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Audacity: Free Sound Editor and Recording Software

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The Free, Cross-Platform Sound Editor

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Audacity is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. It is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems. Learn more about Audacity... Also check our Wiki and Forum for more information.

The latest release of Audacity is 1.3.5 (beta). Because it is a work in progress and does not yet come with complete documentation or translations into foreign languages, it is recommended for more advanced users. See New Features in 1.3 for more information about the 1.3.x beta series.

For all users, Audacity 1.2.6 is a stable release, complete and fully documented. You can have Audacity 1.2.6 and 1.3.5 installed on the same machine.

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Download Audacity 1.3.5 (Beta)

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May 08, 2008: Audacity 1.3.5 Released

The Audacity Team is pleased to announce the release of Audacity 1.3.5 (beta) for Windows, Mac and Linux/Unix. Changes include improvements and new features for recording, import/export and the user interface. Because it is a work in progress and does not yet come with complete documentation or translations into foreign languages, it is recommended for more advanced users. For all users, Audacity 1.2.6 is a stable release, complete and fully documented. You can have Audacity 1.2.6 and 1.3.5 installed on the same machine.

Beta version 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.

See the included README.txt for more information about this release and New Features in 1.3 for more information about the 1.3.x beta series.

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