Audacity Changelog and Release History
Jun 23, 2026
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Audacity Release History
Audacity release history with versions, dates, official source links, package notes, and concise changelog details.
This page records structured version coverage from official project sources. Full upstream changelog text is not mirrored unless the project license or source terms clearly allow it; each entry links to the official source for complete release notes.
For current package filenames and platform choices, use the current Audacity page. For archived package inventory, use the old Audacity versions page.
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Audacity 3.7.8
Release date: .
Official source: release notes.
- This is a patch release. It contains the following changes:
- 10688 Fixed an exception thrown when pasting into a newly-created track (Thanks, David Bailes (@DavidBailes)!)
- 10870, #10884, #10775, #10629 Fixed tone generation, waveform-scale setting, SetClip Name parameter,
- and clip-boundary command names for scripting and macros (Thank you, David Bailes (@DavidBailes)!)
- 11106 Fixed the loading of presets for the Distortion effect (A million thanks, David Bailes (@DavidBailes)!)
- 10947 Fixed paste into an empty audio track not preserving the source sample rate (Thanks, Juan Gabriel Colonna (@juancolonna)!)
- 10776 Allowed AltGr modifier in label and clip name editing (Thanks, Davide Peressoni (@DPDmancul)!)
- 9938 Added options to choose where silence is truncated (start/middle/end) (Thanks, Noah Rosenfield (@nosenfield)!)
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Audacity 4.0.0
Release date: .
Official source: release notes.
- Audacity 4 is almost here, and this is the first public beta (beta 1 was internal).
- For the full picture of what to expect, head over to our special page:
- ⚠️ This is a beta
- Expect bugs, rough edges, and features that don't work quite right yet, or aren't there at all.
- Please don't use it for important work, and **keep backups of your projects**.
- This is exactly the moment we need your help. If you hit a bug or something feels off, tell us:
- Found a bug? Open an issue
- Want to chat? Join the discussion
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Audacity 3.7.7
Release date: .
Official source: release notes.
- This is a hotfix release. It fixes broken waveform scrolling and selection for some users introduced in 3.7.6.
- The fix was provided by @iv-m and @DavidBailes, thank you!
- Other changes:
- 9940 Added checksum to WavPack export (thanks @ajsand)
- New Contributors
- @iv-m made their first contribution in
- @ajsand made their first contribution in
- Full Changelog**:
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Audacity 3.7.6
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Official source: release notes.
- This is a patch release. It contains the following changes:
- 9742 Added FFmpeg 8 support
- 9565 Added middle-mouse drag panning over track panel (Thanks, Anders Jenbo (@AJenbo))
- 9863 Added "Import from audio.com" dialog to import audio files from audio.com
- 9838 Fixed unstable cloud audio uploads
- 9576 Allowed export as OGG/Opus when exporting with FFmpeg
- 9929 Fixed 16-bit FLAC import
- 9897 Library updates: libcurl to 8.17.0, wavpack to 5.7.0
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Audacity 3.7.5
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Official source: release notes.
- Windows ARM64 beta
- In this release, we added support for Windows ARM64. At this time, it comes with the following caveats:
- Audacity for WoA requires Windows 11 or later. Windows RT is not supported.
- Plugins (VST, OpenVINO, etc.) are not supported.
- It requires an WoA-version of FFmpeg, the regular installer does not work.
- It was not thoroughly tested with all features and workflows due to a lack of devices – your feedback is welcome.
- Other changes:
- 8942 Windows on ARM support (Thanks, Vasanth K (@vask2108) and Linaro!)
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Audacity 3.7.4
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Official source: release notes.
- This is a patch release. It contains the following changes:
- Added a new welcome/what's new screen.
- OpenVINO effects are now available on macOS. More about that can be found in this blogpost.
- OpenVINO effects can now be found via the Get Effects button. (NB, this is a slow rollout - you may not see it there just yet at the time of release)
- OpenVINO effects have been recategorized into their own category in the Effect menu. This also goes for the transcription and music generator feature, previously found in the Generate and Analyze menus, respectively.
- 6890 Fixed a crash when closing a large unsaved project
- 8709 Fixed a crash when using real-time effects that activate delay compensation
- 8494 Fixed issue where Studio Fade Out creates a new clip when applied at the end of a clip
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Audacity 3.7.3
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Official source: release notes.
- This is a hotfix release. It fixes the following bugs:
- 8426 Incorrect results when applying effects to multiple clips
- 8425 Truncate Silence fails to work properly when there is more than one silent part
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Audacity 3.7.2
Release date: .
Official source: release notes.
