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Master Effects

Realtime effects for the entire project

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Music View

A new view that makes music making a breeze

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Compressor & Limiter

New tools to reduce dynamic range

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Downloading & Installing Audacity

Learn how to install Audacity on your computer

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Installing FFmpeg

FFmpeg is required to import/export M4A & more

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Editing audio

Learn the basics of editing audio and applying effects

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Noise reduction and removal

Learn how to repair noisy audio recordings

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Recording audio

Learn how to record yourself with Audacity

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Troubleshooting Audacity problems

No sound? Error -9997? Find troubleshooting steps to common issues

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