diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt index 754044a6a..f3cf58d6d 100644 --- a/README.txt +++ b/README.txt @@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode . "Audacity" is a registered trademark of Dominic Mazzoni. -Version 2.0.6 +Version 2.1.0 Contents of this README: 1. Licensing -2. Changes since version 2.0.5 +2. Changes since version 2.0.6 3. Known Issues at Release 4. Source Code, Libraries and Additional Copyright Information 5. Compilation Instructions @@ -57,70 +57,88 @@ to http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html or write to ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -2. Changes since version 2.0.5: - -Bug fixes for: - - * 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. - +2. Changes since version 2.0.6: Changes and Improvements: - * 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). + * 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. - * 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. + * 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. + + * 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://audacity.sourceforge.net/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. + +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. + + * 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. + + + * Addendum: + * The previous Audacity 2.0.6 version fixed an issue that tracks + containing 2^31 samples or greater of audio (just over 13.5 hours at + 44100 Hz) did not re-open correctly. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -3. Known Issues in 2.0.6: +3. Known Issues in 2.1.0: -For known issues at release of 2.0.6, please see: - http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Release_Notes_2.0.6#known +For known issues at release of 2.1.0 please see: + http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Release_Notes_2.1.0#known Please also check: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/index.php?title=Known_Issues @@ -279,7 +297,7 @@ ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 5. Compilation instructions -First you must download wxWidgets. Audacity 2.0.6 requires wxWidgets 2.8.12 +First you must download wxWidgets. Audacity 2.1.0 requires wxWidgets 2.8.12 from: http://www.wxWidgets.org/ . @@ -330,6 +348,64 @@ or ask at: 6. Previous Changes going back to version 1.1.0 +Changes in version 2.0.6: + +Bug fixes for: + + * 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. + + +Changes and Improvements: + + * 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. + Changes in version 2.0.5: