The Story Behind Audacity

[@Tantacrul]

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[@JC20XX]

Will audacity have it's own channel?

[@JHaas117]

woah, that last idea of being able to manipulate the 3 dimensional wave-forms in a VR space with haptic type gloves honestly gave me chills. just imagining how that experience might feel, when all of your senses are able to convergence on a single thing you are actively creating sounds honestly magical. I'm really looking forward to where Audacity goes from here.

[@bazzfromthebackground3696]

Depends. Can the discord reteach me audacity? It's been like a decade...

[@TheFoo_Fighter]

can you please be in charge of every app out there?

[@realraven2000]

ONe thing I absolutely do not understand is why aduacity creates a new track every time you record a bit - why not allow people to drop in / record over existing audio? Maybe I am just too used to Cubase.... having said that, Cubase ABSOLUTELY needs that karaoke feature!

[@kadenculp4221]

This madman really went from making random youtube videos about music, to being a figurehead of the FOSS community. Damn

[@syntheretique385]

With some orchestra composition and recording out of the blue for good measure.

[@craigstephenson7676]

Well he’s also a graphic designer

[@Cirlotube]

Well. Did you know he actually designed Ubuntu Touch? That was a loong ago and its design (unlike Android) is still very much contemporary & up-to-date!

[@israellai]

@@Cirlotube wait what Is this man secretly a god

[@InventorZahran]

@@CirlotubeCan you cite a source for this fact?

[@Wrswest]

2030: Tentacrul is literally just the entire audio software industry by himself.

[@lemonbread8019]

2031: Tantacrul takes over the world

[@winter2400]

Creating a monopoly and making making money by telling people about it on the internet. Marketing genius

[@goclbert]

Tantarific!

[@pianojay5146]

sounds like Mycroft Holmes

[@OninDynamics]

@@winter2400 i mean... ads?

[@scottonanski4173]

Having a horrible logo is the main staple of any open source project. It's like having street cred.

[@honestlynuts__]

Linux, gnu, vim etc. can confirm

[@yaltschuler]

Except VLC. VLC is too chad to have a bad logo.

[@meatlejuice]

I love the Audacity logo honestly

[@bearmandev]

This is so true.

[@persona83]

Most open source apps struggle with poor design and bad user experience.

[@adrianfernandez7930]

The “global media empire” joke from the previous video really wasn’t a joke

[@Firepal3D]

It was foreshadowing

[@Mr.Marbles]

this fucker is gonna take over ableton and FL studio as well. then he changes the conditions to all so that you have to give him 10% of all the music sales where u used these programs. OuO

[@lfox02]

@@Mr.Marbles LoL I'd like to see him try. Except not really, I love my piano roll.

[@Goodmanperson55]

First, Musecore Now, it's Audacity No piece of free and open source music software is safe from this man.

[@Tdoshok]

It's a little known fact that "tantacrul" means "king of all the free things"

[@wiebemartens1030]

Well, if he has the audacity to citicize all music software, he'll have to prove his worth

[@bootmii98]

LMMS pl0x

[@mirinewman]

Next up: He takes over GIMP

[@analytomaniac]

@@bootmii98 I tried out LMMS, It's nice microsoftware but it's UX design sucks really bad.

[@hugoboyce9648]

About unusual uses: I was an intern for a while for a major aircraft engine manufacturer. In one of the maintenance manuals, one of the procedures to diagnose a faulty bearing or gearbox (I can't remember) is literally to record the engine's noise using Audacity, and to look for patterns in the spectrogram view.

[@paullicameli9855]

I love ❤️ this!!!

[@SreenikethanI]

Such a satisfying comment to see how Audacity can be used to the extreme!

[@GeorgeTsiros]

you do know about knock sensors on car engines, right?

[@sphixy8577]

@@GeorgeTsiros no

[@sphixy8577]

@@GeorgeTsiros what is that ?

[@dangerouscolors]

audacity and musescore were the first 2 infinity stones. now thantacrul needs the rest

[@ostrovnyklinok6165]

Well the Next is FL Studio...

[@Undomaranel]

Followed by Blender. Might have to sacrifice a loved one (or a chair), but hey, man's gotta get what he needs.

[@joyce_rx]

@@ostrovnyklinok6165 nah, needs to be open source. so garageband or ableton edit: ableton live isnt opensource

[@yuvalne]

+

[@illford]

@@joyce_rx is Ableton open source?

[@somedumbhoe7123]

See guys, this is why you always start out doing what you love. Tantacrul went from “That guy who criticized musescore” to “Hey, I’m head of Musescore’s design team” to “Hey, now i’m in charge of Audacity” and he can really only go up from here

[@joestevenson5568]

I mean he already worked on some pretty major design projects, like Ubuntu mobile and Paint 3d. He started out doing professional software UI/UX design and is now doing....software UI/UX design. Not a huge mystery how that happened.

[@somedumbhoe7123]

@@joestevenson5568 Oh

[@cheer90099]

"I'm now in charge of Spotify. Seriously..."

