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| List of significant changes and bug fixes going back to version 1.1.0 | |
| 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 | |