. This review may seem very harsh as it does actually do what it is meant to do, but anyone remotely serious about recording music is not going to touch this program at all. The quality that comes out of it is borderline youtube quality, even when recorded directly from soundcard!

Avoid at mortal peril.