Souping Up Your Audacity

While it seems (at least to me) that Audacity comes with more than enough built-in effects to satisfy the most particular podcaster, you can add even more audio effects by downloading and installing plug-ins. Here's a short list of resources for more plug-ins you can experiment with (or incorporate):

You can start with Audacity’s own plug-in page:

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/plugins

If there is one effect that should come with Audacity but doesn't (aside from the mp3 LAME encoder, of course), it's a plug-in to create a reverb effect. Here's where you can download one:

Here’s one good free plug-in for reverb effects:

http://www.sonicspot.com/freeverb/freeverb.html

And if you really want to trick out your Audacity, here’s a site that describes itself as “…the Internet's number one news and information resource for open standard audio plugins.” (I haven't yet downloaded any plug-ins from this site, however, and can't vouch for their quality or utility):

http://www.kvraudio.com/