[@stevenharder308]

If only the entertainment industry worked like this.

[@tams805]

@@somedumbhoe7123 Yeah, the KZbin thing is just a hobby for him. He has a professional career as well.

[@luisfernandotapia451]

The original developers are a bunch of lovely boomers. Thank you for everything guys. Audacity is an amazing contribution to humanity.

[@RepentInReprise]

UwU

[@halidox]

was

[@danielvmelim.studio]

why "was"? @@halidox

[@jaredjoe133]

@@RepentInReprise oh my God, you are so cool. You made the cringe sound.

[@RepentInReprise]

@@jaredjoe133 LOL

[@wiesorix]

So Audacity realised it was janky and realised Tantacrul would tear it down in some future design video, so they hired him to prevent that? That's what I call planning ahead...

[@MrtinVarela]

I know that UI and UX are separate issues, but holy shit the current interface looks like dogshit compared to almost everything else in 2021, at least on windows. Not that I would stop using it.

[@someperson8670]

@@MrtinVarela @Martín Varela I mean, I won't argue that it doesn't look dated... because it does. But also, it feels like function over form, something a lot of these newer programs lack (also modern looking programs often force you to do stuff in a certain way, and only in that way... which isn't great if the designers are idiots) So I think I'll also just deal with the 2000s look.. Btw, not meant not meant as an attack, more like an addition I guess (tone sadly gets lost over text...)

[@MrtinVarela]

@@someperson8670 It's hard not to get heat into these discussions so I kind of agree on the sentiment. The part where I kindly disagree is that in this particular instance, the interface has a lot of dated gradients and textures where it would be better off without any of that. In that sense modern flat-style interfaces should be easier to maintain because they only need to worry about solid colors. In other words: I feel they made active effort into giving a look to the program in a way that it accomplishes the opposite of it's intention: make the program not look cheesy and dated head to toes.

[@at_oussama]

Muse Group bought the open source software,

[@spacefacts1681]

It didn't click in my head for a while that he's using a Zoom background of the ISS; I just automatically accepted he lived there

[@eidrag]

"oh, the guy that made this app cool enough to live in space, of course"

[@8bitwiz_]

I could tell the difference because the Earth wasn't moving at 0.011 rpm.

[@technophobian2962]

@@biggusmunkusthegreat Well that's fucked up, hopefully someone with the time to manage it will fork it.

[@YusuffYT]

I mean, his lightning helps you to buy he's in space

[@gohan5400]

@@8bitwiz_ based

[@Beak-man]

Unusual use case: Audacity supports esoteric audio file formats used in old, pre-smarthphone-era cellphones (e.g. for ringtones) and other telephone systems (like voice-over menus in PBXs). That's how I began using Audacity.

[@kornaros96]

Does it support .nrt?

[@graealex]

The reason is probably because it's open source, so it just needs one guy that knows how to program AND has use for the old format, so he can simply implement it himself.

[@sixstringedthing]

(like voice-over menus in PBXs) Management: okay this is a major company-wide project, so we're going to need input from every business group which IT will communicate to our voice services provider and then they will coordinate the implementation in line with company policies. Some of which may need to be updated and rewritten just a little bit. *sweating/shivering intensifies*

[@GuiSmith]

@@sixstringedthingThe moment I read “company wide,” I shivered. It got worse every word. Good job, you could be an office horror writer.

[@commodore7331]

All this time I though Audacity was made by literally no one and just manifested itself on the internet and everyone kinda just went along with it

[@MarioLuigi0404]

Tbf that's kinda how a lot of FOSS stuff likes to present itself. It's a tool made by the people, for the people. It's not tied to any people or for-profit businesses.

[@pyeltd.5457]

It's Steve Jobs baby. Not that pesky iTunes and Mac OS X

[@HappyNBoy]

Tantacruel is just going to slowly take over all creative endeavors... One day it'll all be Disney and Tantacruel.

[@painthing98]

Just wait for the inevitable Disney-Cruel merger...

[@Necris94]

I like what you did there.

[@israellai]

He needs to make Tentacruel his mascot, the moment he takes over Nintendo ...unless Disney gets there first

[@Javier-qk7ms]

Yeah, his evil Tentacles reach all over the free audio software.

[@actualhyena]

Adobe pacifist route.

[@endingsky8271]

If I got a dollar for every time tantacrul took over a Open source project, I had two dollars. Which isn't much but it's weird that it happened twice.

[@MarceldeJong]

Background singers: Doofenschmirtz comments on a video!

[@theunknown4834]

Well now we know he was in the Paint 3D team too lol

[@klaasbil8459]

@@theunknown4834 But that isn't open source

[@sfurules]

@@klaasbil8459 I think he meant GPL 2 releases

[@klaasbil8459]

@@sfurules If so, then mentioning Paint 3D is moot

[@conoroneill8067]

"Have you seen the Audacity pumpkin." "I have. Oh, god, it's terrifying." "...I carved that pumpkin." I nearly spat coffee all over my laptop.

