

Audacity is an easy-to-use, multi-track audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux and other operating systems. So popular in fact that as of late 2020, it’s been downloaded 100 million times. So let’s start with the people’s champ - Audacity.Īudacity is completely free, and is the most popular choice for PC users getting started with podcasting. We’ll look at a little overview of each, examine their pros and cons, and finally give some suggestions as to what program will best suit your situation. Plus, there have been some updates since I wrote the last piece, so I thought it was time to revisit podcast editors, and start round two of the battle of the audio editors.Īs well as Audacity and GarageBand, let’s look at a couple of new programs: Adobe Audition, which is the industry standard audio editor, and Logic Pro, which is my audio editor of choice. But neither of these are the industry standard for audio editing, and there are other options. Audacity is the go-to choice for PC users at the start of their podcasting journey, and GarageBand is the go-to for Mac users.

Both Audacity and GarageBand are free programs, and are how the majority of podcasts are edited today. One of the biggest draws of starting a podcast is that it has a low point of entry and can be done with very little budget, or even for free. To this day, the most downloaded episode of the podcast, and the most visited article on the website, are the ones comparing Audacity and GarageBand - and that makes sense.
