Taking a video and audio from your computer screen does not require extra hardware or complex programs. With Movavi Screen Recorder, you can record any screen activity and save it in various video formats. Movavi Screen Recorder is best for recording tutorial video screencasts, gameplay, or even simply a video chat with friends. With a frame rate of up to 60 frames per second, you get stunning, high-quality video. You can select one pre-set mode or personalize settings and save the result to any popular video format.

Key features

• Make simple, lightweight recordings of the on-screen activity to improve efficiency
• Use screenshots to communicate more efficiently – capture an entire screen or snip just a part of it, then edit and send via WhatsApp or email
• Upload your recordings to YouTube and Google Drive right from the app

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Audacity is one of the best voice recorder software for a PC. This open-source application for audio editing and recording has gained a cultic following. There are no bells and whistles, but it works and is free. You can even edit soundbites and news stories using Audacity. Aside from recording audio directly into Audacity, you can edit within the application. You can cut, reduce noise, enhance the quality with auto tune, fade in and out, amplify, and import your audio files.

Key features

• Compatible with external microphones

• Mix, cut, and record live audio

• Pitch, reverb, noise reduction, and tempo effects

• File formats supported include WAV, AIFF, MP3, AU, FLAC, and Ogg Vorbis

Download Audacity

This easy-to-use application edits music, voice, and other audio recordings. For Windows and Mac, this audio editing program combines a full-featured audio and music editor. You can use this software to record voice, music, and other audio files. You can cut, copy, and paste parts of audio files and then apply effects such as echo, amplification, and noise reduction.

Key features

• Compatible with external microphones

• Easily adjust the mic volume and more

• Various editing tools, including cut, copy, paste, compression, pitch shifting, etc.

• Add echo, amplification, reverb, and noise reduction effects

• Supports WAV, MP3, VOX, GSM, and WMA

• It has a library of audio effects

Download WavePad

GarageBand Music Creation Studio is a complete computerized music creation studio right on your Mac – with a comprehensive audio library including instruments, guitar and voice studio, and a massive collection of session percussionists and drummers. You can learn, play, record, create, and share your hits easily with Touch Bar features for the MacBook Pro and its intuitive, modern design. With these features, you can create music like a pro.

Key features

• Using the multi-track music sequencer, you can record multiple audio channels in one song

• The software comes with pre-set technologies that mimic various amplifiers and recording methods

• Uses a MIDI keyboard attached to your computer or your keyboard to control the software instruments

• Using software instruments, you can play synthesizers, pianos, guitars, and choral sounds

Download GarageBand

For a "small" product, the interface is simple but deep and designed competently, attractively, and consistent with the rest of the NCH family of products, creating a pleasant user experience. This app for computers uses any microphone, integrates seamlessly with Windows, and is especially useful with Olympus Foot Switch and Express Scribe Transcriber. With RecordPad, you can record audio on your iPhone or iPad easily. When you need to record something spontaneous, 'voice activates' comes in handy.

Key features

• Records your screen, camera, and audio simultaneously

• Edit audio, video, and recorded clips simultaneously on different tracks

• Simple screen recording and video editing for everyone

• Professional tools allow you to edit recorded clips quickly

• Edit the video like a professional with plentiful templates, stickers, openers, and effects

• Multi-format export to MP4, MOV, MKV, GIF, and sharing to YouTube

• Don't lose the quality of the video when exporting

Download RecordPad

With GoldWave, your computer, laptop, or mobile device becomes a recording studio at your fingertips. You can do everything from recording and editing to advanced audio restoration, enhancement, and conversion. With over 25 million downloads, GoldWave is a popular, trusted program. Users find it easy to use and completely accessible. Besides English, GoldWave supports German, Spanish, French, Chinese, and more!

Key features

• You can record audio from any source, including microphones, line inputs, USB devices, and streaming

• Overwrite audio, copy, paste, mix, and replace

• Features over 100 pre-set and over 40 audio effects

• 15 real-time visuals, including spectrograms, waveforms, envelopes, and the music staff

• Support for foot pedals during playback, excellent for transcription

Download GoldWave

If you are not a professional musician, this singing recording software is one of your best options. There are a lot of features that require some learning and tutorial video watching before you can use them, but once you do, your creativity only limits you. Making your loops and riffs is easy with this program (you can do it with your keyboard, but it's more accessible with a MIDI controller keyboard). With its warping feature, you can add to or change music files of all types.