[@JV-uq9cf]

The slowed down cricket sound that immediately follows is really the cherry on top.

[@balahaasdf2219]

12:49

[@derkeksinator17]

I'm so excited for Audacity VR, lol!

[@mosesje]

same xD

[@GreatFlamingEyebrows_]

This man started with a hilarious angry rant about Sibelius and ended up in charge of audacity

[@Jwnex]

turns out "complain about stuff enough until they pay you to fix it" is a viable carreer path good to know

[@tituslafrombois1164]

@@Jwnex Well, the thing is, he didn't just complain. Anyone can complain. No, after he was done complaining, he proved he had the talent and the ability to come up with and implement SOLUTIONS. Complaining about things is easy, offering solutions to the things you complain about is much harder and much more noticeable.

[@PeterJnicol]

@@tituslafrombois1164 Well made point.

[@FL2070]

Sibelius crashed.

[@まくぽっち]

As a main Chinese translator for Audacity during 2017 ~ 2020, I’m really happy to see some main community members who I have worked with share their stories and thoughts in an interview!

[@paullicameli9855]

Hi snowwolf!

[@petersampson9673]

Hi Snowwolf

[@harshsrivastava9570]

@@SteveStockmalMusic so? why does that stop them from knowing chinese?

[@SteveStockmalMusic]

@@harshsrivastava9570 he he

[@pokemonpasta]

Honestly the most shocking thing in this video is the fact that there's apparently a karaoke mode in audacity?????

[@masterpig5s]

I might try using it as an auto queue or teleprompter.

[@UNSCPILOT]

I've been tinkering in Audacity for years off and on and I had no idea

[@daviddotorg]

2024: "I am now in charge of all music. I own all of it. It's all mine"

[@ThePondermatic]

His first decree is that all corporate videos must now use covers of Hallelujah that get that descending line right.

[@whoisthispersonagain]

“Wow! Now I have ALL the music!”

[@Nat_the_Chicken]

"But of course I'm letting everyone keep using it under the Tantacrul Super Awesome License of Awesomeness, so really it's just a nominal thing."

[@UmbraVivens94]

the CEO of music

[@elliottaylor9057]

Oh so youre a musician? Okay. Name every song ever. Go on... do it.

[@chompers5568]

I used to audacity to clean up the answering machine message that my neighbors son left before he was murdered. It's was a simple love you mum,see you tonight. I made a copy from the tape and because audacity is free i was willing to give it a try even with having no knowledge of audio engineering. I asked on a few forums and because audacity is free so many people had some experience with it. Went the message was originally left on the answer machine it would have taken a professional to improve it as much as I did. Thanks to the team for helping a mother hear the voice of her murdered son nearly 20 years later.

[@magusreaver]

this made me very sad.

[@sbp4215]

damn man

[@concept8192]

You did a kind thing for them, thank you so much

[@blacksaltscotland]

I had an audible "wtf" when I saw this notification.

[@Wote89]

Mine was more of a "wait, what"?

[@caramelldansen2204]

no, Audible is a different service.

[@Wote89]

@@caramelldansen2204 Eh, give him two years.

[@cedrick25]

@@caramelldansen2204 who's gonna tell him

[@arunkarthikma3121]

I hummed with intrigue as soon as I saw it. It was the most surprised hum I have ever hummed.

[@YostPeter]

One day Tantacrul is going to be in charge of my entire creative workflow and I don't mind one bit.

[@Tdoshok]

Yup. I'm expecting him to join the Blender and Godot teams in June.

[@alex15095]

he'll replace Linus Torvalds by next quarter

[@Ankstek]

Audacity as a beginner feels like mspaint, but for audio. Then you dig around a little and realise that you have (at least what it feels like) a full blown version of Photoshop. I'm no audio engineer, but there are many times when Audacity has come in handy for me, both for education, work and for fun. I'm really looking forward to see what the future holds for it! :)

[@thecorbohole3637]

I have never heard a man so professionally and seriously talk about caring pumpkins before

[@ZytrikX]

IT WAS ALMOST CALLED AUDIO MONKEY?!?! I love that

[@theybot522]

I think we are missing the obvious, THEY CHOSE AGAINST AUDIO MONKEY?!?!?!

[@f5xs757]

@@theybot522 The AUDACITY of those who petitioned against the name Audio Monkey...

[@Firepal3D]

Reject audio, embrace monke

[@TimothyReeves]

But I used to have audio player software called Media Monkey. But it only handled audio, so it could have been called....

[@stanrogers5613]

Monkey's Audio (a lossless compressor - you may have seen the APE format/file extension) launched at about the same time.

[@thetylersherman]

When he said "I carved that pumpkin" ... I felt a deep sorrow in his soul

[@ziggystardog]

Sounded like a Walter White loss of soul moment to me.

[@jelleverest]

Martin "hold on, let me take over the entire open source music ecosystem" Keary. What an absolute mad lad.

