http://www.nch.com.au/wavepad/
Wavepad is free or you can pay for full version, I have it and i think it is better than audacity, you may as well try it and find out anyway :D
these are the features :
Features
* Sound editing functions include cut, copy, paste, delete, insert, silence, autotrim and more.
* Audio effects include, amplify, normalize, equaliser, envelope, reverb, echo, reverse, sample rate conversion and more.
* Full featured Mp3 editing software support.
* Supports a number of other file formats including wav (multiple codecs) vox, gsm, real audio, au, aif, flac, ogg and many more.
* Batch processing supports up to 32000 files allowing you to apply effects and/or convert your files as a single function.
* Tools include spectral analysis (FFT) and speech synthesis (text-to-speech).
* Recorder supports autotrim and voice activated recording and more.
* Audio restoration features including noise reduction and click pop removal.
* Supports sample rates from 6000 to 96000Hz, stereo or mono, 8, 16, 24 or 32 bits.
* Includes its own CD ripper with 'ultrafast 'rip mode and cddb music database lookup.
* Works directly with MixPad multi-track audio mixing software.
* Links directly to the Express Burn CD Recorder to burn your sound files to CD.
* Edit tracks for the Zulu DJ software.
* Easy to use interface will get you started editing in just minutes.