Former sound engineer and small record label owner. I use Audacity for any single audio file edit I need to make (I don't do that much anymore a video project

Former sound engineer and small record label owner. I use Audacity for any single audio file edit I need to make (I don't do that much anymore a video project here or help a friend there). I prefer Audacity to other programs (WaveLabs and Audition) and their crazy proprietary formats and copy protection. (Wavelab uses a USB key that cost $30 so you have the right to use the software you bought or to demo anything they have). There last release is getting HUGE with real time previews of effects and spectral views. It really has everything a person needs for cleaning and preparing audio for video projects and single track projects. Really glad to see this to continue. The new noise reducer is also being improved greatly.