Precise fade-in/fade-out and cross-fade control, which is necessary for doing very fine-grained edits.Make sure to use the multitrack editor if you're editing something with multiple tracks. Contains a destructive editor and a multitrack non-destructive editor.The interface is default designed for recording music, so you'll need to make some adjustments to settings to make it easier to edit non-musical audio.Unfortunately, there is no PC equivalent that has the ease-of-use of GarageBand.Should not be used for very fine-grained edits (like removing 'um,' 'uh,' and other particles) as it can be hard to do very precise cross-fades.Working with multiple tracks of audio (for instance, multiple participants in an interview) as well as music, sound effects, and other audio elements.Non-destructive editor, which means you're working on placeholders of the audio files, rather than the actual audio files themselves.Generally, we do not recommend using Audacity for editing except as a way to work on individual tracks before moving on to a more advanced editing software because it is a destructive editor (meaning that you are working on the actual audio file when you make changes, which may make it difficult to go back and 'undo' decisions you've made).Won't be mixing in music, sound effects, or other sources of audio.Don't have to move a lot of pieces of audio around (from one point in the audio to another point).Only working with a single track of audio (no multi-person interviews).Here are some rough guidelines to choosing the platform that would work best for your project: (We talk about a few other programs below.) We generally recommend that people start with one of three software packages: Audacity, GarageBand, or Adobe Audition. Your choice of editing program should be determined by the story of your project and the amount of editing you need to do to tell that story.

Garageband audio editing