Audacity Freeware for Windows Review

How many of you would like to record radio streams, or edit an MP3, or maybe record some music across several different tracks, edit it, and then publish and export to MP3 or WAV file? Audacity provides all this functionality to you. It is also great for converting cassette tape to MP3. Or if you are old enought to remember Vinyl Records and 8 tracks, you can convert them to MP3 and or WAV files to be burned to CD or copied to your MP3 player. Audacity has an easy user interface, many different effects to add flare to your recording. You can download Audacity @ http://audacity.sourceforge.net/. If you are going to be exporting to MP3 you will need to download the lame_enc.dll from http://www.dll-files.com/dllindex/dll-files.shtml?lame_enc. Once you download you can place the DLL in your favorite DLL storage area, then when you export your first MP3 from Audacity, it will ask you if you want to locate the lame_enc.dll, then you just point the path and presto you will be making MP3s. Now there is a derivative of Audacity called CleanSpeech which is a free alternative to other audio editors that are oriented for preparation of music, sermons, lectures or any type of recording. It is derived from Audacity, with simplifications and enhancements aimed at improving the clarity of speech and streamlining preparation by an automated process. Here are a couple scenarios where CleanSpeech is appropriate: 1. A church has backlog of sermons they want to make available for distance listening such as SermonAudio @ http://www.sermonaudio.com/main.asp. 2. Schools have backlog of recorded classroom lectures they want to upload to their website for distance learning. You can download CleanSpeech @ http://audacious.sourceforge.net/.