- This is a patch release. It contains the following changes:
- 8290 Fixed a crash when applying some effects across multiple tracks if one track is empty.
- 8157, #8155 Fixed some crashes emanating from the Mixer window.
- 7672 Returned the "Residue" option in noise reduction. (Thanks, Christopher Rooney!)
- 7809 Modules are now allowed to stick around when patch releases like this one are published. This means you likely won't need to update the OpenVINO again during 3.7.x.
- 7076 When adding a realtime effect to a track, the effect settings are now opened immediately.
- 7819 Added an infobox when saving a project in a new version breaks compatibility with an old one.
- 7740 Added a preference to turn off automatic tempo detection.
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Audacity 3.7.1
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Official source: release notes.
- This is a patch release. It fixes the following bugs:
- 7797 Effects can be applied to time-stretched clips.
- 7620 Moving or renaming the installation directory no longer re-enables disabled modules.
- 7652 Opening the "Adjust Playback Speed" dialog doesn't crash Audacity anymore.
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Audacity 3.7.0
Release date: .
Official source: release notes.
- Changes in version 3.7.0
- The 3.7.x series is primarily maintenance releases while we're working on Audacity 4.0. 3.7.0 fixes the following bugs:
- 6233, #7397, #6900 Improved Linux compatibility.
- 6702 Improved contrast in the light theme.
- 7008 MP3 exports: Renamed "Insane" to "Excessive".
- 7570, #7452 Improved non-standard character handling for cloud saving.
- 7486 Renamed "Split cut/delete" to "Cut/delete and leave gap".
- 7293 Pasting clips no longer moves clips on other tracks if "editing clips can move other clips" is enabled.
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Audacity 3.6.4
Release date: .
Official source: release notes.
- Changes in version 3.6.4
- This is a patch release. It fixes the following bugs:
- 7310 Fixed another crash when exiting Audacity. (Thanks, Joe Souza!)
- 7312 Fixed projects not being compacted on close.
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Audacity 3.6.3
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Official source: release notes.
- This is a patch release. It fixes the following bug:
- 7266 Fixed a crash when exiting Audacity. (Thanks, Joe Souza!)
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Audacity 3.6.2
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Official source: release notes.
- This is a patch release. It adds a "Legacy" effects section containing the old Limiter, Compressor and Classic Filters.
- It also fixes the following bugs:
- 6995 Fixed a hang after undoing.
- 6912 Fixed the zero line going missing.
- 6927 Fixed envelope appearance for clips offset from 0.
- 6955 Fixed Audacity turning white on some systems.
- 6857 Fixed the pitch indicator disappearing on Linux when hitting double digits.
- 6941 Fixed cutting not putting clips into the clipboard.
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Audacity 3.6.1
Release date: .
Official source: release notes.
- This is a hotfix release. It fixes the following bugs:
- 6889 Fixed a crash when exporting multichannel audio.
- 6882 Fixed a crash when pasting mono clips into stereo tracks.
- 4763 (Accessibility) Made more values available when using the plain UI of plugins. (Thanks, David Bailes!)
- 6855 Prevented incompatible versions from opening projects created in 3.6.x.
- 6892 Fixed the dark theme sometimes having white corners in buttons.
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Audacity 3.6.0
Release date: .
Official source: release notes.
- Major changes
- Master effects
- Audacity now features master effects. Master effects are effects which apply to the entire project at once. More information can be found at Using master effects & realtime effects.
- New compressor and limiter
- A new compressor and limiter has been added, replacing the previous versions. A gain reduction history has been added to these effects when they're used as a realtime effect.
- Factory Presets suitable for a wide range of use cases for these effects have been provided by Vladislav Isaev and Marek Iwaszkiewicz, available via the Presets & Settings button.
- New themes
- Audacity now features new and improved dark and light themes. You can switch between themes via Preferences -> Interface. The theme previously used still is around as the Classic theme, and themes even older than that can be optionally installed as custom themes from here.
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Audacity 3.5.1
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Official source: release notes.
- This is a hotfix release. It fixes the following bugs:
- 6322 Fixed a crash on launch on macOS 11 and older.
- 6324 Fixed the update notification looking for alpha versions instead of release versions.
- 6321 Fixed a freeze when using macros on multiple files.
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Audacity 3.5.0
Release date: .
Official source: release notes.
- Audacity 3.5 adds cloud saving, beat detection, pitch shifting and more.
- Major changes
- Cloud project saving
- We've introduced a new cloud-saving feature that allows you to save your Audacity projects to audio.com. This allows you to work from any device, share & collaborate with others and restore previous versions if something went wrong.
- Automatic tempo detection
- Audacity can now automatically detect the tempo of imported loops, and adjust them to be in tempo.
