List of significant changes and bug fixes going back to version 1.1.0
Changes in version 3.2.4
This is a hotfix release. It fixes the following bug:
* #4057 Fixed the meters not retaining size
Changes in version 3.2.3
This is a patch release for Audacity 3.2. It adds ability to share audio publicly and fixes some bugs.
* #3884 Audio can now be shared publicly on audio.com
* #4040 Fixed the screenshot tool
* #4019 Selecting audio no longer marks the project as changed
* #3693 A new toolbar with cut/copy/paste buttons has been added
* #3216 Plain UI for VST3 plugins no longer show MIDI CC parameters
* #2620 The effects sidebar no longer can fill the entire screen
Changes in version 3.2.2
This is a patch release for Audacity 3.2. It enables use of VST2 as realtime effects and fixes some bugs.
* #2850 VST2 effects are now realtime capable.
Additional plugins have been added to plugins.audacityteam.org
* #3696 Improved accessibility of the meters
* #3769 Fixed a crash when editing some macro parameters
* #3792 Fixed some play commands getting stuck in play mode
* #3670 Audacity no longer quietly discards changes in realtime effects but instead asks if you want to save before quitting
* #3838 Plugin scanning now lets you skip individual plugins if scanning gets stuck on them
* #3980 Plugin scanning no longer produces "Audacity crashed" windows when a plugin fails validation,
and no longer shows the plugins in the macOS dock during validation
* #3883 Fixed an issue with labels losing focus on macOS Ventura
* Fixed various plugin-specific issues
Changes in version 3.2.1
This is a patch release. It fixes some bugs and has minor improvements.
* #3686 Fixed Audacity crashing on startup on some systems.
* #3694 Fixed a crash when applying Waves Berzerk Distortion Mono to a mono track
* #3699 Fixed a freeze when very quickly starting and stopping playback.
* #3747 macOS: Homebrew FFmpeg installs are now found automatically
* #3594 macOS: Fixed Melda VST Plugin UI
* #3474 Building with VST3 support is now possible without Conan.
Changes in version 3.2.0
This version adds realtime effects and VST3.
Prominent changes
* Added a new Effects button to the tracks menu, allowing you to place realtime effects.
Further information can be found can be found on https://support.audacityteam.org/audio-editing/using-realtime-effects
* Merged the mixer bar with the meter bars.
* Added a new Audio Setup button, replacing the Device Toolbar by default. The device toolbar can be re-added via the View > Toolbars menu.
* The Effects menu has gotten a new sorting. Other sorting and grouping options can be found in the Effects preferences.
* Updated the icons.
* Added a quick audio sharing feature.
More info can be found on https://support.audacityteam.org/basics/sharing-audio-online
Plugin changes
You can find plugins on https://plugins.audacityteam.org
* VST3 effects are now supported.
* The following plugin formats are now realtime capable: VST3, LV2, LADSPA, Audio Units.
* Plugins now automatically get scanned, tested and enabled when Audacity starts.
System changes
* Apple Silicon (arm64) is now supported on macOS
Note: When using an arm64 Audacity, you must use arm64 versions of FFMPEG and plugins. Plugins for x86-64 (Intel macs) will not load.
For the time being, Audacity will continue to download x86-64 versions by default to avoid these incompatibilities,
but you can download an arm64 version from Github releases: https://github.com/audacity/audacity/releases
* FFMPEG 5.0 (avformat 59) is now supported, in addition to avformat 55, 57 and 58
* Added support for Wavpack
* On Linux, Audacity can now be compiled without JACK present.
* Audacity now uses XDG directories on Linux.
Note: If you are upgrading from a previous version, Audacity will keep using the ~/.audacity-data and ~/.audacity folders until you delete them.
* Switched from mad to mpg123 as MP3 importer
License update
* Audacity binaries are now licensed under the GNU General Public License, Version 3.
Most code files remain GPLv2-or-later, but VST3 support required this license update.
More information can be found in the announcement post: https://github.com/audacity/audacity/discussions/2142
Removals
* Removed the Zoom Tool. You can use the zoom buttons or Ctrl+Scroll (macOS: Cmd+Scroll) to zoom instead.
* The Audacity Manual HTML pages are no longer included in the installation.
If you require offline access of the manual, you can download it here: https://github.com/audacity/audacity-manual/releases
You also can download PDFs of https://support.audacityteam.org straight from its sidebar (or the three-dot button on mobile devices).
Fixed bugs:
* #3079 Fixed Audacity sometimes not being able to import MP3 files (or reporting Huffman Data Overruns)
* #2590 Fixed rare data loss bug when placing labels during recording
* #2272 Fixed clip titles being able to disappear off-screen when editing them
* #2162 Fixed Punch and Roll not paying tracks in sync
* #1889 Fixed clip titles changing name when applying some effects
* #1624 During batch processing, Audacity will no longer stop to ask for a sample rate when an unsupported one is chosen, but choose the nearest supported one instead.
* #2265 Fixed mod-script-pipe not being installed on Linux
* #3571 Fixed GTK packaging in Appimages. This fixes various issues with icons, dropdowns and similar things not appearing properly.
* #3634 Improved M4A/AAC support. Previously the target bitrate was not honored at all,
now it can be set between 98 and 160 kbit/s (mono) or 196 and 320 kbit/s (stereo). The UI does not yet reflect these limits.
Changes in version 3.1.3
This is a patch release. It improves the following aspects:
Improved performance. Loading in projects especially should now be up to 50x faster compared to 3.1.0. #2121 #2087 #2065 #2267
Added snap guides when resizing clips #2066
Added new shortcuts for looping: Shift+L for "Set Loop to Selection", Shift+Alt+L for "Clear Looping Region" #2209
Added a new selection region indicator in the timeline (identical in function as the one found pre-3.1, but with updated visuals) #2067
Changed error messages to look less like a crash report #2178
Re-added the Quick Play indicator (green triangle and line) that got lost during 3.1.0 development #2122
Fixed Play-at-speed not updating the playback speed dynamically #2149
Fixed looping regions being created unintentionally when attempting to use Timeline Quick Play #2182
Fixed looping sometimes playing the wrong audio #2103
Fixed a bug that could cause data-loss when joining multiple clips #2226
Fixed scrub preview visibility #2294
Fixed a bug when trying to locate FFMPEG manually #2282
Fixed a glitch with Loop Playback #2314
Fixed a crash and a macOS-specific bug when renaming sync-locked clips using a dialog box. #2199, #2198
Fixed a crash when releasing a clip handle #2147
Fixed a freeze when closing Audacity with the logging window open #2114
Fixed a crash when loading a saved project using certain compilers #2216
Fixed a crash on paste after running macros #2021
Fixed a crash when cancelling a nyquist prompt #2239
Changes in version 3.1.2:
This is a hotfix release. It fixes the following bugs:
Fixed UTF8 support in clip titles #2135
Fixed data loss when joining clips #2123
Fixed a crash with exporting resampled tracks #2136
Fixed a crash when opening projects with very small double values #2128
Changes in version 3.1.1:
This is a hotfix release. It fixes the following bugs:
* Fixed FFMPEG imports only importing the left channel #2046
* Improved Audacity's performance when many clips are present
* Fixed a crash with detach at silences #2072
* Fixed clip name corruption when applying effects to adjacent clips #1889
* Fixed a crash with the time shift commands #2061
* Fixed custom themes not working #2043
Changes in version 3.1.0:
This release introduces clip handles, smart clips and playback looping as its major new features.
Smaller changes:
* Context menus have been added in more places.
* In the preferences, Tracks > Track behaviors > Editing a clip can move other clips is now disabled by default
* The spectrogram defaults have been changed: scale type to Mel (was Linear), top of scale to 20000 Hz (was 8000 Hz), window size to 2048 (was 1024), and zero padding to 2 (was 1).
* The main volume controls no longer change the system volume.
* Raw Import now will remember the previously used settings. Automatic detection of the format now is a button.
* A journaling feature has been added for QA purposes.
* Generate > Tone now supports triangle waves.
* There now exist "What's new" screens for the update and welcome dialogs.
* Timeline Quick Play for regions and locked regions have been replaced by playback looping.0
* The shortcut to rename labels and clip names has temporarily been hardcoded to Ctrl+F2.
* This conflicts with the default xfce shortcut to change workspaces.
Library changes:
* FFMPEG now supports avformat 55, 57 and 58.
* PortAudio has been updated to version 19.7 and devendored (so it can be built against 19.6).
* Several libraries (expat, libsndfile, ...) have been devendored. The CMakeLists.txt lists which versions we build against.
Fixed Bugs:
There are some 50 issues closed labeled as bug. Among them:
* AppImages support localization. #1382
* Progress bars for Nyquist generators have been made more accurate. #1856
* Rhythm tracks can no longer drift off-time by 2ms over 9 minutes; they're now sample-accurate. #1853
* The play button has regained a pixel or two to become a triangle once more. #1792
* Auto Duck has been made way more accurate and should no longer miss sections above the threshold. #1389
* The manual now only is included in the executable once #1917
* Shift-clicking a menu item no longer opens the settings menu #1358
* FFMPEG no longer segfaults ALSA #1170
* Audacity no longer crashes when macros output directory is set to C:\ #1174
* A bouncing ball of death problem has been fixed #1312
Changes in version 3.0.5:
This is a hotfix release that fixes a bug on macOS that could corrupt project files when being opened via cmd+o on languages where the decimal separator wasn't a dot. (#1571)
Changes in version 3.0.4:
This is a hotfix release. Fixed a bug with envelope points, which could multiply uncontrollably and cause Audacity to crash. In particular:
#1476: Envelope points are multiplied when using Filter Curve EQ or Graphic EQ
#1477: Filter Curve EQ will crash if there is an envelope point outside of the selection
(bug numbers now refer to Github issues and no longer bugzilla bugs)
Changes in version 3.0.3:
Windows version is now 64-bit
(Note: 32-bit plug-ins will not work on 64-bit Audacity)
A 32-bit build of 3.0.3 remains available for download
Improved default spectrogram colors
We now provide an official binary for Linux in the form of an AppImage
Update checking: Audacity can now check to see if there is a newer version available (this is disabled by default on self-compiled builds)
Error reporting: this is a new dialog where users can choose to send us the details of a serious error
Multiple bugs fixed, including:
P1 2754 - Change Tempo & Pitch and Sliding Stretch with selected audio in negative time crash Audacity on windows (error on Mac)
P1 2772 - Audacity crashes after failing to open corrupt project
P1 2793 - AUP3 projects fail to compact if project's path contains a single-quote
P1 2803 - Audacity unresponsive after 'Fit to Height'
P1 2805 - Audacity fails to export metadata with MP3 files
Changes in version 3.0.2:
3.0.2 fixes over 30 bugs, mostly conconcerned about the new aup3 files, as well as unicode support. Additionally, the Manage Macros dialog got updated.
Bug Fixes include
2708 Nyquist effects fail silently with One hour plus stereo
2706 Win: Vocal Reduction and Isolation most options fail
2698 Noise Gate fails silently if "hold" is non-zero
2720 Cannot open project that's in a read only folder - error message vague
2710 Compressor with audio before T=0 crashes Audacity
2703 Mac: EGAT preview dialog is hidden behind the EGAT dialog
2707 Opened projects not being removed from "audacity.cfg"
2697 Linux: AUP3 projects use incorrect char size on "differently" configured wxWidgets
2718 Failed to execute a project file command (on server)
Version 3.0.1 was skipped.
Changes in version 3.0.0:
Improvements
* Audacity now uses 'aup3' format, with all audio in one file, rather than
the previous 'pile of file' format. We are using the SQLite library to
manageis the contents of this file. Too many users were previously getting
caught out by copying part of the project only, when backing up.
* 'Backup Project' command replaces 'Save Lossless Copy of Project' and 'Save
Compressed Copy of Project'
* Added Corsican and Marathi languages.
* 'Label Sounds' replaces 'Sound Finder' and 'Silence Finder'.
