What is a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW)

 Introduction 

A Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) is a piece of computer software used for recordingediting and producing audio files.

Audacity session on a screen

DAW’s are used for producing:

  • music
  • songs
  • speech
  • podcasts
  • sound effects

 Versions of DAWs 

Types of different Digital Audio Workstations (DAW’s) include:

 Download Audacity 

We are going to use Audacity which is a freely available DAW that works on both Mac and PC. Visit the Audacity website to now download the software to your computer.

If you need assistance with downloading Audacity, visit their website help section.