Pros and Cons of Audacity

[horseesroh]

This program seems to provide a basic interface that is familiar and clean, also compatible with many operating systems.
Of course, I would like to compliment the essential functions of the audio editing program and the tools and controls.
This program allowed us to perform simple and complex tasks.
However, the disadvantage of Audacity with respect to editing is that all changes to the newly recorded track will change the original file, the actual waveform, and hence cannot be undone later on.
Extracting files could be resolution, but the process was inconvenient.
Most of all, I gave cheer because it was free!

[Trebor]

... the disadvantage of Audacity with respect to editing is that all changes to the newly recorded track will change the original file, the actual waveform, and hence cannot be undone later on.

You could save (export) a (.WAV) copy of the raw recording before you edit it.
So if something goes wrong you can go back to the original raw recording.

You may be complaining that undo history is not preserved in saved Audacity projects.
It would be possible to do that, but Audacity projects would consume a huge amount of memory if many edits were made.

[kozikowski]

What he said.

As long as you don't close Audacity, Edit > UNDO will bring you back to any place in the edit history. Audacity doesn't remember the edits, it just makes wholesale copies of the show as it goes.

I read about a different editor which did remember the UNDO in its projects and the users complained bitterly and loudly how large the shows were.

It is recommended you File > Export a WAV (Microsoft) 16-bit sound file of any and all original recordings. There should never be a reason to need to record a performance a second time. I have original actor performance WAV files six years old. In some of my jobs, there is no reshoot.

ACX requires you to submit audiobook readings (for example) in MP3 format. Your perfect quality archives should be in WAV, not MP3.

Audacity Projects are not recommended for either of those jobs.

Koz