[@benjaminmiddaugh2729]

Ardour and LMMS are still holding out.

[@nolankanski9116]

@@benjaminmiddaugh2729 boy, I would love a uiux overhaul on lmms It always just feels funky and weird to use that app, and I don't really know what I'm doing

[@Fighter_Builder]

@@nolankanski9116 agreed

[@wiltedangel]

im waiting for tantacrul to tackle lmms

[@philippschmitt4142]

I start using musescore for my scores, he becomes chief graphic Designer. I start using audicity for some of my recordings, he works there too. This is... concerning.

[@jorionedwards]

He'll own you at this rate.

[@yuvalne]

Quick, pick other open-source stuff to work with

[@philippschmitt4142]

@@yuvalne im gonna start making some games with unity now

[@rynabuns]

Can you start using Adobe stuff?

[@electroflame6188]

QUICK START USING LMMS

[@Blockistium]

God, I've never really conceived that actual people with names and faces were involved in the creation of this free tool.

[@simethigsomethingidfk]

My brain just figured that audacity was one of those ethereal things that has been around since the dawn of time, that everyone knows/uses, and never changes. Like obs, tor, teamspeak, and probably a few more I'm forgetting.

[@joshuaSundeep]

@@simethigsomethingidfk blender

[@8kcompression770]

now actual people with names and faces are involved in the destruction of this tool.

[@eel9]

@@8kcompression770 ?

[@ser_igel]

@@joshuaSundeep not really, many people (at least who use Blender) know about Ton Roosendaal, it's like adding Linux to the list something like Photoshop suits this list more even while it's not FOSS

[@thetree7403]

My man is just accidentally becoming fhe god of open source audio

[@adamschmidt6386]

I have no complaints

[@certifiedpossum8655]

"I carved that pumkin." The conference on the man is something else

[@IHateNumbersOnNames]

"Have you seen the audacity pumpkin?" *Violently calm reminescing* "i carved that pumpkin"

[@dumpsockpuppet5619]

* confidence

[@eMorphized]

@@bacicinvatteneaca *convergence

[@boofr]

@@eMorphized circumvent*

[@werdwerdus]

he speaks, looks, and carries himself exactly like Ron Swanson

[@lucyx3008]

i really like the crazed look in paul licameli's eyes as he describes the "triple synesthesia of sight, sound, and touch" at 14:15, 10/10 mad scientist vibes

[@magusreaver]

Ron Swanson's techy brother on good drugs?

[@tiagobelo4965]

Also the menacing delivery of "I carved that pumpkin"

[@RedMeansRecording]

Dude this is raddddd

[@numbers7097]

@@username6338 needs more red

[@sfulibarri]

T E R R I F I C

[@711-m4z]

What does red mean?

[@oh...hi.]

@@711-m4z mm. red.

[@711-m4z]

@@oh...hi. yes

[@penguinfun123]

This man is like the disney of music software

[@Tantacrul]

Haha. Also... ouch!

[@magnopere]

Don't do him dirty like that lol

[@penguinfun123]

He's doing great as long as he doesn't do some sketchy copyright deals or freeze his dead body in a theme park.

[@JGree]

but disney is like the opposite of open source

[@supersonictumbleweed]

He's a music princess

[@Zappygunshot]

It's kind of true to the name 'Audacity' that you stick to the logo in spite of what those claiming to be knowledgeable in the field of logo making tell you. That, and the bold colours that some might consider "ugly" and "unrefined", I don't know, it's just poetic. I'm a fan.

[@Chris_Cross]

I just hope they don't make it oversimplified.

[@jsihavealotofplaylists]

@@Chris_Cross Agree. Simplified is fine. OVER simplified is awful. But this logo is already simple. Headphones and some audio. Can't simplify that without taking things away.

[@UnseenEternalStudios]

I honestly just hope they keep it the same.. lol or at least offer legacy versions if things change drastically

[@LiEnby]

I hate basically every modern logo in existence, so

[@Draidzeven]

YES! YES YES YES! If Audacity pulled a Blender and suddenly turned into an industry standard, that would tear down a bunch of barriers. Looking forward to this.

[@gayusschwulius8490]

I'd really welcome this. Fuck Adobe.

[@kebman]

@@gayusschwulius8490 Now if they could only fix GIMP so that it's actually usable...

[@ilokikoval]

@@kebman check out GIMP 3! They fixed a lot of stuff, like proper layer controls! I think you will find it an interesting update.

[@ileutur6863]

@@gayusschwulius8490 adobe is not the industry standard for audio, avid is. And fuck them too

[@monospacev2945]

Thing with Blender is an unintuitive steep learning curve.

[@tobleroni]

“Have you seen the Audacity pumpkin?” “I carved that pumpkin.”

[@moffittmusic]

Man absolutely radiates Ron Swanson energy in that clip

[@Kamel419]

that dude was the star of the show

[@ronnetgrazer362]

* C R I C K E T S *

[@YukonHexsun]

I didn't hear shame in that voice. I heard determination, from a man declaring that he indeed carved that pumpkin. His voice is great, the man speaks with clarity and interest. It reminds me of the better words from scientists and such in documentaries.

