Audacity
Audacity is a cross-platform Open Source sound editor and recorder.
The Audacity Wiki provides lots of information including tutorials and usage guides.
Installation
Ubuntu
10.04 Lucid and above
Simply install the following package(s):
audacity
(universe)
There are some additional packages, providing special functionality:
lame
(multiverse) – needed to import and export MP3 fileslibmp3lame0
(multiverse) – also needed to import and export MP3 files
After installation, you can start the program by clicking “Applications→Sound & Video→Audacity”. Or open a terminal and start it via audacity
.
Windows
XP and above
Simply download the Windows installer and execute it with administrator privileges. Or use Audacity portable, if you want to run Audacity without installation.