* Added Import and Export of Macros.
* Added Attack, Hold and Delay times to Noise Gate.
* Added Multi-View option to Track Preferences
* Added hidden (bindable to shortcuts) commands for repeating last generator,
analyzer or tool. Previously only most recent effect could be repeated.
* Upgraded Nyquist to 3.16
See also: https://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/New_features_in_Audacity_3.0.0
Bug Fixes
Over 160 bugs in 2.4.2 fixed, including:
* 208 - Some effects (including equalization effects) delete Envelope Control
Points, or do not move them when timeline changes
* 2367 - Change Pitch effect may create spurious clip at end
* 2492 - Linux: Crash when applying or previewing Sliding Stretch effect on
stereo track
* 2544 - "Editing a clip can move other clips" turned off can cause corruption
when copying and pasting audio
* 2630 - A project saved with an imported MP3 with Unicode metadata cannot be
opened
* 2656 - Cannot horizontal scroll when paused in Play-at-Speed
* 2669 - Win: Save As can be used to overwrite the existing project without
warning
* 1300 - Mac: COMMAND + V paste limitations in standard file save dialogs
* 1579 - Mac: Cut/Copy from file save dialogs using shortcuts does not work
* 2187 - No error/warning message when using a missing aliased audio file
* 2296 - There is no Import or Export for Macros
* 2464 - Cannot drag just the selected audio and label with Time Shift Tool
* 2437 - Mac: "Open with" fails when Audacity is running
* 2473 - Linux: Numbers on meters have opaque backgrounds
* 2487 - Playback meters do not respond during preview of non-real-time effects
* 2491 - Reset Configuration does not reset Extended Import preferences
* 2509 - Filter curve and Graphic EQ help links are broken in release version
* 2527 - Reset Configuration does not reset Project rate or selection timers
* 2573 - High / Low Pass filters limited to ~94 mins stereo at 44100 Hz
* 2581 - Inconsistent behavior when pasting and not enough room
* 2593 - Play-at-Speed does not play unless you have used normal Play first
* 2616 - Labelled Audio Cut and Delete disabled by Sync-Lock
See also: https://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Release_Notes_3.0.0
Changes in version 2.4.2:
Improvements
* Audacity is now built with (our version of) the wx3.1.3 library.
Previously we used wx3.1.1.
* We added a command 'Reset Configuration' to reset to default
settings.
* MP3 Audio is now exported without padding.
See also: https://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/New_features_in_Audacity_2.4.2
Bug Fixes
Over 30 bugs in 2.4.1 fixed, including:
* 2442 - Windows: Crash when importing (or editing) to a disk
with insufficient disk space available
* 2471 - Mix Stereo down to Mono fails if space at start of track.
* 2439 - Mix and Render to New Track selects left channel of new
stereo track
Changes in version 2.4.1:
Critical Bug Fix:
* Audacity 2.4.0 was released with a critical bug, (Bug 2436),
which is fixed in 2.4.1. The bug caused loss of data when using two projects at the same time.
Improvements
* Audacity now runs on Mac Catalina.
* A new Time Toolbar showing current record/playback time has been
split from the Selection Toolbar. It can be resized large.
* Presets for more effects can be imported and exported.
* A new Multi-View mode for tracks. In this mode both
spectrogram and waveform views are shown at the same time.
* Opus available as a new audio export format on Windows and Linux.
* Easier to convert labels between point labels and range labels.
* New Loudness Normalization effect.
* New RMS measurement analyzer.
* New Noise Gate effect.
* New Spectral Delete effect.
See also: https://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/New_features_in_Audacity_2.4.1
Bug Fixes
Over 100 bugs in 2.3.3 fixed, including:
* 2237 - Equalization effects have no Import or Export for curves
* 2261 - Graphic EQ sliders have no frequency labels
* 2265 - Track heights are reset to default on project re-opening
* 2303 - Playback does not start at the saved cursor position on reopening a saved project.
* 2314 - Zoom in fail when playing
Changes in version 2.3.3:
Improvements
* Equalization effect now split into two effects, Filter Curve and Graphic EQ.
* Presets (using manage button) now active/working.
* Can now have two points at same frequency for steep steps.
* 'What you hear is what you get' for exports. Formerly the solo button
preferences could lead to differences in which tracks were exported.
* Leading silence (blank space) not skipped over in exports.
* Quality setting on AAC/M4A exports.
* Some confusing functionality removed (better achieved in other ways)
* Removed Nyquist Workbench (use built-in nyquist features)
* Removed Vocal Remover (use Vocal Reduction)
* Removed On-Demand aliased files (copy files instead)
* Removed 'Normalize on Load' (Normalize as needed on export, instead)
Bug Fixes
Over 150 bugs in 2.3.2 fixed, including:
* 2112 - Crash when opening Equalization settings in a Macro
* 2127 - Crash deleting a track while in Record/Pause state
* 2176 - Crash when attempting to time shift multiple tracks
* 2141 - Tabbing between labels stopped working
* 2200 - Refusal to export some large (4GB) files on size grounds
Changes in version 2.3.2:
Improvements
* Audacity now includes the LAME mp3 encoder. Previously, due to now expired
patents, you had to download it separately.
* There is a new 'Select' button in the track panel to select the whole
track.
* Audacity mod-script-pipe for driving Audacity from Python now comes with
Audacity and can be enabled via preferences.
* Options and preferences:
* Type to Create a Label is now off by default.
* A plug-in installer for Nyquist now provides a file browser for
selecting '.NY' files to install.
Bug Fixes
Over 20 bugs in 2.3.1 fixed, including:
* Audacity 2.3.1 would crash if append-recording to a collapsed track.
* Many accessibility bugs on macOS fixed
Changes in version 2.3.1:
Improvements
* Audacity now supports 64 bit Mac.
* Options and preferences:
* Microfades are now an opt-in feature. They were always on in 2.3.0.
* The advanced vertical zooming option is now available in the
View->Zoom menu.
* Regular interval labels now support range labels.
Bug Fixes
Over 20 bugs in 2.3.0 fixed, including:
* A crashing bug on Linux that made Audacity 2.3.0. unsuitable for Linux.
* Crash on Mac when right clicking on label.
* Problems with Change Pitch, including not remembering parameter values.
Changes in version 2.3.0:
Improvements
* New feature - "Punch and Roll Recording".
* Pinned-play-head can now be repositioned by dragging
* Play-at-Speed now can be adjusted whilst playing.
* Toolbars controlling volume and speed can now be resized for greater
precision
* Macros (formerly 'Chains') substantially extended
* New Macro palette
* Macros can be bound to keyboard keys
* New commands
* New 'Tools' menu
* New 'Scriptables' commands
* Nyquist gains AUD-DO command
* Nyquist effects are now translatable and translated
* More dialogs have help buttons now
* Increased legibility of trackname display
* Half-wave option for collapsed tracks
* Sliding Stretch
* Dialog (option) for entering labels
Bug Fixes
Over 90 bugs in 2.2.2 fixed, including:
* Windows: Queen Mary 1.7.1 Vamp plug-ins crash Audacity on opening
Plug-in Manager - bug #1244
* Inconsistent behavior when recording with a selection defined - bug #1839
* Ctrl + M does not open label for editing - bug #1852
* Vertical Zoom in by clicking in the vertical Scale, or context menu, in
waveform views is inconsistent - bug #1810
* Deletion of all tracks cannot be undone - bug #1845
* Timer Record with a selection present can get a truncated recording with
data loss - bug #1851
* Duplicate shortcuts can be created - bug #1786
* Labels longer than 260 characters are now supported - bug #1905
* Using Spectrogram Settings in TCP or using Preferences causes Audacity
to reset Project Rate to default rate in Quality Preferences - bug #1977
* Cut Preview should play all selected/sync-locked tracks, respecting
Mute/Solo during preview - bug #231
Changes in version 2.2.2:
Improvements
* Dropout detection
Dropout detection is controlled from a setting in Recording Preferences
called "Detect dropouts".
When this setting is "on" (default setting) Audacity will detect dropouts
(brief gaps in the recording) and will insert zeroes into the recording
to keep the other good parts synchronized. These silent spans will make
the dropouts more obvious, but keep the duration of the recording correct.
When recording stops, a Warning message box alerts the user and a label track,
called "Dropouts", is added showing the lost parts, labeled with consecutive numbers.
* Improved horizontal zooming
For this release we have improved the way zooming using your mouse wheel
works and provided a new Zoom Toggle function.
* Improved vertical zooming
We have added a context menu to the vertical scale to control vertical zooming
Previous vertical zooming methods (left-click in the vertical ruler, left-drag
in the vertical ruler) remain available by selecting "Advanced Vertical Zooming"
in Track Behaviors Preferences.
* "Extra" menu
The "Ext-Bar" and "Ext-Command" menus have been consolidated into the "Extra" menu.
* Theme tweaks
The appearance and/or contrast of a few icons has been improved.
* Easier access to changing key bindings for shortcuts
For menu commands that are enabled (not grayed-out) if you hold the Shift key
and click on the sub-menu item, instead of executing the command the Keyboard
Preferences pop open at the chosen command. You can then change that (or any
other) shortcut binding.
* Language selection in Preferences
Interface Preferences has been upgraded so when selecting languages the proper
spelling of these languages is shown with accented and special characters.
Bug Fixes
* Multiple use of "Save As" to the existing open project can result in data
corruption/loss
* Crash undoing during record, using Discard button of History window
* Exporting audio in compressed formats to device with insufficient space produces
inconsistent/truncated results
* In Export Multiple, Cancel does not remove the file that is in progress when
Cancel is chosen
* Unicode page encodings fixed ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
* Crash using SBSMS pitch change at low sample rate
* (Mac) Equalization: "Telephone" curve displays a flat line, no sound on Preview
* Toolbars: open undocked if previously not shown, unless Reset Toolbars first
* Analysis effects that create labels should give focus to label track
* Control value may be out of range when using FloatingPointValidator
* Analysis effects produce false indication that a label is open for editing
* Import Uncompressed File Dialog Incorrect Reference to Menu Item
* Wave Color not grayed out in TCP dropdown menu when in Spectrogram view
* Hover indication on note track channel toggle appears on all tracks (when
they rerender)
* Installer has old logo for 2.2.1 and 2.2.0
* Un-muting with a single track unnecessarily activates the Solo button
* Applying chain to file should zoom-to-fit
Changes in version 2.2.1:
Improvements
* Waveform colorways
You can optionally change the colorway of the waveforms displayed in your project.
The setting is per track and not per project so you can have multiple colorways
in the same project.
* "Save Other" reverts to "Export" in the File menu
When we made the menu changes for 2.2.0 we introduced an entry into the File menu
called "Save Other" which led to a sub-menu for exporting various audio formats.
Many users were confused by this change and found it hard to find where they could
export audio from. So for 2.2.1 we have changed that menu entry to be File > Export.
Bug Fixes
* Release 2.2.1 was mainly a maintenance release.
Soon after the release of 2.2.0 we discovered some problematical bugs in Audacity:
Bug #1767 - Opening a second project from Mac's Finder produces a second
inaccessible instance of Audacity
Bug #1770 - Crash applying certain chain files
Bug #1783 - Preview fails when selection extends before zero
Bug #1787 - Auto-scroll stopped working in 2.2.0
Bug #1765 - Using File > Open to import audio gives wrong zoom level
and no scroll bar slider
Changes in version 2.2.0:
* Four Selectable themes provided, with new 'Light' theme as default,
plus option to customize
* Many menu changes:
* Menus Reorganized
* Extended menu bar provided
* New keyboard commands for working with clips
* Help buttons ? in Preferences, Effects, Generators and Analyzers - and
other places
* Non-Greying out of effects when no selection (and explanatory dialog
with help button)
* Playback of MIDI (and Allegro) files imported into Note Tracks is
now available.
* 'Center' option in Selection Toolbar
* Stem plots
* Major overhaul to documentation/manual including many new images and
streamlined text on landing pages for in-program help.
