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Audacity 4

Audacity 4

Audacity is extremely popular for podcasting, music recording, and sound editing. The software supports a wide range of audio formats and is extensible through plugins, making it a versatile choice for both beginners and experienced audio professionals.

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Audacity 4 is a modern, open-source audio editor built for recording, editing, restoring, and producing audio. Featuring a redesigned interface, customizable workspaces, cloud integration, and rebuilt effects, it streamlines everyday audio workflows for music production, podcasting, voiceovers, and video editing. The updated editing experience introduces gain envelopes, trim and stretch handles, markers, loop regions, direct sample editing, and per-track metering, while customizable themes, accent colors, and workspaces let you tailor the interface to your workflow. Audacity 4 also supports LV2, VST3, and Audio Unit plugins, opens Audacity 3 projects natively, and integrates directly with MuseHub for discovering effects, instruments, and sound libraries. A handful of things from Audacity 3 aren't coming with us: Tempo tracks, LADSPA, and Vamp analyzers won't be in Audacity 4.

What Audacity 4 offers

Modern Editing Workflow: Edit faster with gain envelopes, trim and stretch handles, direct sample editing, and loop regions
Customizable Interface: Personalize workspaces, themes, accent colors, clip colors, and toolbar layouts
Built-In Audio Tools: Record, edit, restore, and mix music, podcasts, voice recordings, and audio for video
Cloud Integration: Save, manage, and publish projects directly through audio.com
Plugin Support: Use LV2, VST3, and Audio Unit plugins, including thousands of effects from MuseHub
Cross-Platform Compatibility: Available free for Windows, macOS, and Linux with native support for Audacity 3 project files

What’s new

  • Audacity 4.0.2 is a patch release.
  • While we work hard to add new features and bring back missing ones in the upcoming 4.1, this patch release fixes many crashes and project corruption issues.
  • #12544 Fixed project corruption when loading projects that contain empty clips.
  • #12123 Fixed duplicate .aup4 extensions and errors when replacing projects during Save As.
  • #12436 Fixed project corruption when copying between projects.
  • #12436 Fixed incorrect pitch and clip loss when moving clips across tracks with different sample rates.
  • #12569 Fixed a crash when opening projects with sample snapping enabled.
  • #12573 Fixed a crash when selecting Repeat Last Effect after closing a project.
  • #12595 Fixed a crash when the Split shortcut is not set.
  • #12515 Fixed missing metadata in certain file formats and incorrect title and artist fields.
  • #12539 Restored automatic saving during recording.
  • #12570 Restored trim, clear selection, and zoom shortcuts. Added PgUp and PgDown timeline scrolling.
  • #12292 Fixed NTSC frame snapping.
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