What is Recording Software?
Recording software creates a digital sound studio for recording and manipulating one or more sound tracks. Tracks can be edited, changed by applying effects, compiled or mixed, matched to video, converted to export formats, or burned to CD or DVD, depending on the program. Originally, recording software packaged with operating systems had very few options, allowing for recording off the standard Line-In port on any sound card. Plugging a microphone, for example, would allow the user to create a voice recording and save it to a sound file format like WAV on PCs, or AIFF on Macs. Some effects and editing options were included, but today’s recording software — even free programs like Audacity® — have become quite sophisticated. Audacity®, created by Dominic Mazzoni, is a cross-platform open source program. It’s ability to run on Windows®, Apple®, Linux® and BSD Unix has made it extremely popular. Along with an import feature that supports a generous number of music formats, one can record