Other Changes
* Append-record is now the default (use Shift + Record for old behavior,
to record on a new track)
* The Esc key now cancels all click-and-drag actions. It also chooses among
overlapping mouse click targets, which is especially useful in the Multi-Tool.
* Sync-Lock button removed (use menu item or keyboard shortcut instead)
* New preferences and preference pages
* Overhaul of much code:
* Overhaul of envelope handling code to deal with some anomalies
* Overhaul of exception handling for greater safety
* New Logo
Bug Fixes
* Major work on bug fixing. 198 bugs that were in 2.1.3 were fixed for 2.2.0.
* The most serious bug fixed this time round was bug 437 which was
about what happens when Audacity is recording and runs out of storage.
* Most of the bugs fixed were more minor, such as bug 463 which was
about a case in which the numbering on the timeline could display
incorrect times.
Changes in version 2.1.3:
* Interface:
* (macOS) Support for horizontal scroll on Magic Mouse / Trackpad and for
Trackpad pinch/expand zoom gestures.
* Pinned option on waveform makes waveform move and recording/playing head
stay still.
* Timer Record options to save/export/exit after recording.
* Scrub Ruler and optional Scrub Toolbar.
* New shortcuts ALT+RIGHT and ALT+LEFT (move to labels without editing).
* Effects:
* Effects no longer grayed out when paused.
* New Distortion effect (replaces Leveller).
* SBSMS (higher quality but slower) option on Change Tempo / Change Pitch
effects.
* New Rhythm Track generator (replaces Click Track).
* New Generator for Sample Data Import.
* Nyquist effects now significantly faster.
* Other Changes:
* Upgraded the PortAudio library to v19 rev r1966. This gives Audacity
Windows 10 support.
* (Windows) DirectSound now records 24-bit samples.
* (macOS) Audacity.app now has its resources inside it rather than in a
separate folder, so installation to /Applications/ is cleaner.
* (macOS) Audacity 2.1.3 provides partial support for Sierra. Details at
http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Partial_Support_for_Mac_Sierra_in_2.1.3 .
Bug fixes:
Over 60 bugs fixed, including five longstanding bugs.
Changes in version 2.1.2:
* Interface:
* Spectrogram settings are now available per track.
* Clearer (sharper) display of pitch (EAC).
* New 'Spectral Reassignment' option in spectrogram. Good for vocal work.
* Other Changes:
* Upgraded the wxWidgets library from wx 2.8.12 to wx 3.0.2. This is
the main change in this release.
Bug fixes:
* Crashes
* Crash using 'space' in Selection toolbar context menu fixed.
* Crash setting equalization effect parameters in chains fixed.
* Crash when pressing both mouse buttons over toolbar buttons fixed.
* (Rare) crash or freeze in sound activated recording fixed.
* (Rare) crash on using plot spectrum for first time fixed.
* Interface
* Equalization effect settings are now saved.
* Oversized Export Options window (FFmpeg) now OK on smaller screens
* FLAC import/export fast again.
* Can now set undefined frequency in Spectral Selection bar.
* Imported presets on custom FFmpeg export fixed.
* Text input boxes working with VAMP
* Keyboard playback commands now work again.
* Import Raw Data now works when in Polish language.
* Mac OS X
* Mouse preference bindings now show 'command', not 'ctrl'
Changes in version 2.1.1:
* Effects:
* Built in effects now support presets.
* New Limiter effect replaces Hard Limiter effect.
* New Crossfade Clips effect to apply a simple crossfade to a selected
pair of clips in a single audio track.
* Can now add/remove effects from Generate and Effects menus.
* New version of Vocal Removal Effect.
* Classic Filters' now included as an opt-in effect.
* Interface:
* Much faster editing with larger projects, thanks to a faster method
for storing the autosave recovery file.
* Performance improvements for Draw Tool and zooming of Spectrogram views.
* Zero-padding Spectrograms Preference smooths the image for short
window sizes.
* Scrubbing and Seeking, including backwards play.
* Quick-Play from Timeline enhancements, particularly for looping.
* (Windows) Language of Audacity user interface is now set in installer.
* More VI usability enhancements for track focus & navigation.
* Other Changes:
* Upgraded to Nyquist 3.0.9 and libflac 1.3.1.
* Upgraded LV2 libs, LV2 GUIs on Linux, LV2 factory Presets.
* Crash report integration.
* Modules can be enabled in Preferences. Mod-nyq-bench available as an
experimental module (but not in the default download).
Bug fixes:
* Crashes
* Crash using Undo while dragging sample points
* Crash using File > Close on project window when Screenshot Tools was
open.
* FFmpeg Custom Export: Crashes importing presets.
* (OS X) Crash closing Track Gain or Pan adjustment box.
* (OS X) Crash closing project window between save project dialogues
* (Linux) TAL VST (but not other VST's) crashed if previewing built-in
effect
* (Linux) SPACE could not be used/could crash in context menus that have
a checkbox.
* Interface
* LV2 effects did not use parameters when using Chains.
* Built in Generators were not usable in Chains.
* Plot Spectrum could not change values without losing focus.
* Track dropdown menu settings could affect other tracks.
* Slight mismatch of vertical scale with linear spectrogram view.
* RTP effect Play/Stop button remained deactivated after built-in preview
ended.
* Contrast: "Move forward or backward through active windows" did not
refocus Contrast.
* LADSPA and LV2 generate plug-ins failed when white space selected.
* Mac OS X
* Confusing behaviour importing / exporting AU presets. In particular,
Apple Audio Units silently applied an imported preset.
Changes in version 2.1.0:
* Effects:
* LADSPA, VST and Audio Unit (OS X) effects now support real-time preview,
save/load of user presets and saving effect settings across sessions.
Note: Real-time preview does not yet support latency compensation.
* VST effects now support import/export of FXB preset banks.
* Shell VST effects that host multiple plugins are now supported.
* All Effect Menu items (built-in or plugin) can now be used in a Chain.
* Items in the Effect, Generate or Analyze Menus can be sorted or grouped
by name, publisher or class of effect.
* Noise Removal is improved and renamed to "Noise Reduction".
* Change Speed has new time controls for current and new length. You can
now enter the speed change as a multiplier e.g. "2" is twice as fast.
* New "Crossfade Tracks" effect can be used for crossfading two tracks.
This replaces Cross Fade In and Cross Fade Out.
* Nyquist Prompt and most shipped Nyquist effects now have Preview button.
* Interface:
* Redesigned Meter Toolbars: The default shows separate Record and Playback
Meters, half-height so they can be wider while docked, in gradient style.
* A frequency selection can now be made (and spectral edit effects applied
to those frequencies) when in a spectrogram view. You can also create
or adjust frequency selections in a new "Spectral Selection Toolbar"
(available at View > Toolbars).
* Transcription Toolbar (Play-at-speed) can now loop play and cut-preview.
* Timer Record now saves recordings automatically into an existing project.
* New Armenian translation.
Bug fixes:
* Interface:
* Typing "j" or "k" in a label track activated the "move cursor" shortcut.
* Spectrogram log (f) view displayed incorrectly until vertically zoomed.
* Fixed crash after zooming out on vertical scale beyond +/-1.0.
* Selections made with Selection Toolbar were not restored after Undo.
* Undo could fail silently if a selection included/touched a clip boundary.
* Imports and Exports
* If there were invalid FFmpeg libs in system PATH this prevented Audacity
recognising the installed FFmpeg or the FFmpeg specified in audacity.cfg.
* Mac OS X:
* Fix uninitialized buffer - this should correct playback buzz or crackle
where the upper of multiple tracks started with or contained white space.
* Device names were corrupted when using system language other than English.
* Fixed crashes using (external program).
* Waves v9 Audio Units should now work correctly.
* GNU/Linux:
* Fix "Audacity already running" error when using the command-line or
context menu to open multiple or further files.
* Fix segfault exporting an FFmpeg format to an unwritable folder.
* Fix silent failure exporting FFmpeg, MP2 or OGG to an unwritable folder.
* Fix ENTER activated an effect when OK button was greyed out.
* Operating system and sound device support:
* (Windows) Audacity 2.1.0 requires Windows XP SP3 (32-bit) or XP SP2
(64-bit), Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 or 8.1.
* (Windows) Audacity is now compiled using Visual Studio 2013.
* (Windows) Recording with WASAPI host now includes experimental support
for physical inputs (up to 24-bit depth) as well as loopback recording.
* (OS X) 10.10 (Yosemite) is now supported including Apple Audio Units.
* Please report any issues with WASAPI recording/playback or Yosemite
to http://www.audacityteam.org/contact/#feedback .
* (Linux Ubuntu) Under Unity, keyboard shortcuts are not visible in the
Audacity menus. Keyboard shortcuts are visible if you install the classic
GNOME Flashback interface or under Unity if you open Audacity with the
UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=0 environment variable. Audacity compiled from source
will ship with src/audacity.desktop.in set to UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=0 but it
will remain up to distributions to use this desktop file.
Changes in version 2.0.6:
* Interface:
* Redesigned, searchable Keyboard Preferences with Tree, Name and Key views.
* Edit Menu: "Cut" and "Delete" are now in the top level of the menu.
* Transport Menu now includes "Play/Stop" and "Play/Stop and Set Cursor"
(use Keyboard Preferences to create shortcuts for "Play" and "Stop").
* Tracks Menu now includes "Mix and Render to New Track".
* Track Drop-Down Menu now has Move Track To Top and Move Track To Bottom.
* New right-click menu choice "Delete Label" to remove single labels.
* "Snap To" now offers choice of snap to the "closest" or "prior" position.
Note: the previous "Snap To On" keyboard shortcut will no longer work.
* "Snap To" settings are now independent for each project.
* Effects:
* Truncate Silence: redesigned with simpler option "Truncate Detected
Silence" to shorten to the specified length without compressing silence.
* VST effects: New "Settings" dialog lets you specify buffer size (for
faster processing) and enable buffer delay compensation (to prevent
inserted silence). Compensation may cause a crash in a few plug-ins.
* VST effects now support standard FXP presets.
* LV2 effects are now supported on all platforms (textual interface only).
* Import or export using FFmpeg now requires FFmpeg 1.2 or later (or libav
0.8 or later). For recommended downloads of recent FFmpeg please visit:
http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/faq_installation_and_plug_ins.html#ffdown .
* New Tamil translation (largely complete).
* (Windows) FLAC exports can now exceed 2 GB in size.
* (OS X) Easier Audacity installation using the DMG: drag the Audacity folder
to the /Applications shortcut.
* (OS X) Audacity 2.0.6 will not officially support OS X 10.10 Yosemite when
released (in particular, Apple Audio Units may not open in Audacity).
* (Linux) Self-compiled builds of Audacity now search for system LADSPA
effects in /usr/lib/ladspa.
Bug fixes:
* Interface:
* Region Restore did not restore the region after using Preferences.
* Dragging selections with the keyboard or Selection Toolbar digits
was very slow.
* (Windows) Help > About Audacity crashed when run in Magyar language.
* (OS X) Some full and reduced Menu Bar items were not translated.
* (OS X and Linux) Fixed various interface crashes.
* Effects:
* Reverb and Paulstretch were missing from Chains.
* Analyze > Contrast could report very inaccurate rms levels.
* Noise Removal: Attack and decay times were half as long as set.
* (OS X and Linux) Nyquist effects ran much more slowly than on Windows.
* Click or drag on the Timeline after Loop Play continued to loop.
* Transcription Toolbar did not play slower than 0.1x speed.
* (Linux) Audacity did not build if python 2 was not available.
* Projects did not reopen correctly if they contained tracks having
2^31 samples or greater of audio (just over 13.5 hours at 44100 Hz).
Changes in version 2.0.5:
* Tracks Menu:
* The separate commands that aligned track start or end with the cursor or
with selection start are combined into "Cursor/Selection Start" commands.
* "Align and Move Cursor" renamed to "Move Selection when Aligning".
