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Audacity v3.4 released, Nov 2
We are excited to announce Audacity 3.4, which adds the following features:
  • Beats and measures grid: You can now easily align your audio clips to the musical tempo and rhythm of your project. The grid shows you the subdivisions of each measure depending on your zoom level, and you can snap your clips to the nearest beat.
  • Time stretching: You can now change the duration of your audio clips without affecting their pitch non-destructively. Audacity 3.4 uses a new time stretching algorithm specifically made for music, which outperforms many of the commercially available options.
  • New exporter: You now have all options for exporting in a single window, including advanced options for 5.1 exporting. The exporter now features the native file browser, giving you access to all your bookmarked folders.
 

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Audacity 3.4.2 was released on 16 Nov 2023​


This is a hotfix release. It fixes the following issues:
  • #5568 Fix a crash when opening projects with zero-length clips.
  • #5032 When exporting a file, the sample rate of the tracks is now considered, and last-used sample rate is remembered.
  • #5555 Copy-pasting now pastes into audio again by default. This can be changed via Preferences -> Track Behavior -> Always paste audio as new clips.
  • #5549 Mix and render now also resets the gain for the resulting track.
  • #5571 Fix clips shifting to the right when effects are applied to them.
  • #5106 Fix clicks occurring when overdubbing a project with muted tracks.
  • #5533 Fix files being exported without a file extension in rare cases.
  • #5539 Show all sample rates possible for MP2 exports.
  • #5518 Fix pasting into labels.
  • #5543 Fix a crash when clearing loops.
  • #5529 Fix copying when "select all audio if selection required" is enabled.
  • #5598 #5552 Fix GTK detection and compilation for wxWidgets 3.2.4.
  • #5551 Fix Nyquist-related crashes.
  • #5604 Fix EQs in macros.
  • #5511 Fix a crash when closing Audacity.
  • #5476 Fix builds on armhf.
 

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The Audacity audio software program now includes new OpenVINO AI effects for users on Windows. The new features include Noise Suppression and Transcription useful for podcasts, and Music Generation, Music Style Remix, and Music Separation, useful for music.

OpenVINO (Open Visual Inference and Neural network Optimization) is a toolkit that Intel released that allows deep learning models to run locally on Intel hardware. Each of these new features that leverage OpenVINO use AI that runs directly on your hardware.

Official announcement: Audacity ® | Introducing OpenVINO AI effects for Audacity
 

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Audacity 3.6​

Major changes​

  • Master effects
    Audacity now features master effects. Master effects are effects which apply to the entire project at once. More information can be found at Using master effects & realtime effects.
  • New compressor and limiter
    A new compressor and limiter has been added, replacing the previous versions. A gain reduction history has been added to these effects when they're used as a realtime effect.
    Factory Presets suitable for a wide range of use cases for these effects have been provided by Vladislav Isaev and Marek Iwaszkiewicz, available via the Presets & Settings button.
  • New themes
    Audacity now features new and improved dark and light themes. You can switch between themes via Preferences -> Interface. The theme previously used still is around as the Classic theme, and themes even older than that can be optionally installed as custom themes from here.
    Updated instructions on creating custom themes can be found here.
  • Increased performance
    Audacity is now quite a bit snappier than before, especially when working on larger projects and on larger screens.
 

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Audacity 3.6.1​

This is a hotfix release. It fixes the following bugs:
  • #6889 Fixed a crash when exporting multichannel audio.
  • #6882 Fixed a crash when pasting mono clips into stereo tracks.
  • #4763 (Accessibility) Made more values available when using the plain UI of plugins. (Thanks, David Bailes!)
  • #6855 Prevented incompatible versions from opening projects created in 3.6.x.
  • #6892 Fixed the dark theme sometimes having white corners in buttons.
 

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Audacity 3.6.2​

This is a patch release. It adds a "Legacy" effects section containing the old Limiter, Compressor and Classic Filters.
It also fixes the following bugs:
  • #6995 Fixed a hang after undoing.
  • #6912 Fixed the zero line going missing.
  • #6927 Fixed envelope appearance for clips offset from 0.
  • #6955 Fixed Audacity turning white on some systems.
  • #6857 Fixed the pitch indicator disappearing on Linux when hitting double digits.
  • #6941 Fixed cutting not putting clips into the clipboard.
  • #6926 Fixed pasting sometimes resetting the clip name.
  • #6751 Fixed the track header UI breaking when resizing channels in a stereo track.
  • #6847, #6846 Fixed LV2 plugin detection on macOS and Windows.
  • #3679 Fixed Labeled Audio operations.
  • #6924, #6989 Fixed Cloud projects sometimes not opening.
  • #7060 Fixed a bug regarding stereo-to-mono splitting.
  • #7055 Fixed a bug causing tracks with master effects sometimes only exporting silence.
  • #7025, #7133 Fixed multi-channel OGG and Wavpack import.
  • #7018 Fixed a crash after recording long sessions.
  • #7126 Fixed a crash when failing to load a cloud project.
  • #7093 Fixed Audacity maxing out the CPU when minimized.
  • #7124 Fixed the "editing clips can move other clips" preference desynchronizing multiple tracks.
Other changes:
  • #6736 The time track range now is a single dialog.
  • #6929 Reverted the behavior of selection change when importing a clip to the previous behavior.

 

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Audacity 3.6.4​

Changes in version 3.6.4​

This is a patch release. It fixes the following bugs:
  • #7310 Fixed another crash when exiting Audacity. (Thanks, Joe Souza!)
  • #7312 Fixed projects not being compacted on close.
 

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Audacity 3.7.0​

Changes in version 3.7.0​

The 3.7.x series is primarily maintenance releases while we're working on Audacity 4.0. 3.7.0 fixes the following bugs:
  • #6233, #7397, #6900 Improved Linux compatibility.
  • #6702 Improved contrast in the light theme.
  • #7008 MP3 exports: Renamed "Insane" to "Excessive".
  • #7570, #7452 Improved non-standard character handling for cloud saving.
  • #7486 Renamed "Split cut/delete" to "Cut/delete and leave gap".
  • #7293 Pasting clips no longer moves clips on other tracks if "editing clips can move other clips" is enabled.
  • #7312, #7382 Fixed database compacting not working properly sometimes.
  • #6851 Improved startup speed on systems with many audio devices.
  • #7186 Multi view: Fixed the hitbox of the x being misaligned with the visuals. (Thanks, Kurtsley)
  • #7468 macOS: Fixed VST presets path.
  • #7571 Adding, removing, replacing and reordering of effects now is undoable.
  • #7573 Closing a project upon turning a realtime effect stack on and off doesn't crash Audacity anymore.
  • #7610 Canceling a stereo track mid-operation no longer crashes Audacity.
  • #7385 Importing Opus files using libopus no longer shifts the audio data.

 

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