{"id":189609,"date":"2022-04-29T11:02:26","date_gmt":"2022-04-29T09:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=189609"},"modified":"2025-07-01T20:47:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T03:47:43","slug":"audacity-microsoft-store-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/audacity-microsoft-store-free\/","title":{"rendered":"You can now get Audacity on the Microsoft Store for free"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you head to the Microsoft Store and search for <a href=\"https:\/\/audacity.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Audacity<\/a>, you\u2019ll notice how many knock-offs there are of this popular audio-recording program. Some of them even charge you a price, which then heads to the pockets of the false sellers. Microsoft has finally put an end to this, <strong>offering the official software for free<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Martin Keary is the original creator of Audacity. While he provides the program for free on the official website, it bothered him that so many Windows users were heading to the store and <strong>paying for knock-offs<\/strong>. Keary decided to take the name back and give Microsoft users the proper version without charging a single cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To find the proper version, look for one developed by Muse Group &amp; the Audacity Open-Source Community. If you check the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.audacityteam.org\/about\/credits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">official site<\/a>, you\u2019ll notice it\u2019s the same team that created and published Audacity. Now you can <strong>edit your songs and podcasts<\/strong> with the authentic app on your Windows device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For those of you who don\u2019t know, Audacity has helped many <strong>musicians and audio editors<\/strong> in compiling music or tracks for various reasons. It can be used for games, short videos, and even podcasts. However, you don\u2019t need to pay for it at all, no matter what the scam artists tell you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the benefits is that you can <a href=\"https:\/\/audacity.en.softonic.com\/articles\/how-to-merge-interrupted-recording-audacity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">merge uninterrupted audio tracks on Audacity<\/a>. It entails a few easy steps where you <strong>combine two recordings<\/strong> into one with a simple drag-and-drop mechanism. It\u2019s also simple to edit after that, especially if you want to clear some background noise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s a pity the free version of Audacity wasn\u2019t available before. It would have saved so many people money that unfortunately paid for it to be part of the Windows experience. Who knows? Maybe when <a href=\"https:\/\/windows-11.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Windows 11<\/a> finally receives the promised upcoming features, we will have an alternative option as a default app.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you head to the Microsoft Store and search for Audacity, you\u2019ll notice how many knock-offs there are of this popular audio-recording program. Some of them even charge you a price, which then heads to the pockets of the false sellers. Microsoft has finally put an end to this, offering the official software for free. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/audacity-microsoft-store-free\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;You can now get Audacity on the Microsoft Store for free&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9205,"featured_media":189611,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[2682],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-189609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionaudacity"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9205"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189609"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":324004,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189609\/revisions\/324004"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189609"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=189609"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=189609"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=189609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}