* Label Tracks:
* Labels Editor now allows empty labels to be saved on closing the editor.
* TAB and SHIFT+TAB when the label track has focus now always move forwards
or backwards respectively to the nearest label.
* (Windows) On a very few machines, the Windows WDM-KS low latency audio host
introduced in Audacity 2.0.4 caused Audacity to hang or the computer to
crash. WDM-KS has been removed from 2.0.5 until it can be safely enabled.
* (Windows and OS X) Screen reader improvements for Install VST Effects dialog.
* (OS X) Audio Unit plug-ins detected by Audacity on launch are now not loaded
until chosen from the Effect menu. This should speed up launch and avoid
crashes at launch due to misbehaving Audio Units.
* (Linux) Update to PortAudio r1910 fixes memory and other bugs under ALSA.
* (Linux) Applied fix for wxGTK 2.8.12 bug which resulted in loss of Audacity's
menu bar (or visual corruption under Unity) on Debian-based systems.
Bug fixes:
* Shaped dither was corrupted and too loud on all stereo exports except FLAC.
* Keyboard Preferences: some Edit and Align commands for different sub-menus
showed the same name.
* Recordings stopped with "Stop and Set Cursor" shortcut could not be undone.
* In locales that use comma for decimal separator:
* Text boxes with slider in Nyquist effects only produced whole numbers
when using comma to enter a fractional number. Text boxes without
slider still have this problem.
* Built-in generators produced silence after running a Nyquist effect.
* (Windows) When first changing to Windows WASAPI host, the input volume slider
in Mixer Toolbar was enabled when it should have been permanently disabled.
* (Windows) On some machines, launching Audacity then recording from the current
Device Toolbar input would not record until the input was reselected.
* (OS X) Frequent crashes occurred on importing audio files on some machines.
* (OS X) Files did not open using Finder "Open with", double-clicking the
file or dragging the file to the Audacity icon.
* (Linux 64-bit) Fixed a crash when using Equalization.
* (Linux) It was not possible to open an effect or other dialog then navigate
through the dialog using TAB.
* (Linux) The Play shortcut did not play a read-directly WAV, AIFF or FLAC
import if the warning for importing uncompressed files appeared.
Changes in version 2.0.4:
* New "Reverb" effect to replace GVerb, based on the original "Freeverb".
* New View > Go to Selection Start and Go to Selection End commands.
* New "Align End to End" command to append existing tracks to each other.
* Change Tempo now supports fractional BPM.
* Plot Spectrum now supports FFT sizes up to 65536.
* WAV files now support "Album Title", "Track Number" and "Genre" LIST INFO
tags and also support ID3 tags.
* Handle a bug in older iPods or some OS X applications that cause them to
refuse AIFF files whose metadata contains an uneven number of characters,
* (Windows) Added support for "Windows WDM-KS" host which can provide very
low latencies if you reduce "Audio to Buffer" in Recording Preferences.
* (Windows Vista and later) You can now record computer playback by choosing
the new "Windows WASAPI" host in Device Toolbar then a "loopback" input.
* (Windows and Mac OS X): VST scanning dialog now replaced with a dialog
for choosing which VST effects to load.
* (Linux) CTRL + ALT can now be used to smooth samples in Draw Tool.
* Modules Preferences replaced with a dialog on launch of Audacity
enabling you to choose which modules to load.
Bug fixes:
* Keyboard Preferences: Shortcuts for Generators, Effects and Analyzers
were not exported. All imported shortcut changes were discarded.
* Equalization curves were corrupted in Graphic EQ mode after switching
to/from Draw Curves or after running the effect then reopening it.
* Change Pitch displayed corrupted values when reducing pitch or editing
"from" Frequency. Detection was very inaccurate at high sample rates.
* Bass Boost no longer clips if the track contains 32-bit audio.
* Auto Duck was excessively slow on older machines.
* (Windows) Exported MP3 comments tags were not seen by Windows programs.
* (Windows and OS X) Audacity crashed if you used system quit before
file import was complete.
* (Linux) Equalization crashed Audacity if the XML file was corrupted.
* (Linux) When configuring effect parameters in "Edit Chains", "Preview"
(not intended to be functional) caused a crash.
* (Linux) LICENSE.txt and README.txt were wrongly installed in
/usr/local/share/doc instead of /usr/local/share/doc/audacity/ .
* Accessibility: ENTER did not toggle selectedness of a label track unless
a label was selected.
* Numerous other interface fixes.
Changes in version 2.0.3:
* The SoX Resampler library (libsoxr) has replaced libresample in
Audacity releases, offering both higher quality and greater speed. .
* Time Tracks new features:
* "Set Range" now changes only the range of the Time Track,
preserving the pitch/speed set by any existing warp points.
* Vertical scale added with options for linear and logarithmic
display and interpolation.
* Upper and lower speed limits will now be remembered when saving
and reopening a project in 2.0.3. Warp points in projects saved
by previous Audacity versions will be correctly restored in 2.0.3.
* Warp points saved in a 2.0.3 project will be preserved if opened
in previous versions but playback and display will be incorrect.
* New effects:
* Studio Fade Out (uses a filtered "S" curve).
* Adjustable Fade (accessible effect for creating partial fades
and adjustable fade shapes).
* Bass and Treble (replaces Bass Boost).
* Real sample rates up to 384000 Hz are now supported for playback
and recording in high resolution devices (the maximum is up to
192000 Hz for Windows DirectSound host).
* Labeled Regions in Edit Menu is renamed to "Labeled Audio" and now
allows splits to be placed at point labels. Labeled audio regions
that touch without overlapping are treated as separate regions.
Overlapping labeled audio regions are treated as a single region.
* Compilation: cmake is required in order to build libsoxr.
* New Croatian translation of Audacity.
Bug fixes:
* Crash using Undo whilst time-shifting a track.
* Crash using Repair if the selection extended into an empty track.
* Export Multiple didn't prevent export if there was no audio or
all audio was muted. This allowed export of small invalid files.
* Time Track:
* Loop Play of a speeded-up track inserted silence.
* Playback and rendering was significantly inaccurate, creating
audible and visual glitches.
* Accessibility:
* The mnemonics character "&" was read out by screen readers in
most of the Preferences choices.
* NVDA did not read static text in most dialogs. Text can now be
read by using INSERT + B.
* JAWS and Window-eyes misread the "Duration" control in Silence
Generator.
* Toolbar buttons could not be pressed by ENTER
* Other interface bug fixes.
Changes in version 2.0.2:
* Duration controls when generating at a point now default to
hh:mm:ss + milliseconds format. Selection Toolbar also defaults
to that format on first installation or resetting preferences.
* Toolbars visual improvements:
* "Snap To" in Selection Toolbar now has an explanatory tooltip.
* Device Toolbar tooltips now display the selected device.
* Increased default width of Device Toolbar and Meter Toolbar.
* Improvements and some bug fixes to Nyquist effects, including:
* Delay (new option to prevent duration change)
* Sample Data Export (new "L-R on Same Line" layout option)
* Risset Drum (new "Amplitude" slider).
* Importing a labels file writes the file name to the name of the
Label Track, and exporting a labels file offers the name of the
last Label Track in the project.
* Removed the "Audio cache" option from Directories Preferences
due to frequent crash reports. All data operations will now
be written to disk and not to RAM.
* Removed the FFmpeg "On-Demand" option from Libraries Preferences
(this fixes Audacity not building if configured --without-ffmpeg).
* Compilation: Progress on making the Modules feature mainstream.
Modules can now be individually enabled and disabled in Preferences.
Bug fixes:
* Interface:
* "Retain labels" Interface Preference did not retain labels for
a region that snapped exactly to both label edges.
* Projects did not save the track selected state.
* (OS X, Linux) Timer Record: Interlinking of the Start, End and
Duration controls was broken.
* (Windows) JAWS screen-reader did not read the "Draw curves" and
"Graphic EQ" radio buttons in Equalization correctly.
* Envelopes and Clips:
* Exporting (or any render operation) on a track containing
split lines could create clicks at the split lines.
* Dragging a clip into another track caused a crash if Sync-Lock
Tracks was enabled and there was also a label track.
* Effects and Analysis:
* Normalize could crash if the track name contained "%".
Changes in version 2.0.1:
* Shortcuts can now be added in Keyboard Preferences to items in the
Generate, Effect or Analyze menus, including user-added plug-ins.
* Nyquist Effect plug-ins can now be added to Chains.
* New "Paulstretch" effect for extreme slowdown without pitch change.
* New "Sample Data Export" Analyze effect for exporting a file
containing amplitude values for each sample in the selection.
* New Preference (off by default) to import files On-Demand (without
seek ability) when using the optional FFmpeg library.
* New Preference (off by default) to retain labels when deleting a
selection that snaps to the label without extending past it.
* (Windows installer) New option to reset Preferences on next launch.
* (Mac) Audacity now has excellent compatibility with the VoiceOver
screen reader. For details, please see:
http://manual.audacityteam.org/help/manual/man/accessibility.html#mac .
* CleanSpeech Mode (no longer supported) will not now be enabled
even if it was enabled by an earlier version of Audacity.
* Added Serbian (Latin and Cyrillic) translations.
Bug fixes:
* Interface:
* Selection Toolbar: a value for the previous whole second
displayed if the value was close to a whole second.
* Finding zero crossings could cause the selection to expand into
white space at either side of the clip.
* Clips did not drag to another track if mouse was over a selection.
* Mixer Board: Rendering four tracks resulted in a redundant Track
Strip followed by a crash.
* Imports, Exports and Files:
* Exporting to WAV or AIFF led to a "Libsndfile says" error or
corrupted output due to order of metadata in imported files.
* (Mac) Fixed crashes importing MP3 files on PPC machines.
* (Linux Ubuntu) .Aup files could not be associated with Audacity
(they opened in the web browser instead).
* Effects and Analysis:
* Normalize: Fixed issues where normalization could be to wrong
value if applied with DC offset correction, or if applied to
"read-directly" WAV and AIFF files before On-Demand completed.
* Sliding Time Scale: fixed an audible discontinuity at the
beginning of the processed selection; fixed a serious quality
problem on Linux 64-bit.
* Other miscellaneous bug fixes, including fix to prevent zooming
with mouse wheel or ball scrolling the content off-screen.
Changes between version 1.3.14 Beta and 2.0.0:
* New Interface preference to show the track name in the display (this
is off by default).
* Longer default Playback preference for effects preview and preview
before cut.
* Restored use of Page Up and Page Down to scroll horizontally.
Bug fixes:
* Interface:
* Fixed playback speed and synchronization problems when dragging
clips or tracks between tracks having different sample rates.
* (Windows) Removed a crash risk where shortcuts could be
used to record or import in one project while importing or
exporting in another.
* Imports and Exports:
* Fixed crashes when changing the sample format of read-directly WAV
or AIFF files using the Track Drop-Down Menu.
* Fixed a crash importing MP3 files that had duplicate metadata tags
(this is a bug in current libsndfile which has been patched in
Audacity; MP3 files mislabeled as WAV which have duplicate tags
will still crash Audacity on Linux if Audacity has been compiled
against an affected version of system libsndfile).
* Fixed an issue where excessively high or corrupted sample values in
the audio could corrupt exports from the start of the problem for
the rest of the file, and could corrupt the rest of the project.
* (Linux) Fixed Audacity could not be compiled against FFmpeg
0.7.x and 0.8.x.
* Effects and Analysis:
* Fixed crash on launch when using "Ambisonic Decoders (PC)" VST
plug-ins and other plug-ins that enable additional floating point
exceptions.
* Fixed Plot Spectrum background could be transparent on some machines.
* Bug fixes for Click Track, High Pass, Low Pass and Vocal Remover.
* Chirp, Tone and Silence generators now remember their settings.
* Other miscellaneous bug fixes.
Summary of bug fixes and new features between 1.2.6 and 2.0.0:
* New features: There are dozens of new features in 2.0.0, including:
* Many effects significantly improved, especially Equalization, Noise
Removal and Normalize. Vocal Remover now included plus GVerb on
Windows and Mac. VAMP analysis plug-ins now supported.