[@sabbiewabbiewasabi]

i was looking for this comment HAHHAAH

[@thecountbassy_]

Audacity definitely needs “New All” and “Quit Sibelius” buttons to truly revolutionize the experience.

[@EDoyl]

"Select the audio for Zoom to Selection to use" is a great sentence. It doesn't make sense but it does but it looks like it doesn't.

[@AFMTAG]

They could put quotations around "Zoom to Selection" to make it look better, but why fix the jank? Embrace the jank instead!

[@NabsterHax]

So... a bookmark?

[@bobzmuda9603]

@@NabsterHax No, a selection that discretely controls the amount of zoom applied commensurate with the timeline's space. Not a bookmark.

[@hallamhal]

"It doesn't make sense but it does but it looks like it doesn't" is a great sentence. It doesn't make sense but it does but it looks like it doesn't.

[@purplehaze47]

i did my first recordings in audacity as a teenager, and have subsequently made recording and music production my career i genuinely wonder what my life would be like if audacity wasn't around, very glad to see it in safe hands

[@janglausercomposer]

Same here! It was the only audio free application I found for my 1998 iMac with OS 9... good times!

[@Testgeraeusch]

i used it to debug the java code that would compile to an .exe that would produce a single .wav file when clicked. That's how i started writing music: hard coded into the .exe. It was horrible, but Audacity helped me keeping track of the waveshaped i needed to generate, when to shift everything slightly to avoid clipping or reduce volume... i still use it nearly everyday for these things. Except now i use a self developed RegEx based syntax for music notation and an .exe a friend of mine had written instead of hard coding every single ostinato as a for-loop...

[@ThrillSeekerVR]

I never knew I’d have this sort of deep connection to an application I use every day. It feels even better launching that app knowing the hands behind it. Thank you!

[@youallnine]

didnt expect to see thrill here

[@ourosaquavaringas6061]

@@youallnine lol same

[@___xyz___]

Ayy sup VR seeker. Remember to check out the new Oculus👍

[@Kin-bd2vd]

THRILL

[@kumoyuki]

how does it feel to know that they are making moves to make it un-free?

[@dafunktrunk]

You gotta love Paul, he's so passionate and funny

[@juanjosearcanista-gamermus2676]

Paul is the best.

[@CasualAlbiniAppreciator]

Tantacrul - from spiralling into insanity on his YT channel to being an omnipresent music software mogul by 2025. Dream career path if I've seen one, especially if they let you keep the insane bits for channel's sake ;)

[@kathrynelrod5570]

I want an audacity plugin that just changes every UI button to a magnifying glass

[@Shalalacls]

I don't really use Audacity at even half of its capacity, because I can't, but it's something I love to have on my PC and always find new uses for. I downloaded it in high school to cut my ringtones, then I used it to cut together audio projects for language classes, and just last year I found it extremely useful when my master's linguistics class required us to do spectrogram analysis! Long live Audacity, by someone who barely knows how to use it ❤️

[@magusreaver]

Every fresh install Audacity is part of my install package.

[@asandax6]

Noob: Audacity is a recording app Pro: Audacity is an Audio app Legend: Audacity is a wave analysis app (proceeds to analyze satellite signals)

[@autohmae]

If they ever do a remake of the movie Contact, they could use Audacity :-)

[@nullone3181]

God: Audacity is a terrain editor

[@bionictryhard2272]

@@nullone3181 Ur mom: Audacity is fart

[@marchdarkenotp3346]

@@bionictryhard2272 Your username suits you.

[@d9zirable]

@@bionictryhard2272 Comedy Award

[@CupoChinoMusic]

can't wait for Tantacrul to take over the whole recording industry

[@usernamenumber]

Back in the mid 2000s I helped produce a 20 hour long full cast audio drama entirely in audacity. It was a life of pain because audacity is not the tool for that, BUT at the time, with no budget, it was the only reason I was able to do it at all and audacity will always have a soft spot in my heart as a result. Great to hear it's getting some love!

[@jeroenl8352]

5:27 When someone on the internet calls you a 'pretty good guy' you know you've made it

[@amateurprogrammer25]

When someone in the _open source community_ calls you a "pretty good guy" you know you've REALLY made it.

[@banjoemily3852]

My first encounter with audacity was as an undergrad working in a biology lab recording cricket calls. I found this video very relatable

[@paullicameli9855]

Audacity for zoology too!

[@eirikmelum]

“Audacity - the city where Auda lives” Dead.

[@gfrewqpoiu]

It is at 3:31 if you want to watch it again.

[@kumoyuki]

there's always Ardour. But that is a massively more complex beastie

[@fongus6420]

wait, auda died??

[@GeorgeTsiros]

nono it is the water of the city au da city get it? you now know what an aneurysm feels like, _you're welcome_

[@OrangeC7]

Man, the Audacity of his statement....