- Tempo detection is done via both audio analysis and metadata checking. If you want to prepare your loop for automatic tempo detection without relying on audio analysis, both acidizer tempo tags or simply writing "123 bpm" anywhere into the filename work.
- Automatic tempo detection can be turned off via Preferences -> Import/Export.
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Audacity 3.4.2
Release date: .
Official source: release notes.
- This is a hotfix release. It fixes the following issues:
- 5568 Fix a crash when opening projects with zero-length clips.
- 5032 When exporting a file, the sample rate of the tracks is now considered, and last-used sample rate is remembered.
- 5555 Copy-pasting now pastes into audio again by default. This can be changed via Preferences -> Track Behavior -> Always paste audio as new clips.
- 5549 Mix and render now also resets the gain for the resulting track.
- 5571 Fix clips shifting to the right when effects are applied to them.
- 5106 Fix clicks occurring when overdubbing a project with muted tracks.
- 5533 Fix files being exported without a file extension in rare cases.
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Audacity 3.4.1
Release date: .
Official source: release notes.
- This is a hotfix release. It fixes the following bugs:
- 5467 Fix 24-bit recording.
- 5488 Fix a crash with .aup importing.
- 5471 #5483 Fix crossfading of clips and tracks.
- 5473 Exporting multiple files honors sample rate settings again.
- 5480 #5417 Fix crashes related to external program exports.
- 5479 #5476 Fix BSD and ARM builds.
- 5498 Ctrl+J is now a standard shortcut for joining clips.
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Audacity 3.4.0
Release date: .
Official source: release notes.
- Audacity 3.4 adds a musical view, time stretching and a new exporter.
- Major changes
- Music workflows
- Audacity now features several music related features, such as switching between hh:mm:ss time and Beats & Measures, and time-stretching clips to align them to a song's tempo.
- Time stretching
- Hold Alt (macOS: Option) while hovering over the top third of a clip edge to stretch it.
- New exporter
- Audacity now features a new export window with easier access to options such as sample rate and custom mapping (for 5.1 or 7.1 audio). Additionally, the "Browse" button uses the native file browser now!
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Audacity 3.3.3
Release date: .
Official source: release notes.
- This is a hotfix release. It fixes the following bugs:
- 4618 Fixed EQ not scaling properly when resizing the window.
- 4743 Fixed the audio.com upload flow.
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Audacity 3.3.2
Release date: .
Official source: release notes.
- This is a hotfix release. It fixes the following bugs:
- 4629 Linux AppImage fails to start.
- 4637 Issues with selection and time toolbars on Linux packages.
- 4639 Missing duration input in generators on Linux packages.
- 4646 Potentialy extreme memory usage with Jack host.
- 4654 Anonymous upload to audio.com is disabled.
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Audacity 3.3.1
Release date: .
Official source: release notes.
- This is a hotfix release. It fixes the following bugs:
- 4600 Fixed cut lines massively inflating project size.
- 4612 Fixed custom project sample rates being uneditable.
- 4604 Fixed crash reporting being disabled.
- 4234 Audacity now shows an error if the upload to audio.com exceeds file size limits.
- 4114 Fixed an error in calculating channels when uploading to audio.com.
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Audacity 3.3.0
Release date: .
Official source: release notes.
- Changes
- Some of the built-in effects are now realtime capable (Bass & Treble, Distortion, Phaser, Reverb and Wahwah).
- 4352 Added a new effect: Shelf Filter.
- Added an initial (beta) version of Beats and Measures.
- 4414 Reworked the bottom toolbar dock:
- Project Sample Rate is now found in Audio Setup -> Audio Settings (formerly known as Project Rate).
- The Snapping Toolbar (formerly known as Snap-To) is now independent of the Selection Toolbar.
- Added a new Time Signature Toolbar (beta). It is hidden by default.
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Audacity 3.2.5
Release date: .
Official source: release notes.
- This is a hotfix release. It fixes the following bug:
- 4373 Fixes authorization flow for the audio.com sharing service
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Audacity 3.2.4
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Official source: release notes.
- This is a hotfix release. It fixes the following bug:
- 4057 Fixed the meters not retaining size
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Audacity 3.2.3
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Official source: release notes.
- 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
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Audacity 3.2.2
Release date: .
Official source: release notes.
- 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
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Audacity 3.2.1
Release date: .
Official source: release notes.
- 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.
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Audacity 3.2.0
Release date: .
Official source: release notes.
- 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
- The ability to upload and share your audio using our new sister service, **[Audio.com](audio.com)**
- More info can be found on
- 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.
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Audacity 3.1.3
Release date: .