* Improved label tracks with Sync-Lock Tracks feature in the Tracks Menu.
Multiple clips per track. Tracks and selections can be fully
manipulated using the keyboard. Many more keyboard shortcuts.
* New Device Toolbar to manage inputs and outputs. Timer Record feature.
New Mixer Board view with per-track VU meters.
* Automatic Crash Recovery in the event of abnormal program termination.
* Fast "On-Demand" import of WAV/AIFF files if read directly from source.
FLAC now fully supported. Added support for optional FFmpeg library
for import/export of AC3/M4A/WMA and import of audio from video files.
Please visit http://www.audacityteam.org/about/features/ for a full
list of features in 2.0.0. You can click Help > Manual (in web browser)
in the program to read more.
* Bug Fixes:
* Labels now accept lower case "z".
* (Windows Vista/7) Pressing Stop after recording could cause a crash.
* (Mac OS X) Fixed shortcut keys activating when typing in file open or
save windows.
* (Mac OS X) Audacity 2.0.0 fully supports Unicode, which fixes an
issue where Audacity could not work with folders having non-English
characters in their name.
* (Linux) Playing existing tracks while recording in mono could cause
recordings to be distorted or low-pitched.
Changes in version 1.3.14 Beta:
* Normalize: Faster processing and improved interface. Left-right balance
in unsplit stereo tracks is now preserved by default, with a checkbox
option provided to process stereo channels independently.
* Spectrograms now allow window sizes up to 32768 and frequencies up to
half the sample rate (the maximum possible).
* Mix and Render now preserves clip length by not rendering white space
between time zero and first audio, and preserves audio before time zero.
To retain silence before the audio starts, generate silence after render.
* Grouped some Edit Menu items into "Remove Audio" and "Clip Boundaries".
* CleanSpeech Mode removed from Interface Preferences (it still runs if it
was enabled in a previous Audacity but can only be turned off there).
* (OS X) Added support for AudioUnit MusicEffects (but no MIDI support).
* (Linux) Set the per-user files directory per the program name set in
configure.
* (Linux) Changed the default location of the Audacity temporary directory
to be in /var/tmp not /tmp, so preserving the directory between reboots.
Bug fixes:
* Interface:
* Excessive delay occurred when typing into labels in long projects.
* Last digit of TimeText controls could not be manipulated in some formats.
* (Windows, OS X) Play and Record shortcuts did not work after clicking in
Device Toolbar.
* (OS X, Linux) Crash occurred if Toolbars were reset during playback or
recording.
* Imports and Exports:
* MP2 files were not importable without FFmpeg library or an import rule.
* Files that could only be imported using FFmpeg imported as noise with
no error message if FFmpeg was not available.
* Files containing PCM audio but an incorrect extension (such as MP3)
caused a freeze.
* Effects and Analysis:
* An empty command could be added to a Chain which then displayed a
Nyquist error message when run.
* Plot Spectrum didn't preserve signal level if multiple tracks were
analyzed.
* Other bug fixes:
* Audacity has been provisionally fixed so that it can no longer create
block files longer than the sample format or project format allows,
and can no longer delete these, which led to data loss. Any overlong
blocks found are preserved but "orphaned", so will appear as silence.
* Orphan block files were wrongly reported if cutting or copying to
the clipboard then reopening the project in the same session.
* Fixed some crashes and incorrect movement of audio when dragging tracks.
* (Windows) Data loss is now prevented when encountering a corrupted
.aup file created in ANSI builds.
* (Linux) Restore building if USE_PORTMIXER is not defined.
Changes in version 1.3.13 Beta:
* Control Toolbar renamed to Transport Toolbar.
* Device Toolbar (on by default) now contains all input and output device
choices, including host and recording channels. Input/output choices are
no longer in Mixer Toolbar on Windows XP or some older operating systems.
New Transport > Rescan Audio Devices menu item to refresh the device list.
* New "Sync-Lock Tracks" feature (turned on in the Tracks menu) to allow
groups of audio and/or label tracks to retain synchronisation when the
track length changes.
* Equalization: New "Manage Curves" dialog for importing and exporting curves.
* Noise Removal: New "Sensitivity" slider to adjust the noise threshold, and
new option to isolate noise.
* New "Extended Import" Preferences for specifying different importers to
open specific file extensions.
* Improved Automatic Crash Recovery with all project changes autosaved.
* MIDI tracks can be vertically zoomed, time shifted and display bar lines.
Note: the channel selection buttons are not available in 1.3.13.
* (Windows and Linux) The window Close button and other system close or
shutdown commands now quit on closing the last window. File > Close now
always clears to a new, empty project.
* (OS X) Simpler installer with top-level "Audacity" folder.
Bug fixes:
* Interface:
* Cutting or copying from a track at a given sample rate into a track
at another rate resulted in speed-changed audio.
* Generating inside a clip could modify the clip length or create
spurious clips.
* Recorded stereo tracks were only half the height of imported or
generated stereo tracks. Imported stereo files had a "1" appended
to the track name.
* Edit > Region Save did not save the cursor position.
* (Windows) Projects crashed when clicking rapidly inside the interface
or when applying repeated effects towards the end of audio tracks.
* (Windows) Some Unicode characters could not be typed into labels,
or caused a freeze using some input methods.
* (OS X) Crash when quitting an empty project window, or when closing the
main project window while a progress dialog was on screen.
* Numerous other interface fixes including Dependencies dialog,
Keyboard Preferences and spurious lines drawn on waveform.
* Imports and Exports:
* Support added for later versions of the optional FFmpeg library up to
current FFmpeg HEAD. This should significantly improve FFmpeg support
on Linux. FFmpeg downloads for Windows and Mac updated to v0.6. This
fixes mono AAC files importing as stereo, though current 0.5 versions
of FFmpeg will still work.
* Both FFmpeg and LAME should now be properly detected even when other
versions of those libraries exist on the system.
* New warning (on by default) for importing uncompressed audio files.
Better error messages when read-directly uncompressed files are missing.
* Imported ID3v2 metadata tags were removed when exporting without the
Metadata Editor appearing (for example, when using an export command
in Chains). Note: As a result of this fix, ID3v1 tags must now be
written by exporting using (external program) and an installed LAME.
* U-Law/A-Law files with WAV headers now use the standard 18 byte fmt chunk,
so should now be recognised by most telephony applications.
* Variable bit rate MP3s exported using "MP3 Files" were larger than
necessary because using the bit reservoir was disabled.
* (OS X) Files imported from iTunes could create invalid characters in the
.aup project file, causing an error when re-opening the project. Note:
An error "reference to invalid character number" will still occur if
re-opening a project created in previous Betas that contains such
characters. To fix the issue, open a back-up copy of the .aup file in a
text editor, turn off word wrap, then in the line indicated in the error
message, remove the string of characters that starts with &# and ends
with a semi-colon (;).
* Other bug fixes:
* Nyquist effects: fixes for crashes, incorrect slider behaviour and better
support for backslashes, double quotes and Unicode characters.
* (Windows and OS X) Processing of VST effects was substantially slower than
in previous versions of Audacity.
* (OS X 10.5 PPC) A first-time installation of Audacity Beta would hang
on launch if VST effects were detected.
* (Linux) Recordings made with the pulse device crashed or stalled when
using overdub and/or software playthrough.
* (Linux) Play-at-Speed crashed at 0.08 speed or lower if Audacity was
configured with libsamplerate.
Changes in version 1.3.12 Beta:
* A hover tooltip is now provided if the Mixer Toolbar input selector
cannot control the system slider for the selected input.
* More intuitive behavior when moving and resizing labels by dragging
* Support added for importing lists of files (LOF) containing relative
paths
* Export Multiple: new option to use a numerical prefix before existing
label or track names; "Success" dialog now resizable
* New Equalization preset "Inverse RIAA", with new button to invert
other curves
* Timer Record now remembers last scheduled duration
* Meter Toolbar can now be made much narrower, and so more suitable for
vertical orientation
* New Preferences choice for "System" language which is used on first
run instead of asking user to choose language
* Warning now provided if WAV/AIFF exports are not successfully
completed
* (Linux) Improved icon set in compliance with freedesktop.org
Icon Theme Specification 0.6
Bug fixes:
* Imports and Exports:
* AAC files could not be exported at 48000 Hz
* When importing multiple native file formats using FFmpeg, all
files after the first reverted to using the native importer
* FFmpeg custom export window too large on 800 x 600 resolution
monitors
* Projects froze if files imported via On-Demand were no longer
available
* (Linux) WAV/AIFF exports were corrupted if overwriting an aliased
file which had been imported using the command line
* Labels:
* Cutting or deleting a region in the waveform and label track did
not move the labels in advance of the cut
* Incorrect behavior snapping to labels and boundaries when Snep To
was enabled
* Labels can now be reversed if included with the audio selection
* Other bug fixes:
* When using non-English languages, Generate effects truncated the
selected region
* Mice with high-precision scroll-wheels could cause a crash
* Changing recording preferences using the Transport menu did
not update the menu in other open projects
* (Windows 7) Clicking in a file open or save dialog caused files or
folders to disappear from the list, and file filtering was broken
Changes in version 1.3.11 Beta:
* (Windows) Better icon file with higher resolution and transparency
* New SoundFinder plug-in to label regions of audio between silences, so
allowing silences between tracks to be excluded when exporting multiple
Bug fixes:
* Imports and Exports:
* Bug when exporting partial selections caused too much audio to be
exported is fixed.
* Fix corrupt files exported through FFmpeg when metadata included,
(metadata is now exported correctly in M4A files)
* Prevent saving a new Audacity Project over an existing one as this
could corrupt both projects.
* Improved help for files that cannot be imported because the relevant
optional library is missing.
* Effects:
* Allow effects which change the length of the audio they work on to also be
applied to selected label tracks, thus keeping them synchronized.
* Fixed inability in Nyquist plug-ins to add labels to an existing label track
* (Mac) Equalization window was corrupted after Preview
* (Linux 64-bit) Fixed crash Generating Click Track
* Audio Devices:
* Fixed bug causing recording to stop short when the recording sample rate
is not supported by the sound device and libsamplerate is used for
resampling.
* Fix crash when opening Preferences on a machine where there are no
available audio devices.
* Fixes for bugs using Timer Record and Sound Activated Recording
* User Interface:
* Sizes of some dialogs adjusted to ensure they fit on the screen.
* Fix for supposedly "hidden" items appearing on screen with large
monitors.
* Various keyboard shortcut and translation fixes.
