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The Story Behind Audacity

Tantacrul · 516.6K views · 2021-04-30 · 15:21

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Overview

Tantacrul tells the story of Audacity, the widely used free audio editor, and announces his involvement in the project. It includes an interview with the original developers and a look at the software's usability.

On Hacker News

HN recommends it during the Muse Group acquisition controversy for its funny, pragmatic take on usability and open source stewardship.

Recommended by 3 HN people across 1 months · HN mentions 2021–2023

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dkdbejwi383 · 2021-05 · Recommendation

Tantacrul who has been working with Muse Score for a while now to improve their UX will also be working on Audacity. They also plan to hire some full time devs. Source: [VIDEO] Well worth watching his other videos too, even if you don’t use musical notation software. Funny and insightful commentary on software usability in general.

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meowface · 2021-05 · Recommendation

If anyone's curious, here are Tantacrul's entertaining videos on MuseScore and designing MuseScore's new font, and the Audacity video from yesterday: [LINK] [LINK] [VIDEO]

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sitkack · 2021-05 · Recommendation

This is excellent news! Looking forward to the lens of Tantacrul being applied to Audacity the way it was to MuseScore. Wow, non destructive stackable VST effects [VIDEO] The levity and the pragmatic focus make a great combination.

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