There aren't that many pre-made sound loops to choose from, but they are the loops and riffs you would definitely use. You can speed them up and slow them down as you please, and they sound pretty decent, just at the slightly lower sound quality.

Key features

• Multi-track recording of MIDI and audio tracks

• The Performance Panel automatically syncs audio and MIDI clips on stage or in the studio

• It contains a collection of over 7500 royalty-free loops and samples. There are twenty-one pristine-sounding virtual instruments, two new samplers, Alpha and Omni, and 57 pro audio effects

• Publish music and videos directly to YouTube, Facebook, SoundCloud, MixCloud, Vimeo, and Twitter with one click

• Easily edit video and still images

• Export your videos to a DVD or upload them to YouTube

Download Mixcraft

The i-Sound technology enables you to record sound from any source, whether it's an inner or outer source, into mainstream sound configurations without requiring another circle space. A straightforward and intuitive interface makes i-Sound Recorder easy to use. It lets you record and edit soundtracks on your PC. You can measure, adjust, and alter the sound coming from MIDI, the Internet, real-time media, circles or games that are currently playing, and the receiver.

i-Sound supports MP3, OGG, WMA, WAV, and APE formats. With advanced options for date and time, span, and rehashing account events, this crucial asset is undoubtedly helpful in planning future account events. With this free voice recording software for a PC, you can make multiple sound files, change their names and boundaries, and more.

Key features

• You can record both the desktop screen and the webcam at the same time

• Professional tools for editing recorded clips

• Multiple templates and effects built-in

• Supports MP4, MOV, MKV, GIF, and other formats

Download i-Sound Recorder

AV Music Morpher Gold makes editing audio and performing DJ tasks as easy as pie. Besides its famous patented vocal Remover and Extractor, this software has a brand-new virtual DJ, new Converter functionality, a multi-track recorder, editor, and many other powerful features. You can remix songs, add sound FX, adjust channels, EQ, or any of the hundreds of included studio-quality effects in the DJ module. Using the Converter module, you can convert multi-format audio files.

With version 5.0, the Morphers and Advanced modules we merged have introduced a new compact player mode. Program developers claim the application can transform any PC into a full-fledged production studio, allowing users to make funky hip-hop, DJ remixes, and pop songs.

Key features

• Converts audio data from MP3 or WMA to WAV or from OGG, APE, AIF, IRC, NIST, AU, and more

• Ripper tool

• Digital audio recorder

• Cover editor

• Adding sound effects

• Burner tool

Download AV Music Morpher Gold

Here's another free vocal recording software that's great for musicians. Ardour is more focused on enhancing recorded speech, unlike GarageBand, a complete musical workstation for both voice and music. It offers an intuitive interface with a host of features that enhance recorded audio quality. The recording window allows you to cut, stretch, or split your audio easily.

Besides voice activated recording, you can also use Ardour for audio editing. To mix audio and get creative with your recordings, you can import MIDI files and audio from the free sound database or your computer hard drive.

Key features

• Add-ons and plug-ins abound

• Records multi-tracks

• Audio editing

Download Ardour

In the same vein as Apple's GarageBand, Avid Pro Tools is an excellent audio workstation that allows budding musicians to make their music with limited investment in musical instruments. A remarkable feature of this app is that it will enable you to create and broadcast music while recording audio.

Recording and composing are much easier with the tool's comprehensive user interface. It allows for cloud collaboration, meaning that you can now work with other artists to create music together via the Internet.

MIDI editing, musical pre-sets, loop recording, and auxiliary tracks round out the various features you can use to experiment and create amazing music.

Key features

• Non-destructive editing

• Track presets

• MIDI editor

• Input monitoring

• Sound effects

Download Avid Pro Tools

Zynewave Podium is a free, full-featured computer voice recorder tailored to the needs of Windows users. With this powerful audio recorder, you can capture and edit sound, MIDI, and even use VST effects and instruments. You can also apply any custom sound effects you wish to your recordings. As long as you download and install this software, you can use it without registering.

Key features

• User-friendly interface

• Support different audio effects

• No registration needed

Download Zynewave Podium