Audacity is an awesome program for free. I have just used it instead of Cubase, the only thing that I found really different in work flow is that in Cubase if you press the stop button twice it takes you back to the beginning of the clip you have just recorded. This is so useful if you are recording vocals in lots of separate takes. I wonder if it would be a big job to add this function at some point in the future? Other than that it is a fantastic program, it’s simple, user friendly, and above all it works!
Are you using Audacity 3.7.9 or Audacity 4.0.1?