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Mark Pesce

Um. Someone just ported Audacity.

TO THE F**KING BROWSER.

wavacity.com/

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Chis-R 🐟

@mpesce Gosh I used Audacity so much back in the day. Such a straightforward, easy-to-use audio editor.

Six Grandfathers Mountain

@mpesce @chis_r

I haven't used the Windows version Audacity for many years, because I'm only Android (and Chromebook)

THX, now I can use this website to edit audio files.

was it Audacity that has the kicker, whips the llamas ass... oh, that was Winamp

#audacity #winamp

Andrew

@6G @mpesce @chis_r it took me *such* a long time to parse that hashtag

TudbuT :v_bi:

@andrewt same omg (i think its whips the llamas ass, for future people wondering)

Filip

@6G
#winamp, which someone has *also* recreated for the browser: webamp.org/

EDIT: reimplemented, not emulated or ported – thanks @sofia for the correction
@mpesce @chis_r

sofia ☮️🏴

@fnohe well, that's a reimplementation, not a port of the source code 🤓. (neither are emulated)

@6G @mpesce @chis_r

Filip

@6G

TIL – I hope I got this right:
* "Reimplemented" means something has been rewritten from scratch to be similar to the original
* "Ported" means the original source code has been adapted to make it work in a different environment
* "Emulated" means that a layer has been created that enables other software to work as if the underlying system was the one it was written for

@mpesce @chis_r @sofia

@6G

TIL – I hope I got this right:
* "Reimplemented" means something has been rewritten from scratch to be similar to the original
* "Ported" means the original source code has been adapted to make it work in a different environment
* "Emulated" means that a layer has been created that enables other software to work as if the underlying system was the one it was written for

Diogo Constantino

@6G @mpesce @chis_r You can use the Linux version on Chromebooks.

Wiktor - wikiyu

@mpesce@arvr.social everything is in a browser now... So it can take few times more ram than native app

Adam - The Funny Brain

@mpesce that's insanity! :) I love it! :)

Also the fact that I can Paulstretch things on my phone has the potential to make me a menace to people with ears! 😂

Ian Campbell

@ColonelPanic I feel like you might find a use for this ^

🏳️‍🌈Superdave! 😘🍷👨‍🦯

@mpesce @surefire I'll have a look, thanks! It might be more accessible than the local one.

My Actual Brain

@mpesce OMG! This is huge for me!! Without going into too much detail, I use audacity almost every day to make recordings for clients and export as wav for post processing by ai to remove background noise. My main Linux machine doesn’t sound great, so I usually put off recordings until I’m at my windows machine. Now I can just quickly make them on the phone.

gauche

@mpesce This is really cool. A lot of people, especially budding creatives, don’t have a machine they can install stuff on and have to rely on ad infested mobile apps.

cybik :deifirev:

@mpesce the real question is, why not earlier :P

(joking here)

SpaceHistory, etc

@mpesce As someone who still uses Audacity everyday, I would love for someone to explain what this means to me, like I’m in 7th grade (and on my way to a journalism degree).

Mark Pesce

@rlpaulprodn It means you can use it wherever you have a web browser - you don't need to have the app. So pull up to ANY computer and start working.

Which is pretty cool.

SpaceHistory, etc

@mpesce Do I start with what you have on the screen in your original post? As a reminder: I’ve been an Audacity user for 20 years.

Jenny Z., This Puzzle Piece

@mpesce I just used it for the first time last month, and it was perfect!

Briala

@mpesce Whilst highly impressive. However, I found if you have a reason to pay for a DAW (which I do), then Audacity is not very powerful anymore. :-) But it's great otherwise.

sleepysaf

@mpesce Where was this post when i needed it two hours ag-
oh it's a day old :blobcatdrool:

hotkey (Zoé)

@mpesce Great! Now I can have a horrible UI/UX experience wherever I go!!

Empathic Qubit

@mpesce
For me I can't get past the first screen, probably because my phone is too slow, but it's neat that it's possible

MagicLike | #AfDVerbotJetzt

@mpesce + tenacity considers to merge the port into their project :blobcateyes:

MagicLike | #AfDVerbotJetzt

@mpesce (yes, tenacity - because audacity has their shitty telemtry and the project keeps advancing)

viq

@mpesce
Browser, the new operating system... Useful, but I have mixed feelings about this.

And then there's bellard.org/jslinux/ 🤯

@socketwench

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