Audacity is a freeware application that will run on Windows, Mac or Linux. It may not be the best looking app in the world but it is a true multitrack audio recorder and has pro-style filters in it to "clean up" audio effectively. If you plan on doing spoken-word recordings (such as for a podcast) and don’t have the cash for fancy microphones or...

Some people have noted that the voice quality in the videos I produce for PCMech and in personal music recordings I make that have sought-after "FM sound" to them, which loosely translates to "sounds like the dee jay I hear on FM radio". If you’re the type that records audio and are looking for that particular sound, it’s actually...