

By default, it shows tips for every part of the interface. But you could easily use it for voiceover. So far, I’ve just used it for recording my bass, guitar and singing.

I’m glad I have a Mac because, honestly GarageBand is pretty awesome. GarageBand comes free with your Mac, if you have a Mac. Once you open it and hit record, you’ll get asked if macOS should allow “Terminal” to use the microphone. Use this command: open /Applications/Audacity.app/Contents/MacOS/Audacity. MacOS Tip: If you’re running Catalina, then you’ll need to run Audacity by opening it from the Terminal. You can always re-enable stuff later or reset the toolbar back to how it was. I just keep the “Transport Toolbar” and the “Tools Toolbar” enabled. In the menu, go to View > Toolbars and then disable what you don’t need. A messy UI can slow you down when you’re trying to getting work done. You can probably open it and start using it immediately, without even reading the manual.

Its user interface is really easy to get started with and it also has advanced features that you’d expect from a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation). AudacityĪudacity is opensource software that’s totally free to download and use. So those are up first, with my pros and cons of each. I have experience with both of them and I had also used Ardour before writing this article.
