Audacity: Free (open source) Audio Editor and Recorder

I just found a freeware stuff, Audacity, capable on multi Operating System, to edit and record audio software. This software is very useful to edit recorded audio files. Audacity® is a freewre, open source software for recording and editing sounds. So we can freely redistribute it and hopefully any of you are able to improve it. It is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems. If you have other comparison, please contact me.

This Audacity is Free, Cross-Platform Sound Editor. Its latest release is 1.3.6 (Beta). It still a work in progress and have not yet come with complete documentation or translations into multiple languages. This Audacity is recommended for advanced users.

See New Features in 1.3 for more information about the 1.3.x Beta series. For all users, Audacity 1.2.6 is a stable release, complete and fully documented. You can have Audacity 1.2.6 and 1.3.6 installed on the same machine.

Please check and download this release here forAudacity 1.2.6 and Audacity 1.3.6 (Beta). Other download is found here

Editing Audio Files Using JetAudio

There are features of audio editing in JetAudio (espescially JetAudio 7.XX). they are not much complete like professional audio editor, but still these features make JetAudio unique, compared to other audio players. They are only audio cutting, ripping, converting, and recording, so far I explored.

Something I notice about these features are they need bigger RAM and faster processor speed. In CPU with Pentium III processor or equivalent, there is possibility that produced files are imperfect. During converting, ripping, or cutting using JetAudio, CPU is forced to work until 100%. If this work is still not sufficient, produced files will be defective.

Generally Windows XP operating system can breathe normally in PC with Pentium III processor and 256 MB RAM. For office program and other common application, there are no problems. Even for image processing, even if a little hard to breathe, it still able to run safely, just need longer time. But audio editing using JetAudio will make error on output files. These JetAudio features need at least Pentium IV processor with 512 MB RAM, or equivalent. Less than that, may be the outcomes are still OK, but there are not guarantees for other occasions.

Free CD to MP3 Converter 2.5

I just found a freeware program to convert CD Audio to MP3, WAV, WMA, etc (this is a cd ripper) This program supports ID3 tag editing and is able to save filenames based on track, also supporting normalization of audio files. There is also microphone input to record MP3, an later converting it to other formats like WAV, OGG, WMA, etc. This cd ripper worn on Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista. You can download it here at download.com.

Something we must now is that converting audio CDs for our own is not considered piracy. Unless we remake and distribute them of course. So feel free if you want to convert your CDs.