Why “Audacity” is being discussed
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So it's not native anymore. One of the coolest things Audacity had, at least for me, was the fact it was built using wxWidgets. I also wonder how is the Muse group perceived now…
by doodlesdev · Sep 3, 2026
I'd love to understand better how they can afford a 10+ person team working on this and then give it all away for free. After paying the original Audacity creators a fair chunk…
by skrebbel · Sep 3, 2026
Not trying to hate because a FOSS audio editor is great, but all of these UI improvements are carbon copies from conventional DAWs or video editors, invented 30 or so years ago.…
by newsy-combi · Sep 3, 2026
I've given up on Audacity because it hasn't kept up technically with how a typical home studio Linux system does audio, and looking at the change log it seems like they haven't…
by boomlinde · Sep 3, 2026
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