Audacity 1.3.4 beta
Posted on Wednesday, November 14 2007 @ 22:52 CET by Thomas De MaesschalckAudacity 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.
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.
- 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.
- Metadata editor added for OGG, FLAC and WAV/AIFF exports, and general improvements.
- Metadata import improved.
- Muted tracks are no longer audible in the exported mix.
- 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.
- Improvements to latency correction.
- Updated version of portaudio-v19 library.
Program Information Category: Multimedia Type: Free Version: 1.3.4 beta Size: 2.9MB Works on: Windows Product page: here |
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