[@NeenanJones]

"It's been used by seismologists to measure earthquakes and cardiologists for heart issues" "This guy wanted a reverse audio feature to look for secret UFO messages" Glad to see Audacity has a use for everyone!

[@uranium54321]

Yeah I literally used it as a vocoder bc my video editing software doesn’t have any good free vocoder plugins

[@thewhitefalcon8539]

But has anyone ever found a secret UFO message in an earthquake?

[@GizzyDillespee]

I used it to create a "Borg transmission". You know with the noise reduction plugin, how you have to give it a sample of the noise first? Well, you don't have to highlight noise - you can use anything as a sample. You know how you can preview and listen to the sound that the plug-in removes? And then, you keep what remains? Well, you can also keep only what the plug-in removes, and throw away the rest. Then you can normalize and maybe limit the result, to bring the volume up, and then swap its stereo channels, and then layer it with the original audio, so the mix down is the phase interference of the original audio and its abused noise reduction residue. It sounds as if your original audio is intermodulated by the Borg transmission. I'll post an example tomorrow called DMT at the Ballgame, featuring some Rammstein chords, to illustrate what I mean.

[@BoopyTheFox]

Since you're involved now, and you're a UX/UI designer, PLEASE MAKE SOMEONE DEVELOP A PROPER DARK THEME FOR IT. Or at least a theme that isn't really dependent on system settings too much, as it can break in many ways (and it does). Audacity itself is amazing, FOSS for the win!

[@zekiahepic]

Yeah, audacity as it is sometimes can look a bit dated, hopefully they change this though

[@alex15095]

Audacity has worked pretty well for me on Linux with a dark GTK theme

[@juliahenriques210]

@Nunya Business third this

[@Hare_deLune]

That 'Metro' style dark skin near the end looked amazing! One way to get around the controversy of how the app looks is to just make it skinnable, with custom user skins available on the forum, similar to the 'Music Bee' music player app. : D

[@chenx97]

I just can't believe that audacity will become pretty looking and user friendly

[@Bobylein1337]

Yea damn, it will lose all its charme! Seriously though, I hope this will all go well because it would be great

[@Danger-Tater]

It's already pretty user friendly, I just hope it doesn't become really complex and hard to navigate

[@Mr.Marbles]

yeah its like the "paint" of music. oldschool, and not pretty, but simple as hell, straight forward and free.

[@LKRaider]

@@Mr.Marbles well yeah but Paint costs 200 quid and comes with a whole OS bundled in its installer!

[@PotaraP]

I like the old UI design, but it can get confusing

[@nikkoa.3639]

Tantacrul really collecting the infinity stones of the FOSS music community

[@Cobalt985]

LMMS next! :)

[@UNSCPILOT]

One can only hope he doesn't abuse his [open source] powers

[@recklessroges]

@@UNSCPILOT Power corrupts absolutely. (So it's only a matter of time.)

[@nikkoa.3639]

@@biggusmunkusthegreat At first I was skeptical about the validity of this, but turns out it was true. I'll just see in the future though

[@markgriskey]

Audacity has been invaluable in Videogame audio for decades now! I'm glad to hear you are keeping this great software alive!

[@schulenheimer]

one of the few youtubers who not only complain about stuff but also genuinely tries to fix it

[@thatanimeweirdo]

Yes, I'm eager to see where audacity will end up in a few months/years

[@quidprobro]

This man makes music, is the design lead for two of the largest free and open source music/audio applications, and makes KZbin videos explaining what he's doing. I will never have the work ethic of this man.

[@xDRAGONSHAGGERx]

@@quidprobro if you can find the time to do that... You can find the time to run two successful companies and a KZbin channel 😂 But thanks for the tip!

[@frazzleface753]

Well it's not likely that he did it all by himself. What he's done is impressive, but making executive decisions for a whole team of people is not the same as being a polymath with a crazy work ethic.

[@griind]

"Have you seen the audacity punpkin?" "I have, oh god it's terrifying" "..." "I carved that pumkin." 😂😂😂 I laughed so hard there 😂😂😂

[@Michoss9]

Tentacrul, I will give you the soul of my firstborn child if you could only make the audacity UI comprehensible to a human being.

[@Subzearo]

It's Tantacrul, stupid

[@phoebeaurum7113]

@@Subzearo Two souls for getting the name wrong.

[@trainspite9612]

>Is vaguely familiar with Audacity >Is vaguely familiar with Tantacrul A surprising crossover for sure, but a welcome one.

