Stopping playback to make an edit extends your overall time-in-daw. To some extent, everyone can get fast with Audacity, as they get familiar with it and as they learn the shortcuts necessary to navigate it better, but problems 1 & 2, no matter how good you get at Audacity, are sticking points for productivity. In order to edit as fast in Audacity as I edit in Studio One, I need to play the audio back at 2x to make up for problem #1. I've been editing podcasts since 2010, and I'm fluent in 5 DAWs + Audacity.

That same 60-min podcast, at 1x playback, in Audacity, would probably take me 2-3 hours.

I can edit a 60-min podcast, at 1x playback, in about 70-minutes in Presonus Studio One (that's just the DAW I use, it's not especially speedier than Pro Tools or Logic Pro or whatever, it's just the right fit for me). You cannot make edits while the audio is playingĪudacity doesn't allow for real-time plugin processing Two huge examples (unless something has changed) Deep breath: if you upgrade to a more mature DAW, your life will be easier.Īudacity has some limitations that slow your workflow down. I'm going to make a gentle suggestion, and I mean it respectfully, but everyone in this sub is going to downvote me into oblivion for saying it.

Record podcast with audacity