Note that Audacity supports MP3 via a plug-in called LAME. I used the screen reader-accessible v2.1.1 DMG. To find the Mac download link and installation instructions. Where you can find many helpful tutorials, including tips on how to remove scratches and pops. It runs cross platform on Apple, Windows, and Linux. Many of them recommended Audacity.Īudacity is a free and open source software application for recording and editing sounds. While I procrastinated, I looked at turntables, read articles, and talked to musician friends about digital recording. The only thing holding me back from ripping my collection was the overwhelming nature of recording, labeling, and cleaning up well over 100 hours of audio. My collection of about 200 late-‘70s and early-‘80s punk, rock, and pop albums is near and dear to my heart, but I couldn’t justify their shelf space when I know they could all fit on my phone.
