You’ve got to hand it to open source developers. They code, and code, and code, often thanklessly, honing their chops and churning out some really cool software. I recently produced a Gabcast as a way of introducing myself to the open-source multitrack recorder Audacity, and I came away more than a little bit disappointed. Editing was clunkier than N-Track Studio (Windows shareware), I couldn’t figure out how to flatten (raw mixdown) the tracks I’d recorded, and the interface wasn’t nearly as polished as Apple’s incredible Garageband (part of a $90 bundle, Mac OS X only). Not wanting to be unfair, I’m going to fart around with Audacity some more and give you my thoughts as I get more used to it.