* Other bug fixes:
* Several timing-dependent crashes and minor incorrect behaviors have been
fixed
* Windows installer now installs correctly over previous versions of Audacity
Changes in version 1.3.10 Beta:
* Linked audio and label tracks disabled until a future Beta
version so they can be bug fixed
* Input volume slider will be disabled if it doesn't have proper
control of system slider; use the system slider instead
* Proper support for copying/pasting label-with-audio including
label text; new Edit > Paste Text to New Label menu item to
paste system clipboard
* Contrast Tool now modeless, more intuitive handling of multiple
project windows, various other minor improvements
Bug fixes:
* Imports and Exports:
* Freeze importing audio files when Default View Mode set to
Pitch (EAC)
* Simultaneous On-Demand imports sorted incorrectly
* WAV or AIFF files imported as noise if Preferences set to
copy in the data at 24-bit quality
* WMA exports corrupted if they contained metadata
* Metadata Editor appeared before the Export window when
exporting to any format
* Effects:
* Crash or hang using Equalization on longer tracks
* Reverse did not reverse clip boundaries
* Nyquist:
* Excessive memory consumption led to slow processing or
crashes
* Values appearing in Nyquist effects text boxes were not
always the default or previously entered values
* Errors running Nyquist effects in European locales where
comma used as decimal separator
* VST effects remained in Effect menu even when re-scanned and
no longer available
* Truncate Silence produced incorrect results if silences
spanned a block boundary
* Other bug fixes:
* Spurious "not writable/disk full" errors when saving projects
* Playing, rendering or exporting multiple tracks led to
desynchronised playback or loss of audio data
* Crash opening Preferences when no recording and/or playback
devices enabled or connected
* Preferences window: OK button did not respond to ENTER when
a tab selected in left-hand panel
* Mixer Board solo button handling
* (Windows) After a period launching correctly, Audacity
sometimes did not come up on top at launch
* (Mac OS X) Correctly installed Help folder could not be found
* (Mac OS X and Linux) Output slider could affect VU playback
meter which then did not reflect actual waveform volume level
* (Linux) Undoing or redoing a label edit could cause a crash
Changes in version 1.3.9 Beta:
* Compressor: new option to compress based on peaks, improved
attack and decay time support
* Mixer Board: improved design, more responsive meters and
now interacts fully with Track Panel in main window
Bug fixes:
* Crash, slow launch or excessive CPU/memory use arising
from automatic VST support:
* VST instrument plug-ins should now be correctly ignored
* VST effects now scanned only at start of first session
that detects them, then cached; effects are now not
loaded or opened until needed
* New "Effects" tab in Preferences to enable/disable VST
effects and enable VST rescan on next launch
* Default View Mode now works
* Chains now always apply their stored parameters rather than
those last used in Effect menu
* Non-MP3 files imported via drag or Recent Files caused
crash if filter in file open window set to MP3
* AAC exports (using the optional FFmpeg library) were
silenced
* Generating audio always fitted the project in the window;
fit now done only if generating in new track
* View menu items/shortcuts incorrectly disabled when playing
or recording
* DTMF generator defaulted to zero duration on open
* Unwanted interactions between linked audio and label tracks
* Noise Removal shifted clips if the selection region included
white space
* (Windows XP) Failure to launch on some machines due to
"incorrect configuration" issue
* (Windows) Crash importing a stereo file while a screen reader
such as JAWS is running
* (Mac OS X):
* Audio Units effects applied to all tracks in project even
if not selected
* QuickTime importer now handles files greater than 16-bit
or 64000 Hz
* Various other interface bugs
Changes in version 1.3.8 Beta:
New Features:
* Effects and Analysis:
* VST Effects now display GUI by default
* Faster Equalization and Noise Removal; improved
Truncate Silence and Click Track
* Chains applied to files now clear temporary data after
processing each file
* Updated Nyquist implementation with support for SAL
syntax and improved memory management
* Plot Spectrum now analyzes up to 237.8 seconds of audio,
with separate windows for each project and improved
display; new preferences for Spectrograms
* Contrast Analysis tool now modeless for easier use
* Interface:
* Draft Manual/Quick Help included in Windows and Mac
installers
* New "Mixer Board" view with per-track VU meters
* Mute, solo, gain, pan and track height saved in projects
* More compact Preferences window with easier-to-use Keyboard
tab and new toolbars shortcuts
* New Screenshot Tools and improved screen reader support
* Other:
* Record more than 16 channels (hardware/drivers permitting)
* Improved support for non-mmap ALSA devices such as PulseAudio
* 32-bit float data over 0 dB now handled without clipping
* "Stop" option when importing preserves already imported data
* AMR NB import/export now supported if the optional FFmpeg library
is installed
* Faster waveform drawing and better response in multi-track
projects
Bug fixes:
* Export Multiple: failed with no export or warning if empty
label encountered; silenced project and exported files if
overwriting imported WAV files without copying the data in
* Metadata Editor hidden if it was on a now unavailable second
monitor
* Misaligned audio after "Split New" or Noise Removal effect
* Incorrect label movement and paste with linked audio and label
tracks
* Equalization, Cut Preview and Advanced Mixing Options dialog
* (Linux) Mixer Toolbar should now adjust levels and select input
sources properly
* "Audio cache" preference caused crashes - data is now only
cached in memory if available RAM is above a level defined
in preferences
* Various other crashes
Changes in version 1.3.7 Beta:
New Features:
* F11 Full Screen mode
* High-quality "Sliding Time Scale/Pitch Shift" effect
* Audio Contrast Analyzer for testing audio on the
internet for WCAG2 accessibility compliance.
* Windows: sound devices can now be opened using the
more efficient DirectSound API
Other changes:
* Latency correction should be improved for many users
by employing a fixed rather than variable correction
* Grouping of Effects into categories turned off until
a way is added for users to do so themselves
* Numerous minor interface improvements such as Metadata
Editor navigation, new "hh:mm:ss + hundredths"
selection format
* Note: Windows users wanting to export MP3 files will
require the latest version of the LAME encoder from
http://lame.buanzo.com.ar/
Cross-platform Bug Fixes:
* Muting/soloing caused incorrect channel results in exported
stereo files
* Noise Removal and all Nyquist effects pasted the original
unmodified audio at the end of the modified region
* Noise Removal inserted a tail of low level noise at the end
of the modified region
* Nyquist and Compressor plug-ins did not display moving bars
in progress dialog and over-estimated "Remaining Time"
* Cancelling Nyquist effects deleted unprocessed audio
* Change Speed and Change Tempo failed to modify the original
selection length
* Cut lines invisible
* Fixed various bugs importing multi-stream files via FFmpeg
* File > Export as WAV could be corrupted if overwriting
an imported WAV read direct from the file
* Export multiple "Other uncompressed files" choice always
produced 16-bit PCM audio irrespective of chosen options.
* MP3 export usually produced a 128 kbps constant bit rate file
irrespective of chosen options; reported length often
incorrect
* MP3 ID3 Genre tag misread on import if the genre list in
Metadata Editor was opened and saved
* Exported metadata tags in MP3, OGG and FLAC often not seen by
player software - now substantially improved
* WMA exports (via FFmpeg)corrupted if metadata tags included
* Some multi-channel recording devices that previously recorded
more than two channels no longer did so
* Generated audio did not fit in window
* No warning was given when saving an empty project
* Beep on completing longer process did not work on many
systems
* fixed crashes importing lists of files (.LOF), in Meter Toolbar
and Change Speed
Platform-specific Bug Fixes:
* Windows Vista: crash opening Preferences with no sound
devices enabled and connected
* Mac OS X and Linux:
* Spurious clipping at start of playback
* Labels did not accept certain legal characters
* Shortcuts did not work after running effects
* Project Rate did not change to respect rate of first
imported file if that rate was unsupported
* Mac OS X only:
* Crash resizing project window
* Menu items became inactive or visibly corrupted
* File > Open dialog did not always work on OS X 10.4
* Impossible to set independent Command and Control
shortcuts that shared the same key
* Freeze importing uncompressed files via On-Demand
(please report any remaining instances of this to:
feedback@audacityteam.org)
* Portable settings were not picked up, instead settings
were taken from the default location
* Fixed unavailability of FFmpeg installer
Changes in 1.3.6 Beta (since 1.3.6a6 Alpha):
Interface:
* "Save Compressed Copy of Project" saves in much smaller .OGG
format to facilitate online transmission of projects
* Improved MIDI import and export routines, and clearer color
for selection region
* Default temporary directory on Mac now accessible in Finder
Import / Export:
* Stability improvements in on-demand loading
* FFmpeg: support for latest version of library, improved
version checks and error messages, stability improvements
in custom exporter
Bug Fixes:
* Crash in "Get Noise Profile" step of Noise Removal at project
rates below 20480 Hz.
* Underestimation of peak level in tracks with a small number
of different peaks
* Truncate Silence could result in repeated or lost audio if
applied to the whole of a track
* Other interface, generating, exporting and platform-specific
fixes
Compilation:
* Added autoconf macro archive to CVS, enabling *.nix users
without this archive to build --with -MIDI
Changes in 1.3.6a6:
Interface:
* Note Track now supports export as a MIDI file
* Linked audio and label tracks: improved support when source
and target number of tracks differ and when cross-pasting
different track types
Import / Export:
* On-demand now supports project saving during summarising;
reverts to stripey background; fixed some crashes due to
threading issues
* Exports: Single AAC filter (M4A LC profile) with quality
settings slider; removed FFmpeg formats already supported
by Audacity; added explicit GSM 6.10 (WAV) filter; current
project rate now used for all exports, with check for
format-invalid rates; improvements to metadata support
Effects:
* LV2 plug-ins: added support (OS X and Linux only) for using
synths as tone generators, scale point labels, grouped
controls and i18n translations
Changes in 1.3.6a5:
Interface:
* Note Track now builds on Windows
* Fixes/improvements for linked audio and label tracks (one
desynchronisation bug remains when pasting audio into a
greater number of tracks than were copied); now supports
label shifting when changing pitch and tempo
* Added full label pasting support: now possible to paste
multiple labels, region labels and labels with audio, and
correct label text is now pasted
Import / Export:
* Added full "on-demand" support (now with minimum file
length of 30 seconds): clicking moves summary calculation
point; supports split and merge of stereo tracks;
incompletely summarised tracks resume summary calculation
automatically; text-based Status Bar progress indication and
animated dummy waveform instead of embedded progress bar
Effects:
* Fixed a bug where previewing Equalization curves more
than once previewed the unmodified audio
* Improvements to DTMF generator
Miscellaneous:
* Improved support for working with audio in excess of 2^31
samples (about 13.5 hours at 44100 Hz); some accessibility
improvements
Changes in 1.3.6a4:
Interface:
* New Preference: Default View Mode, to choose type of
waveform, spectrum or pitch view for new tracks
* Note Track: experimental support is now enabled by defining
USE_MIDI in config*, but does not build out-of-the-box
on Windows
* Bug fixes for linked audio and label tracks; now supports
label shifting when changing speed and generating tones
Import / Export:
* Improvements/fixes for AAC exports including new M4A
filter for compatibility with iTunes; RealAudio export
support removed - FFmpeg does not support this properly
* Improved refresh of on-demand loading; fixed a phantom
on-demand progress bar when time-shifting clips
Effects:
* Experimental support for LV2 plug-in architecture on Linux
and Mac, but operation may be buggy; no LV2 support yet on
Windows, because the required slv2 library currently does
not build
Changes in 1.3.6a3:
Import / Export:
* Experimental support for exporting a much wider range
of proprietary audio formats via FFmpeg
* "On-demand" immediate loading of imported PCM WAV or
AIFF files now has experimental "progress bar" embedded in
the waveform until fully loaded
Interface:
* Note Track: experimental support for cut, copy and paste
using Edit Toolbar; currently not available for Linux, where
EXPERIMENTAL_NOTE_TRACK must be undefined in order
to build
* New Transport menu for alternative access to play and record
commands and some recording preferences
* Audio tracks are now linked to label tracks by being positioned
above a label track, if linkage is enabled in the Tracks menu
Changes in 1.3.6a2:
Import / Export:
* Experimental support for importing a much wider range
of audio formats via FFmpeg: support has to be enabled
in *config when building and requires FFmpeg libraries
* Experimental support for "on-demand" immediate loading
of imported PCM WAV or AIFF files (full waveform continues
to load while you play or edit).
Effects:
* Built-in plug-ins now grouped into related hierarchical
categories
Interface:
* New Debug Log window available in all builds
* Experimental support for linking a label track with any
number of audio tracks so that labels shift with cuts and
inserts in the audio track
* Default theme now reverted to that of 1.3.5
* Recording channels preference now defaults to stereo
Miscellaneous:
* Bug fixes for shortcut availability/tab order in Selection Bar,
and for window focus issues when previewing effects
* Improvements in escaping and navigating fields in dialogs,
and in stability when screen readers are used
Changes in 1.3.6a1:
Interface:
* Further improvements to menu navigation and wordings.
* All file dialogs are now resizable, and support "Places"
sidebar on Windows 2000 or later.
* Preferences:
* New "Theme" preference for modifying interface
colours and images, with experimental new default
colour scheme.
* New "Smart Recording" preference automatically pauses
recordings that fall below a pre-defined input level.
