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Not everyone who enjoys creating their own mixed music sounds is a full-fledged DJ. On the other hand, you don’t always have to be stuck with the versions that Ares Galaxy provides for you. Often even the most simple ideas can be enhanced by using the cool options that the Audacity download provides. So what exactly could you use it for?

Make Grandma a mixed audio birthday greeting that includes your voice, singing one of her favorite oldies
Create your own wild and wacky ringtones instead of paying a company who may have used Audacity to make theirs anyway
Create your own party tunes so that when party time arrives, you aren’t stuck in the DJ booth while everyone else enjoys your hard work, and musical talents
Being a DJ means you have to do anything and everything you can to avoid dead air. Use Audacity to remove those dead spots and keep the party jumping
You can take a pre-recorded live version of any song and remove the cheers, screams, and other unrelated noise to create your own sound booth sounding audio
Create your own listen-while-you-wait tune for your cell phone callers
That isn’t all you can do with Audacity. As a DJ, if you are trying to advertise yourself and your skills in hopes of attaining a higher paying or more enjoyable position, try creating your own DJ demo tape with Audacity. The filter options and settings will give even an extremely novice user the help and skills they need to create audio masterpieces that sound straight out of Hollywood.

In addition, do not forget all of the options Audacity offers. Who is to say that you can’t be the next most skilled DJ of the year? Perhaps even create your own original mix that could be the next top hit. Need another idea? Try creating video game music. There is a hot industry that allows for everyday users to submit original soundtracks to include in up and coming video games.

When you first arrive at a college campus, your wallet is likely to be torn open like a six-year-old’s birthday present. From tuition to housing to books and more, there’s always something more to spend on. Further, you’ll often be expected to purchase and learn a variety of new computer programs. On this last note, the open source community has some tools to help you. When it comes to word processing and other basic document creation, there’s no educational resource quite so powerful as Open Office.

What Is Open Office?

Most of us grew up on either the “Microsoft Office” suite, or at least some variation thereof (Word Perfect, for example). However, these commercial products limit the access to other file types to maintain a “domain.” Not so with Open Office. You can easily open, edit, and even publish to a variety of different document formats.

As an “open source” product, Open Office is also completely free of charge, and it sees rapid, intelligent support from the active open source development community.

Using Open Office for Education

Having Open Office helps the first few days of your higher education by saving you a noticeable amount of money. However, its real advantages can be seen in the following features:

-You can customize your own shortcut keys and commands to quickly repeat common actions in your documents.

-You can create advanced spreadsheets, presentation documents, and richly formatted word documents, helping you on your way to an A.

-You can format your files as any standard format your professors require.

-You can open any file format your professors throw at you.

-You can load the entire program, including your settings and shortcuts, onto a single thumb drive using Open Office Portable.

There are plenty of other features as well, but there’s little doubt that OpenOffice is among the best pieces of modern educational technology currently available.

One day, that could be a reality! Unlike the other big boys in the programming world, open source projects strive to provide value at the best possible cost, absolutely free. As the world at large becomes more aware of this new trend in the application’s arena, their increasing market share will only get larger, faster. Here are a few reasons why you should jump on the open-source band wagon:

The Open Source Community is Inclusive

When was the last time you felt one of the electronic giants really cared about what you wanted? The open source community not only cares what you think, but they actively recruit new members to their projects. If you don’t know how to code in a relevant language, it’s OK. You can always help test a new version or simply give your idea for a new feature.

The Open Source Community is, Well, Open

Could you imagine Microsoft of Apple handing you the source code to one of their products? Unless you have a couple million to spare, it ain’t happening. Anyone can get a copy of any open source code application. Want to change it? No problem. Thinking about bundling it with your product and selling it? Go right ahead!

Get Anything You Need

As the open source movement has become more mature, users have discovered they can find almost anything in the available list of programs. Need something like Microsoft Office? Simply use OpenOffice. Need a great compression and extraction tool for zipped files? The 7 Zip program works better than anything you could buy! If you’re creating multi media files or graphic images, give GIMP, Blender, or Xvid a try! Best of all, open source code programs are created by well-respected companies and developers. According to the rules, each one is spam and virus free.

Why not try an open-source program today?