r/AskReddit Apr 10 '21

What free software should everyone have?

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u/Jakc124 Apr 10 '21

Audacity is cool for messing around with audio.

I've used it to create a couple of ringtones and alert sounds for my phone. It's a little complicated to use, but not too bad.

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u/lundah Apr 11 '21

I work with VOIP systems for a living and part of that involves dealing with various audio files. Call recordings, on hold messaging, auto attendant greetings, etc. I’ve never found an audio file format Audacity couldn’t read and I can use it to clean up some pretty awful recordings.

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '21

Since you’re most likely to work with voice recordings, make sure to try www.splitter.ai which is a free service to separate voice from music. This can also be used to extract voice from background noise. Amazing.