[@oicmorez4129]

I use Audacity, because we used it in the primary school. We have "music classes" and every student needs to learn some audio editing there. Teachers usually teach us Audacity

[@meriwoo7382]

That is soo cool! In my school they would only teach us how to use Notepad and MS Paint

[@oicmorez4129]

@@meriwoo7382 We had "Computer classes" that taught us stuff like Excel, Office etc. and "Music classes" that mostly taught us the music theory, but also the last 4 semesters (4 halfs of a year) were specialized (We voted on the order of said specializations), one of which was Audio Editing More details if you're interested: The specializations were: - Dancing. - Singing. - Playing an instrument. - Audio editing. We ofc. learned for an entire semester, but each part had a practical "final exam". For dancing, we had to dance in a pair with someone of the opposite sex. The dance was set in stone (so everyone knows the same one, to make finding a partner easier). A fun thing is, while most girls in my class disliked me, they all picked me as their "grading partner" cuz I was surprisingly good at it. Then they were dancing with other guys for them to earn a mark. For singing, you had to basically select a song (there was a list of songs in both our native language, and English, and you could take your own song if you informed your teacher about it beforehand) and sing it to the class. For playing an instrument, we had a piano at school, so most people learned that, but if you had your own different instrument, that worked too (You also had to inform the teacher about it) And for Audio editing, you had to use Audacity to record yourself reading a poem, remove noise from your recording, and then add some background music, make it louder before you started, make the music "dodge" your voice, maybe change the pitch in a few spots, and have it fade out at the end. I really enjoyed our music classes.

[@senseisecurityschool9337]

Too bad it's now illegal for primary school students to use Audacity. That's in their terms because they collect information about users and send it to their servers, which is illegal to do if the user is under 13.

[@GeorgisTrying]

"I carved that pumpkin." This man cannot be stopped

[@NicuMihai]

This is amazing!!! Ive been using Audacity for the last 6 years. I used it to record the audio of over 200 videos for my channel. Im really looking forward to the future of this piece of amazing software. It has a huge potential to grow into the greatest free recording software of all time

[@dudleybarker2273]

a sort of free version of AbletonLive, as it were - i've been using Audacity since the time you could only get it on a CD in a magazine, and it has consistently beaten just about anything and everything out there. it hasn't fallen over once, not matter how hard i've pushed it, and i can only imagine that under the guiding hand of @Tantacrul it will become more user-friendly and intuitive - can't wait

[@Cobalt985]

Yes!! I'm super excited. One of the most widely used pieces of free/libre software is about to get way better and I can't wait.

[@PiotrBarcz]

Isn't it already the greatest audio program of all time?

[@dudleybarker2273]

@@PiotrBarcz yeah but... Tantacrul... :D

[@progenitor_amborella]

So long as there’s no tracking or advertisement in the program, absolutely! Not every app needs to talk to the internet, aside from checking for updates.

[@Sidicas]

The fact that it's so intuitive, select, copy, paste, insert. Is what makes it so that pretty much anybody can pick it up and start using it. One of the things I love moved about Audacity and why I still support the project.

[@venahtmusic]

Next video: "I'm now a UI designer for Reaper"

[@anothercrappypianist]

I think Satan would skate to work on that day.

[@QuickQuips]

Omg. That would be amazing. I'd love to see an interview with Tantacrul and the developers of Winamp.

[@cupcakegirljen7]

I never thought I would learn that Tantacrul would make a video on a DAW program I frequently use now. Especially that he's now closely involved in its development. If you're reading this, Tantacrul, you're a freaking madman. And I love it.

[@SilverStar555]

This video aged well until it didn't but we trust you save audacity please

[@8kcompression770]

trust him? ur funny

[@adamandom]

"Our program is so cool it can afford to be audacious" First order of business is to make that the new tagline.

[@KingBobXVI]

The new old tagline :P

[@henatatorplays]

12:54 “I carved that pumpkin” CHILLS

[@patrickmarkduffy8286]

Audacity has one of the more accessible FFT analysis tools going (plot spectrum). It provides a really solid introduction for people looking to visualize sound in a new way, record voice overs/music, analyse sounds, conduct research, mess around with plugins. Great stuff.

[@bobbob8543]

legit do think it's brand recognition that makes audacity so popular. ppl loved it when it first came out and spread it aorund through word of mouth. i used it in middle school and i still use it in university because i remember it and how easy it is to use

[@thatanimeweirdo]

I personally love that it is easy to use and opens up almost immediately

[@dcurry7287]

@@thatanimeweirdo I feel like that instant gratification, even on not great hardware, is a big part. I've had the luck to work stage production on some very large shows and at the best of times name-dropping a software will provoke friendly discussion, at the worst it will end with someone cussing out someone else's favorite piece of gear lol. But everyone's who heard of Audacity reacts like a cute dog just wandered on stage "Ayyyy, yeah! Audacity!". I've heard so many variations "Dude, you know you can do that in Audacity?!"

[@christiancaballero6716]

can y'all imagine how simply beautiful a Tantacrul x DankPods collab would be

[@cescimes]

oh gosh...

[@eidrag]

oh my puckcell...

[@_mossy_8520]

oh my word...

[@Youchubeswindon]

AA... AAA... AAAA!

[@chatboss000]

terrible. Their best common ground would literally just be listening to music.

