Free Software for playing and recording mp3

Richard Barrow · #1 14-03-07, 11:10 PM

If you have links for free downloads for free software then please post them here as a reply.

Personally I like Win Amp. You can download a free version at www.winamp.com. This plays both mp3 and ogg files.

**DogoDon** · #2 15-03-07, 09:54 PM

Another option, which is what I have been using, is Audacity, which records and plays, and also has a lot of more-advanced editing functions that I may never take advantage of. Audacity is free open-source software, and is available here.

The only downside to Audacity is that it will not directly export MP3 files. Instead it exports in the OGG format.

Ralesk has also indicated that Goldwave is another good option, but I haven't yet tried that software.

**ualan** · #3 28-04-07, 01:41 PM

Vocatude is a nice program to train your word lists, with or without sound!

knightrd · #4 07-05-07, 03:34 AM

Yes, Audacity is nice.

Here are some others even though they aren't 100% dedicated to audio. All are useful in my opinion...

http://www.mediamonkey.com/
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
http://mp3bookhelper.sourceforge.net/
http://www.erightsoft.net/SUPER.html
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/dload.html
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
http://www.irfanview.com/
http://jmemorize.org/

**McKinley** · #5 12-05-07, 01:15 PM

EasyRecorder, I just used it to record me playing guitar. Sounds alright.
http://www.download.com/EasyRecorder...-10647414.html

Richard Barrow · #6 25-07-07, 07:49 PM

Just to add to this list: Free MP3 Recorder 1.0

http://www.discount-softwares.com/so...p_recorder.htm

It is very simple and records to either mp3 or ogg. The file size is small and is a quick download.

Richard Barrow · #7 10-06-09, 11:37 PM

Audacity is a good free mp3 editor which you can quickly use to cut down your sound files before posting.

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

**KhaoNiaw** · #8 11-06-09, 08:19 AM

Even Audacity will recompress the files after you've edited them and then resave them. That means you can't do a straight snip and reduction in file size. There will be some loss of quality with each recompression

An editor that simply snips the data and gives you a reduction in file size without any loss of quality is:
mp3DirectCut
It also does splitting and direct copying of parts of the file etc. Usually I do my recording on Audacity and later trimming work on mp3directCut.