an easy-to-use, cross-platform multi-track audio editor/recorder

Tenacity is an easy-to-use, cross-platform multi-track audio editor/recorder for Windows, Linux, and other operating systems and is developed by a group of volunteers as open-source software.

Features

Windows Xpqcow2 Direct

To get Windows XP running, you'll typically start with an ISO file and "install" it onto a new QCOW2 disk.

To get started, you will need a Windows XP ISO file and a host system running QEMU/KVM. Linux users often utilize GUI front-ends like to make this process easier, but here is the process via the command line for maximum control. windows xpqcow2

Configuring your Windows XP QCOW2 virtual machine is a relatively straightforward process. Here are a few tips: To get Windows XP running, you'll typically start

| Feature | Benefit for Windows XP VM | |--------|---------------------------| | | Save state before installing legacy software or testing patches | | Thin provisioning | Image grows only as data is written – saves disk space | | Compression | Reduce storage footprint (qcow2 can be compressed) | | Backing files | Create multiple derivative VMs from a base XP install | | Performance | Good balance of features vs speed on modern SSDs | Configuring your Windows XP QCOW2 virtual machine is

Getting started

Pre-packaged builds are available through the releases page on the repository. Tenacity might also be packaged for your software distribution.

Alternatively, you can build Tenacity from source.

Download for Windows, Mac, Linux, and BSD Documentation

Getting help

Our Matrix channel, #tenacity:matrix.org, is our most active communication channel, where you're welcome to ask questions and receive help in real time. You can also check us out on Mastodon for news and events.

For discussions regarding all things Tenacity, you can head on over to our Lemmy community .

Webchat IRC Matrix Mastodon Lemmy

Development

The upstream development repository is found on Codeberg. We maintain a GitHub mirror for accessibility and CI purposes, but pull requests are ignored.

To contribute to Tenacity, please read the contributing guidelines.

Codeberg

Mailing Lists

While most development happens on Codeberg, we also offer SourceHut as an alternative platform to accept code contributions.

Mailing lists

Legacy Versions, Audacium, and Saucedacity

In case you are interested in notable Audacity forks that have since merged with us, and about Tenacity's original codebase, you may visit the link below.

Legacy versions and other forks 
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