Let's say you have an audio file out of which you want to crop a small portion, that you can further use it as your new ring tone.

Or that you have a favorite song with a silence portion at the beginning or the end, and wish to remove it in order to reduce its size.

What do you do?

If you are not very experienced in the multimedia environment, or if you simply don't have enough time at your disposal to play with professional software, then try Audacity.

Audacity is one the most easy-to-use software ever developed on our market that is used for audio editing.

With this tool you can combine your favorite songs, add special effects, and have a modest try at DJ-ing when you're in charge of the music for some party.

The user-friendly interface of Audacity lets you record and play audio files, as well as import and export MP3, WAV and AIFF files.

Features include cropping, generating silence, tone or white noise, adding a bass boost, fade in or fade out, cross fade in or cross fade out, an equalizer, inverting, removing noise, repeating, reversing, and many many others.

After you get the results you want at top quality, export the file as a MP3, WAV or AIFF, and then play it on your iPhone, or share it online with your friends.

To sum it up, if you're looking for an easy, fast and efficient audio editing tool, then Audacity may be your perfect fit.