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best to discuss functional code changes with us first on audacity-devel: best to discuss functional code changes with us first on audacity-devel:
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/audacity-devel . https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/audacity-devel .
Version 2.2.1
Version 2.2.0
Contents of this README: Contents of this README:
1. Licensing 1. Licensing
2. Changes since version 2.1.3 2. Changes since version 2.2.0
3. Known Issues at Release 3. Known Issues at Release
4. Source Code, Libraries and Additional Copyright Information 4. Source Code, Libraries and Additional Copyright Information
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2. Changes since version 2.1.3: 2. Changes since version 2.2.0:
Improvements Improvements
* Four Selectable themes provided, with new 'Light' theme as default, * Waveform colorways
plus option to customize You can optionally change the colorway of the waveforms displayed in your project.
* Many menu changes: The setting is per track and not per project so you can have multiple colorways
* Menus Reorganized in the same project.
* Extended menu bar provided * "Save Other" reverts to "Export" in the File menu
* New keyboard commands for working with clips When we made the menu changes for 2.2.0 we introduced an entry into the File menu
* Help buttons ? in Preferences, Effects, Generators and Analyzers - and called "Save Other" which led to a sub-menu for exporting various audio formats.
other places Many users were confused by this change and found it hard to find where they could
* Non-Graying out of effects when no selection (and explanatory dialog export audio from. So for 2.2.1 we have changed that menu entry to be File > Export.
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 Bug Fixes
* Major work on bug fixing. 198 bugs that were in 2.1.3 were fixed for 2.2.0. * Release 2.2.1 is mainly a maintenance release.
* The most serious bug fixed this time round was bug 437 which was Soon after the release of 2.2.0 we discovered some problematical bugs in Audacity:
about what happens when Audacity is recording and runs out of storage. Bug #1767 - Opening a second project from Mac's Finder produces a second
* Most of the bugs fixed were more minor, such as bug 463 which was inaccessible instance of Audacity
about a case in which the numbering on the timeline could display Bug #1770 - Crash applying certain chain files
incorrect times. 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
See also: https://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Release_Notes_2.2.1
and: https://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/New_features_in_Audacity_2.2.1
See also: https://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Release_Notes_2.2.0
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3. Known Issues in 2.2.0: 3. Known Issues in 2.2.1:
For known issues at release of 2.2.0 please see: For known issues at release of 2.2.1 please see:
http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Release_Notes_2.2.0/Issues http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Release_Notes_2.2.1/Issues
Please also check: Please also check:
http://wiki.audacityteam.org/index.php?title=Known_Issues http://wiki.audacityteam.org/index.php?title=Known_Issues