[@DanStormVO]

I use Audacity for my voice over work, and seeing implementation for a non-destructive workflow is fantastic. Also, having support for 64-bit plugins and just having a 64-bit version for Windows would be nice

[@loihertz8161]

a year later: i became the prime minister of education for real

[@artstsym]

As someone who's drawn up multiple "foolproof" audacity guides for their podcast partners, I salute you.

[@thomaszedderman]

"Have you seen the Audacity pumpkin?" "Yes, oh god, it's terrifying." "...I carved that pumpkin."

[@LinuxForEveryone]

"We're now planning on significantly improving the feature set and ease-of-use of Audacity, providing dedicated designers and developers to give it the attention it deserves." This makes my entire month. Thank you! I've been using Audacity for podcasting since 2004.

[@Richard.Atkinson]

Audacity is so successful because it is free but still somehow easier and better than many of the expensive alternatives.

[@UNSCPILOT]

100%, and at least unlike the (old) Blender UI, the current Audacity UI is at least useable by novices, exciting to see it get modernized for sure though

[@ab-bx4xz]

I can't belive he had the audacity

[@DarkSharingan21]

Underrated.

[@franciscoarana3735]

To me Audacity is the audio equivalent of a photo editor. I used it in elementary school to blend together some songs for my sister's dancing presentation and it was dead simple: select, fade in, select, fade out, repeat.

[@DrewTNaylor]

Every year, Tantacrul's reach intensifies. This makes us happy. Here on KZbin, we are happy.

[@Asymmetrization]

omg no way was that a callback to his corporate music vid, if so, good reference

[@DrewTNaylor]

Ike Dukie It was.

[@Asymmetrization]

@@DrewTNaylor hahhaa nice

[@josephzeigler6853]

His tentacles gripping everything

[@maiguris5407]

12:21 Mom! look!, my icon its in the Tantacrul´s Audacity video! (the square BigSur look-a-like icon) :D

[@stevenharder308]

I don't think a KZbin notification has ever affected my mood in such a positive way before.

[@sksthrowaway2270]

I thought this was an April Fool’s video but then I remembered that it ended 29 days ago

[@Robot257onlinehue]

Tentacrul 1 year later: I'm now the CEO of FL Studio

[@NebulonRanger]

Maybe then he could make gol fix some of his weird design decisions LMAO

[@milkywaydotmoe]

@@NebulonRanger Just dont take out fruity dance. DONT TAKE OUT FRUITY DANCEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@GuiSmith]

@@milkywaydotmoe Fruity Dance is a feature, you don't remove features to make a nicer UI!

[@kirascene]

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[@TheWorldWideWebTheSqueakuel2]

Yes! I've wanted non-destructive effects since forever! That is the only feature that I think should have been made like 5 years ago; I'm still amazed at how it hasn't been implemented yet!

[@cherrybomb6852]

Damn. I wish this level of collaboration between businesses and creatives was more common in other industries.

[@YukonHexsun]

I love Paul Licameli's way of speaking. He sounds like he would make a great professor, KZbinr, or a speaker in general. He just seems friendly, either he really enjoys his work with Audacity, or he's just one of those cool people who's fascinated with the world. Imagine him voicing a nature documentary. Heck, he could even integrate Audacity into that by editing the sounds creatures make to show interesting results. I would watch a 30 minute video of him analyzing the call of a creatures to try and determine the size and shape of their vocal tract, and noting general trends in that behavior across various kinds of animals. Dang, now I want to see if that video exists.

[@Atezian]

7:35 You really got to give it to Tantacrul. There's never been another time when someone in charge of design for a company actually calls out the company on its software's strange quirks (random janky easter-eggs). I don't expect this kind of level headedness and honesty from a youtube channel. It's fresh.

[@LordMegatherium]

It's an unfortunate truth that FOSS is often lacking in the UI/UX space. Makes kinda sense because it's an entirely different discipline than software engineering even though both fields care about good design. Knowing that Tantacrul is now at the helm just makes me smile because he gives a shit and knows some shit.

[@UNSCPILOT]

I'll probably keep an old install of Audacity around as a memento, but I can't wait to see the new UI

[@MiguelCarvalhoMusic]

I’m just here waiting for Tantacrul to be in charge of Sibelius’ design

[@xolagix]

Quit Sibelius

[@Diveji]

I was hoping for UX revamp to Audacity for years. And I can't think of a better person to lead it than you, sir. That's some really awesome news

[@dudders1371]

Paul Licemeli is ridiculously cool. Wishing him the best of luck in his mission to touch the spectrum.

[@captianbubble]

Audacity was my first recording software ever used! I am very happy for you for being in charge of this amazing audacity app! Free and open source are awesome! And I’m still going to use audacity from time to time.

[@Solinaru]

Next year: "I'm now in charge of syllabus and reached max level"

[@ollie-d]

The comedy/editing genius of Paul's pumpkin. "...I carved that pumpkin."

[@adhillA97]

I think that for tradition's sake, we need a roast of Audacity.