Official source: release notes.
- 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
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Audacity 3.1.2
Release date: .
Official source: release notes.
- 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
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Audacity 3.1.1
Release date: .
Official source: release notes.
- 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
- Other than that, this release is identical to Audacity 3.1.0
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Audacity 3.1.0
Release date: .
Official source: release notes.
- 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.
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Audacity 3.0.5
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Official source: release notes.
- 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)
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Audacity 3.0.4
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Official source: release notes.
- Fixes a user reported issue #1476, which possibly leads to the project corruption
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Audacity 3.0.3
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Official source: release notes.
- Key improvements:
- The Windows version of Audacity is now 64-bit
- (Note: 32-bit plug-ins will **not work** on 64-bit Audacity)
- We have improved the 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
- Error reporting: allows users to send us the details of a serious error
- Multiple bugs fixed
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Audacity 3.0.2
Release date: .
Official source: release notes.
- Release Announcement
- Audacity 3.0.2 fixes some important bugs and improves diagnostic reporting. We also added a new preference for macro output, and a 'Save' button on the manage macros dialog.
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Audacity 3.0.0
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Official source: release notes.
- Release Announcement
- Audacity 3.0.0 introduces the new all-in-one-file aup3 project file format.
- Over 160 bugs were fixed since Audacity 2.4.2
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Audacity 2.4.2
Release date: .
Official source: release notes.
- Release Announcement
- Audacity 2.4.2 is a quick release to upgrade to a newer version of wxWidgets (wx3.1.3, patched by us) before embarking on a longer release cycle. We also fixed over 30 bugs, and added one small new feature, a 'Reset Configuration' menu item.
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Audacity 2.4.1
Release date: .
Official source: release notes.
- Release Announcement
- Audacity 2.4.1 is a quick fix release to fix a critical bug in Audacity 2.4.0.
- Details of the bug can be found here
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Audacity 2.4.0
Release date: .
Official source: release notes.
- Release Announcement
- 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.
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Audacity 2.3.3
Release date: .
Official source: release notes.
- Release Announcement
- We've done a lot of bug fixing on Audacity for this release, and a lot of code restructuring. There are a few visible changes too.
- 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.
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Audacity 2.3.2
Release date: .
Official source: release notes.
- Release Announcement
- Audacity now includes the LAME MP3 encoder.
- 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 it can be enabled via preferences.
- Over 20 bugs fixed since 2.3.1. The most serious bug was that Audacity 2.3.1 would crash if append-recording to a collapsed track.
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Audacity 2.3.1
Release date: .
Official source: release notes.
- Release Announcement
- Support for 64-bit macOS. Linux is back. About 25 bugs fixed (since 2.3.1)
- 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.
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Audacity 2.3.0
Release date: .
Official source: release notes.
- Windows and Mac ONLY
- Post release we found serious issues with the Linux builds of Audacity 2.3.0 (read 'it crashes'). So we have withdrawn the release of 2.3.0 on Linux. We are investigating fixes to make for 2.3.1. Meanwhile on Linux please use 2.2.2 or join us on the Audacity devel mailing list to dig into the issues and help us correct them.
- Release Announcement
- Many new features and over 90 bugs fixed (since 2.2.2)
- 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
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Audacity 2.2.2
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Official source: release notes.
- Added dropout detection
- Added Zoom Toggle, and Vertical Zoom menu
- "Ext-Bar" and "Ext-Command" consolidated into the "Extra" menu
- Tweaks to appearance/contrast of some icons
- Fast access to menu key bindings
- Language names using unicode characters
- Many bug fixes, including two serious/critical bugs
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Audacity 2.1.3
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Official source: release notes.
- Properly supports Windows 10 thanks to an upgrade of the PortAudio library.
- Added support for Magic Mouse/Trackpad on macOS.
- New Distortion effect, Rhythm Track (was called Click Track) and Sample Data Import. Also effects are no longer grayed-out when in pause.
- New scrub ruler and 'pinned' option so the waveform moves and the recording/playing head stays still.
- New features in Timer Record.
- On Mac, audacity.app is now added to /Applications/ directly rather than adding a folder there.
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Audacity 2.1.2
Release date: .
Official source: release notes.
- This is our first release after migrating from wx2.8.12 to wx3.0.2 wxWidgets library. New features include:
- New option ‘Spectral Reassignment’. This algorithm deduces a ‘finer’ spectrogram.
- Improvements to Pitch (EAC) – cleaner (sharper) display.
- Spectrogram Settings are now available per-track.
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Audacity 2.1.1
Release date: .
Official source: release notes.
Concise changelog notes have not been added for this version yet.