Instead of Adobe Audition and GarageBand
Recording, editing and mixing audio.
Swap it
Audacity does the editing and Ardour does the mixing. For a podcast, Audacity was always enough.
You lose: GarageBand's instruments and Audition's spectral repair.
Start here
Audacity
Multitrack editing that has not changed much because it did not need to. Ugly, dependable.
github.com/audacity/audacitywww.audacityteam.org/manual/getting-started
One container, no domain needed.
Also worth a look
- Ardour
A real DAW with buses, automation and plugins. Steeper, and worth it for music.
Facts checked 8 November 2026. Licences, activity and archive status come from each project's own repository; the verdict and the cost lines are the desk's.