Audacity was started in the fall of 1999 by Dominic Mazzoni and Roger Dannenberg at Carnegie Mellon University and was released on May 28, 2000 as version 0.8.
Proiectul Audacity a fost pornit în 1999 de Dominic Mazzoni and Roger Dannenberg la Universitatea Carnegie Mellon și lansat în 28 Mai, 2000 ca versiunea 0.8.