# Credits

### From Audacity Manual

## Brief History

Audacity was started in 1999 by Dominic Mazzoni while he was a graduate student at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA (USA). He was working on a research project with his advisor, Professor Roger Dannenberg, and they needed a tool that would let them visualize audio analysis algorithms. Over time, this program developed into a general audio editor, and other people started helping out.

Today, Audacity is developed using SourceForge, an online resource that allows people around the world to collaborate on free software projects. Dozens of people have contributed to Audacity, and progress is continually accelerating.

## The Manual

The previous Manual for Audacity 1.2 was written by Tony Oetzmann, with major contributions by Dominic Mazzoni. The current Manual builds on that work and has significant contributions by the following:

- Dominic Mazzoni
- Scott Granneman
- Tony Oetzmann
- Matt Brubeck
- Gale Andrews
- Richard Ash
- Leland Lucius
- James Crook
- Christian Brochrec
- Alexandre Prokoudine

Dominic is the current Audacity project leader. For a list of all past and present contributors to the Audacity project and for personal contact information, please visit the Credits page on our main website.

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