Audacity Alternative to Record and Edit Audio

Audacity is a free audio processing software. It is developed under Linux that follows the GNU protocol. It has a simple operation interface and professional audio processing functions.

However, this audio recording and editing software does not support Microsoft’s WMA format – the mainstream audio format for Windows operating system. With VideoPower YELLOW, a recommended audacity alternative, you can record and edit audio easily.

With this software, you will be able to record any sound streaming on your PC including your system sound and microphone sound. Besides, it comes with an embedded converter that allows you to perform format conversion. It supports various audio formats including MP3, MP2, M4A, AAC, AC3, OGG, WMA, WAV, and FLAC, making this a great alternative to Audacity.

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Open the VideoPower YELLOW and click the “Record” function menu.

On the “Record” function screen, click the “Audio input” icon at the bottom.

A list of options will be shown for your selection. For music recording, it is recommended to set the audio input to “System sound” to avoid external noises.

Beside the audio input, click the “Format” icon.

A list of available formats will be shown for your selection. In this example, we will set the output format to “MP3”.

To begin the recording, click the “Record” button at the bottom.

Go back to the music streaming website and play the music to have it recorded.

When the recording is finished, click “Stop” on VideoPower YELLOW to end the recording.

To check the recorded file, go to the “Library” function screen.

Under the “Recording list” tab, right-click the recorded file and select “Edit” from the options.

The music/audio editor will be opened in a new window with the added recorded file. The music editor is capable of doing various editing such as the following:

Drag your mouse to select a duration on the timeline.

Click the “Edit” menu at the top.

Select “Cut” from the options.

Drag your mouse to select a duration on the timeline.

Click the “Edit” function menu.

A list of options will drop down. Select “copy” from the options.

Click again on the “Edit” function menu.

Then select “Paste in Append mode” from the options.

Select a duration from the timeline.

Click the “Tools” function menu.

Then select “Insert silence” from the options.

A pop-up box will show where you can enter the preferred silence length in milliseconds. Enter your preferred length and click “OK” to proceed.

On the music/audio editor main screen, click the “Tools” function menu.

Select “Append audio file” from the options.

The local folder will pop up in a new window. Select a music from your file to append.

Then click “Open” to proceed.

On the music/audio editor main screen, click the “Tools” function menu.

Then select “Insert sound file” from the options.

The local folder will be opened. Find and select a sound file to insert.

Click “Open” to proceed.

On the music/audio editor main screen, click the “Tools” function menu.

Then select “Mix sound file” from the options.

The local folder will be opened. Find and select a sound file to mix.

Then click “Open” to proceed.

On the music/audio editor main screen, click the “Tools” function menu.

Then select “Overwrite with sound file” from the options.

The local folder will be opened. Find and select a sound file to overwrite.

Click “Open” to proceed.

When the editing is finished, save the edited sound file by clicking the “Export” button on the music/audio editor main screen.

A pop-up box will show up where you can customize the settings.

Click the “Format” menu to select your preferred output format. In this example, we will set it to “MP3”.

Click the “Audio quality” menu to select your preferred output quality. In this example, we will set it to “Standard”. If all is set, click “OK” to continue.

The destination folder will pop up. You can change the filename or directly click “Save” to save it in your local folder.

On the music/audio editor main screen, click the destination folder URL at the very bottom.

The destination folder will be opened with your saved file. You can double-click the file to playback.