Compilation:
* Simplified modular builds for Windows, removing
static-linked configurations.
* New shared configurations on Mac to support modular
builds, and all builds are now Unicode.
Miscellaneous:
* Default auto save interval reduced to 2 minutes.
* Bug fixes to correct project rate initialisation on Linux, and
file importing issues on PPC Macs.
Changes in 1.3.5:
Recording / Playback:
* Several bugs fixed so that latency correction should be better, and more
devices work correctly. Problems with invalid sample rates under Linux
should be much rarer.
* Newer version of Portaudio library.
* New feature to record onto the end of an existing track
(hold Shift while clicking Record).
Import / Export:
* Updated versions of Libogg, Libvorbis, Libflac, Libsndfile and Twolame
libraries.
* Handling of unsupported file formats more informative.
* Handling of file names with slashes on OS X improved. New dialog
allows replacement of illegal file name characters on all platforms.
Interface:
* Improved scaling and layout for rulers and VU meters.
* Envelope fixes/improvements including full control of undo/redo.
* New keyboard shortcuts and improved menu navigation.
* Preferences: More intuitive tab arrangement. New options for
mute/solo and Metadata Editor behavior. Language can now be
changed without restart.
* Expanded Build Information tab.
Effects:
* New Vocal Remover plug-in, improvements for Generate effects.
Compilation:
* Fixes when building Audacity with libraries disabled.
* Improvements to make Mac and Solaris builds easier.
Security:
* Full fix for issue CVE-2007-6061 on systems where temporary directories
can be changed by other users (thanks to Michael Schwendt).
Miscellaneous:
* Updated translations for many locales.
* Several stability improvements.
Changes in 1.3.4:
New Features
* New Welcome Screen with introduction to Audacity
* Enhanced Windows Shell integration, so Audacity shows up in lots of
Windows places such as "Open With".
* New keyboard command: 'Mix and Render to New Track'
(bound to Ctrl+Shift+M).
* New keyboard shortcut: "Shift-A" starts playback when stopped,
or performs "Stop and Select" when playing.
* Added support for VAMP audio analysis plug-ins.
* Solo button solos only one track at a time, and a track cannot be both
mute and solo.
Interface:
* Keyboard shortcuts for making short/long jumps along the timeline.
* Added 'Snap To' in the Selection Bar.
* Made keyboard navigation easier when multiple menu items with the
same first letter exist.
* Enhanced interface for label editing.
* Layout of OK/Cancel buttons consistency improved.
* Preferences:
* "Select all audio in project, if none selected" (on by default)
* "Beep on completion of longer activities" (system bell, not
main output).
* Other preferences cleaned up and explanations improved.
* Envelopes: Many fixes when copying / pasting / repeating.
* Many translation updates.
* Track height fixed in several cases.
* CleanSpeech mode switching without closing and re-opening fixed.
Opening/saving formats:
* Metadata editor added for OGG, FLAC and WAV/AIFF exports, and
general improvements in this area.
* Import of metadata improved.
* Muted tracks are no longer audible in the exported mix.
Effects:
* Truncate Silence: support for multiple and stereo tracks.
* Dtmf Generator:
* added support for keypad letters
* added an amplitude control.
* Compressor: variable decay time added.
* Equalization:
* Clicks at start / end prevented
* Improvements to saved curves being found
* Preview works correctly
* 'Merge' command appears in Undo history.
* Clipping detected more reliably.
* Nyquist plug-ins reviewed and enhanced.
* Better (and more) progress bars.
* Cancelling effect always restores previous audio.
* Several improvement to effects in batch mode.
Recording / Playback:
* Improvements to latency correction.
* Updated version of portaudio-v19 library.
Note that Help is no longer built in, but accessible on the Web via links
in Audacity.
Changes in 1.3.3:
Opening/saving formats:
* Import
* Import of audio from QuickTime (mov, aac, m4a) files is now
supported on OS X.
* Broadcast Wave Format (BWF) wave files can now be imported.
* Export
* Metadata can be added to OGG files
* Improved export option selection
* Additional export options added to MP3 and FLAC file formats
* Command line exporter now supported on Windows and OS X
Effects:
* EQ effect
* Responsiveness improved.
* Several enhancements added.
* Batch support added.
* New Auto Duck effect
* Added previewing to AudioUnit effects
* Much improved Noise Removal effect
* Effects previewing can now be canceled
* New DTMF Tone Generator effect
* Additional options available in Noise effect
* Improved the Tone Generation effects
Other features:
* Major speed improvement in Spectrogram rendering
* Increased support for drag and drop on OS X
* Support added for building against wxWidgets 2.8
* Support opening multiple Audacity Projects at once from Explorer on
Windows
* Improved main window sliders
* New support for snapping while selecting and sliding
* Improved track focus handling and visual feedback
* Speed improvements and handling of resizing/zooming in tracks
* Spectrum view can now be zoomed.
* New internal file cache to improve handling of project files over
networks
Also:
* Many improvements to language specific translations
* Numerous stability improvements
Changes in 1.3.1 and 1.3.2:
o Improved accessibility for the visually impaired
+ Improvements for screen readers, accessibility of
tracks, and hot keys
o Usability improvements
+ New selection bar
+ New features for label tracks
+ Improved toolbar docking flexibility
+ Menu renaming and reorganization
+ Selection, ruler, and playback control improvements
o Auto-save and automatic crash recovery
o Many bug fixes and stability improvements
o Major improvements to some built-in effects (Repair, Equalization)
and fixes to others
o New features and bug fixes for Nyquist
o Restructured Preferences dialog
o Improved batch processing
o File format export improvements
o Timer recording
o Intel Mac support
Changes in 1.3.0:
New features
The new features in Audacity 1.3 have been grouped into the
following six major categories.
1. Collapse/Expand Tracks
In Audacity 1.3, every track has an upward-pointing triangle at
the bottom of the label area on the left side of the track.
2. Multiple clips per track
In Audacity 1.2, there is one audio 'clip' per track. There is
no easy way to time-shift part of a track without moving the
rest. In Audacity 1.3, you can split a single track into multiple
clips. You can move these clips around between different tracks,
making it easy to construct complex compositions out of hundreds
of smaller audio samples.
3. Selection Bar
In Audacity 1.2, the current selection is contained in a
status bar at the bottom of the window. In Audacity 1.3,
this is replaced by a fully functional Selection Bar, which
displays and controls the current selection (your choice of
Start and End, or Start and Length), and the current audio
position. The selection bar is fully editable - just click
in any field and type to change the current selection precisely.
In addition, many formatting options allow you to view times in
different units, such as samples, CD frames, or NTSC video frames.
4. Improved Label Tracks
Label Tracks are Audacity's way for you to create markings 3
and annotations within your project. In Audacity 1.3, Label
Tracks are much improved, with support for overlapping labels,
and support for modifying both the left and right edge of the
label region just by clicking and dragging.
5. QuickTime and Audio Units on Mac OS X
On Mac OS X, Audacity can now import and audio file supported
by Apple's QuickTime technology. This includes .MOV and .MP4
(AAC) files. Unfortunately encrypted audio files (such as
those from the iTunes Music Store) cannot be imported directly
into Audacity - Apple does not allow this to be done easily
because it would be too easy to circumvent the encryption this way.
Also on Mac OS X, Audacity now supports Audio Unit plug-ins.
Audacity searches for Audio Units in the usual location, in the
system or user's Library folder.
6. Other features
Better performance with large projects
Project integrity check on open
Transcription toolbar
Upload
Batch
Cut lines
CleanSpeech
Changes in 1.2.4:
* The File menu now includes a list of recent files.
* The "Generate Silence" effect now prompts for a length.
* Audacity is now built with Vorbis 1.1, which features better encoding
quality and file compression.
* Dragging sound files into the Audacity window now works on Mac OS X
and Linux, as well as Windows. (Before, it worked only on Windows.)
* The "View History" window can now discard old undo levels to save disk
space on Windows. (This previously worked only on Linux and Mac.)
* "Preferences" command is now in Edit menu.
* "Plot Spectrum" command is now in Analyze menu.
* Opening a project file saved by a later version of Audacity displays
an intelligent error message. Also, trying to import a project file
(instead of open it) displays an intelligent error message.
* Audacity now compiles in Visual C++ .NET 2003.
* Other minor bug fixes.
* New or updated translations: Arabic (ar), Czech (cs), Finnish (fi),
Hungarian (hu), Japanese (ja), Norwegian (nb), Slovenian (sl),
Simplified Chinese (zh_CN), Traditional Chinese (zh_TW).
Changes in 1.2.3:
* Fixed a bug that caused recording to stop or display incorrectly
after about 50 minutes on some Windows systems. (This was partly
fixed in Audacity 1.2.2, but still didn't work on some systems.)
* The Change Pitch and Change Tempo effects have been upgraded to
use a new version of the SoundTouch library by Olli Parviainen,
with better speed and higher quality.
* libsndfile has been upgraded to version 1.0.11.
* Fixed a bug that caused the program to run slowly when using the
Envelope tool.
* Shift-clicking on a mute or solo button now un-mutes (or un-solos)
all other tracks.
* Nyquist plug-ins can now accept strings as input. Also, a "Debug"
button has been added to Nyquist effect dialogs, which allows you
to see all of the output produced by Nyquist, for aid in debugging.
* When the audio file referenced ("aliased") by an Audacity project is
missing, Audacity will now always play silence. Before, Audacity
would sometimes repeat the most recent audio that was played previously.
* VU Meters will now always reset when audio I/O has stopped.
* Fixed a major Mac-only bug that was causing Audacity to crash at seemingly
random times, but especially during audio playback and recording.
* New or updated translations: Italian (it), Hungarian (hu),
Ukrainian (uk), Spanish (es). Polish (pl), Simplified Chinese (zh),
Norsk-Bokmal (nb), French (fr).
Changes in 1.2.2:
* VU Meters added for both playback and recording. Click on
the recording meter to monitor the input without recording.
* Export Multiple - new feature that lets you export multiple
files at once, either by track, or split based on labels.
* Attempt to automatically correct latency in full-duplex recordings.
(This does not work perfectly, and is not yet supported on all
systems. It will improve in future versions.)
* Fixed a serious bug that could cause data loss when you save and
then reload and re-edit an Audacity project containing repeated
or duplicate data.
* MP3 tags dialog will only pop up the first time you export as
MP3; after that it will not pop up again as long as you have
filled in at least one tag.
* You can now add a label at the current playback position - in
the Project menu, with a shortcut of Ctrl+M.
* Clicking on a label now selects all of the tracks, making it
easier to use the label track to recall selections.
* Windows: Fixed a crash in the Time Track "Set Rate" command.
* Fixed a bug that caused problems with recordings over 45 minutes
on some Windows systems.
* Mac OS X: Improved support for the Griffin iMic by fixing a bug
that was causing it to always record in mono instead of stereo.
* Added support for Software Playthrough (listen to what you're
recording while recording it, or while monitoring using a VU
meter) - this makes it possible, for example, to record using one
audio device while listening to it play through a separate device.
* Unix/Linux: Fixed freeze caused by captured mouse when audio
device hangs. (Audacity may not respond, but it will no longer
freeze all of X.)
* Fixed a cosmetic bug that caused improper waveform display if
you tried to open an Audacity project saved on a different
platform (e.g., copying a project from a Mac to a PC).
* Fixed bug that could cause instability when pasting, splitting,
or duplicating a label track.
* You can now change the font of a label track by choosing "Font..."
from the label track's pop-up menu.
* Basic printing support has been added. Currently it scales the
entire project to fit exactly on one page. Try printing in
landscape orientation for best results.
* Mac OS X and Windows: Audacity ships with a newer version (1.0.1)
of the Ogg Vorbis encoder. Vorbis compression will now have higher
quality and smaller file sizes.
* Fix a bug that occasionally caused crashes when applying effects
to split tracks.
* Zoom In / Zoom Out now properly disable when they're not available.
* Fixed disk memory leak in Preview
* Other minor bug fixes and performance improvements.
Changes in 1.2.1:
* The following translations have been added or updated: Finnish,
French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Russian.
* Fix a bug that could cause data to be lost when pasting audio
from one project into another, after the first project has been
saved and closed.
* Fix a possible crash when opening or resizing the Equalization
window, especially when using large system fonts.
* Don't allow percentages less than -100% in Change Pitch/Speed/Tempo
effects (fixes a possible crash).
* Fix a crash when the temporary directory is not available on startup.
* Correctly load ID3 tags saved in Audacity project files.
* On Linux and OS X, store lockfiles in the temp directory instead of
the user's home directory. This fixes problems in lab environments
where users have restricted or network-mounted home directories.
* Fix a bug that prevented Nyquist effects from running when certain
regional settings were activated.
* Fix a bug in the Quick Mix command that could cause old temporary
files to not be deleted.
* Linux: Fix endianness problems in playback on PowerPC.
* Linux: Fix compilation problem in Nyquist on MIPS.
* Linux: Include a more recent PortAudio v19 snapshot (fixes compilation
problems when building with the --with-portaudio=v19 option).
* Two new Nyquist plug-ins: "Cross Fade In" and "Cross Fade Out."
* Other minor bug-fixes.
Changes in 1.2.0:
* New cross-fade effects.
* Fix problem where samples were drawn in the wrong position
when zoomed all the way in. This caused the drawing tool
to move a different sample than the one under the cursor.
* Don't use id3v2.4 tags, which are not yet supported by
most players. (This was fixed in 1.2.0-pre2, but appeared
again by accident in 1.2.0-pre3.)
* Correctly display translated messages in the status bar.
* When the cursor is on-screen, the Zoom In button now zooms
to the area around the cursor.
* Mac OS X: Fixed audio problems on the Apple PowerMac G5.
* Linux/ALSA: Work around a bug in ALSA's OSS emulation that
caused Audacity's playback cursor to move too quickly.
* Microsoft Windows: The Audacity source code should now
compile out of the box on Windows.
* Many new/updated translations.
Changes in 1.2.0-pre4:
* Fixed problems that could occur when importing certain
non-seekable PCM audio files, such as GSM610.
* Fixed bug that was causing the samples to shift off-screen
horizontally when zoomed in very far and the track had a
time-shift offset.
* Fixed bugs in the new resampler that added noise to resampled
audio on some systems. If you experienced noise when exporting
to a WAV, MP3 or OGG file you may have been bitten by this bug.
* Fixed bug that led to occasional crashes when using the
time-shift tool in conjunction with high zoom factors.
* Dithering is now only applied on export when it is really
necessary (e.g. when converting float samples to 16-bit).
* Files that only contain mono tracks are now automatically
exported to stereo files when they contain tracks which are
panned to the left or the right.
* The Delete key can now be used to delete the current selection,
in addition to the Backspace key.
* Fixed bug where Audacity didn't ask whether to save
changes if you close the project or exit while recording.
* Mac OS X: Supports Playthrough (listen to what you're recording
while recording it) if your hardware device supports it.
* Mac OS X: Audacity is now a package (you can right-click on
Audacity.app and select 'Show Package Contents'). Launch time
has improved significantly.
* MS Windows: Fixed problem that caused Windows XP to use
the short name of a file ("TESTFI~1.AUP"), which led to
problems when the file was later opened again using the
long file name.
* MS Windows: Fixed bug that caused file exports to fail
if the destination directory was the root folder of a
Windows drive.
* MS Windows: Audacity's application information which
is written to the Windows registry now always contains
the full path to the executable.
* MS Windows: Fixed problems in trying to set the Windows
registry as non-admin user, for file-type associations.
* Make sure the "Save" command is enabled after changing
gain and pan sliders.
* Updated translations. Added translator credits to the
"About" window in localized versions.
Changes in 1.2.0-pre3:
* Fixed bug where Export is grayed out when nothing is
selected.
* Fixed crash caused by opening Audacity on a computer with
a high-end sound card with no mixer support.
* Fixed crash in Import Raw.
* Fixed New Stereo Track.
* Cosmetic fixes for Mac OS X.
* Support for the VST Enabler on Windows added.
* Fixed crash if you close Audacity while the Preferences
dialog is open.
* Fixed duplicate-character bug in Mac OS X Label Tracks.
* The recording level control on Linux now adjusts the IGAIN,
rather than the playthrough level of the recording source.
* Fixed bug that caused corruption to 16-bit stereo recordings.
* Fixed bug that caused data loss if you deleted all tracks in
a saved project and then open a new file into the same window.
* Added support for alternate audio button order (in Interface
preferences)
* Added preliminary support for wxX11
* Added fully transparent Windows XP icon
* Fixed crash if you try to record (or play) and no audio
devices exist, or if the audio device doesn't support the
mode you selected.
* Audacity no longer sets the process priority to high while
recording on Windows. Users can still do this manually
using the Task Manager.
* Fixed bug that caused last ~100 ms of the selection to get
cut off on Windows.
* Fixed FFT Filter and Equalization effects dialogs.
* Fixed bugs in Unix build system (DESTDIR in locale directory,
choosing libsamplerate instead of libresample)
* Support for LADSPA plug-ins on Windows added, and
three open source LADSPA plug-ins ported to Windows
(GVerb reverb, SC4 compressor, and Hard Limiter)
Changes in 1.2.0-pre2:
* Online help completed. The full manual is nearly complete
and will be posted to the web site for online browsing shortly.
* Audacity will no longer let you do unsafe editing operations
while playing or recording. This eliminates many potential
crashes.
* Fixed ability to cancel Quit button.
* New resampling library, with no restrictions on the maximum or
minimum rate of resampling.
* Audacity now supports LADSPA plug-ins on all platforms, and
supports VST plug-ins through an optional LADSPA plug-in
called the "VST Enabler", which you can download separately.
Because of licensing issues, Audacity cannot be distributed
with VST support built-in.
* Mac OS X keyboard shortcut problems have been fixed.
* Mac OS X audio muting problems have been fixed.
* Mac OS X playback/recording cursor sync problems have been fixed.
* Silence now displays a straight line again, instead of nothing.
* Added a vertical ruler to the Waveform dB display.
* Fixed crash in Change Pitch.
* You can now Paste if nothing is selected.
* Canceling an Import operation doesn't cause an extra error
dialog to appear.
* Audacity now handles filenames with international characters
correctly.
* Now outputs ID3v2.3 tags (instead of ID3v2.4), to be
compatible with more MP3 players.
* Minor improvements to build system on Unix systems.
New features in Audacity 1.2:
* User Interface
- Vertical zooming of tracks.
- Improved look and placement of toolbars.
- New custom mouse cursors.
- Complete implementation of editable keyboard shortcuts.
- Find zero-crossings.
- Mouse wheel can be used to zoom in and out.
- Multi-Tool mode.
- Amplify using envelope.
- Labels can store selections (like Audacity 1.0.0).
* Effects
- Repeat Last Effect command
- Improved VST plug-in support
- Most effects now have a Preview button
- Compressor (Dynamic Range Compressor)
- Change Pitch (without changing tempo)
- Change Tempo (without changing pitch)
- Change Speed (changing both pitch and tempo)
- Repeat (useful for creating loops)
- Normalize (adjust volume and DC bias)
* Audio I/O
- 1-second preview command.
- Looped play.
* File I/O
- Audacity 1.2.0 opens project files from all previous versions
of Audacity from 0.98 through 1.1.3.
- Open multiple files from the same dialog.
- Use a text file to specify a list of audio files to open with offsets.
* Updated user manual
* Bug fixes
- Project files with special characters are no longer invalid.
- "Scratchy" noises caused by bad clipping are fixed.
- Audacity no longer exports invalid Ogg files, and does not cut off the
last few seconds of exported Ogg files.
- Mono MP3 files now export at the correct speed.
- Many incorrect results from the Envelope tool have been fixed.
- The "Export Labels" command now overwrites existing files correctly.
- The "Plot Spectrum" window displays the correct octave numbers for
notes.
- Several memory leaks are fixed.
New features in Audacity 1.1.3:
* User Interface
- New Mixer toolbar allows you to control the output
volume, input volume, and input source directly
from Audacity.
- Every track now has its own gain and pan controls.
* File I/O
- Uses improved project file format. (Unfortunately reading
previous formats, including 1.1.1, is not supported.)
- Block files (stored in Audacity project directories) now
use the standard AU format. Though some Audacity
meta-information is in these files, they can now be
read by many other popular audio programs as well.
- Fixed some bugs relating to reading/writing audio
files with more than 16 bits per sample.
- Import RAW is functional again, with a simpler GUI
but support for far more file formats. The
autodetection algorithms are much more accurate than
in 1.0.
* Audio I/O
- Completely rewritten audio I/O, with lower latency
and minimal chance of buffer underruns while
recording.
* Resampling
- Using high quality resampling algorithms, with the
option of better quality for mixing than for real-time
playback
- Preliminary support for Time Tracks, for changing
playback speed over time.
* Many more bug fixes and new features
New features in Audacity 1.1.2:
* User Interface
- Fixed bug in Windows version, for track menu commands
"Name..." and "Split Stereo Track"/"Make Stereo Track".
* Effects
- Nyquist support on Windows (supports plug-ins written
in Nyquist, an interpreted functional language based
on Lisp).
New features in Audacity 1.1.1:
* User Interface
- Tooltips appear in Status Bar.
- Vertical cursor follows play/record
- Pause button
- Drawing tool (with three different modes)
- Vertical Resizing of stereo tracks is more fun.
- Adjust selection by click-dragging selection boundary
- Toolbar button context-sensitive enabling/disabling
- Better zooming functionality (centers region)
- Multiple ways to display the cursor position and selection
- Snap-to selection mode
- Drag tracks up and down
- Align and group align functions
- Cursor save/restore
- Working history window
* Effects
- Effects broken down into three menus: Generate, Effect, and
Analyze
- Generate menu lets you generate silence, noise, or a tone
- Nyquist support (supports plug-ins written in Nyquist,
an interpreted functional language based on Lisp)
* Localization
- Improved localization support
- More languages available
- Language selection dialog on startup
* Mac OS X
- Support for more audio hardware
- Support for full-duplex (play while recording)
- Support for MP3 exporting using LameLib Carbon
* Unix
- Audacity now has a man page (it describes command-line
options and how to set the search path)
* File Formats
- Uses libsndfile 1.0, which fixes some bugs and
improves performance
* Searching for Files:
- On Windows and Mac OS, Audacity now looks for
translations in the "Languages" folder and all plug-ins
in the "Plug-ins" folder, relative to the program.
- On Unix, Audacity looks for translations in
<prefix>/share/locale and looks for everything else
in <prefix>/share/audacity and also in any paths in
the AUDACITY_PATH environment variable
New features in Audacity 1.1.0:
* Core audio processing:
- Support for 24-bit and 32-bit sample formats
- Automatic real-time resampling (using linear
interpolation)
* Effects:
- Support LADSPA plug-ins on Linux / Unix
* File formats:
- New XML-based Audacity project format
- Full Ogg Vorbis support now (importing and exporting)
- Export to any command-line programs on Unix
- Support for reading and writing many more types of
uncompressed audio files, including ADPCM WAV files.
* Toolbars
- New toolbar drawing code; automatically adopts your
operating system's colors
- New toolbar buttons (Skip to Start, Skip to End)
- New Edit toolbar
- Toolbar buttons disable when they're not available
* User Interface
- Fully customizable keyboard commands
- Autoscroll while playing or recording
- New Ruler, used in main view and in
FFT Filter effect
- The waveform now displays the average value in a lighter
color inside the peak values
* Localization
- Audacity can now be localized to different foreign
languages.
New libraries in Audacity 1.1:
* libmad for fast MP3 importing
* libid3tag for editing MP3 file information
* libsndfile to read and write more audio file formats
* PortAudio for cross-platform audio playing and recording
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