From a9876146354526320a78a0186c61ed821ad3cf93 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Panagiotis Vasilopoulos Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2021 13:24:01 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Removed old CHANGELOG.txt Signed-off-by: Panagiotis Vasilopoulos --- CHANGELOG.txt | 2461 ------------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 2461 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 CHANGELOG.txt diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 79cfc05de..000000000 --- a/CHANGELOG.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,2461 +0,0 @@ -List of significant changes and bug fixes going back to version 1.1.0 - - - -Changes in version 3.0.0: - - -Improvements - - * Audacity now uses 'aup3' format, with all audio in one file, rather than - the previous 'pile of file' format. We are using the SQLite library to - manageis the contents of this file. Too many users were previously getting - caught out by copying part of the project only, when backing up. - * 'Backup Project' command replaces 'Save Lossless Copy of Project' and 'Save - Compressed Copy of Project' - * Added Corsican and Marathi languages. - * 'Label Sounds' replaces 'Sound Finder' and 'Silence Finder'. - * Added Import and Export of Macros. - * Added Attack, Hold and Delay times to Noise Gate. - * Added Multi-View option to Track Preferences - * Added hidden (bindable to shortcuts) commands for repeating last generator, - analyzer or tool. Previously only most recent effect could be repeated. - * Upgraded Nyquist to 3.16 - -See also: https://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/New_features_in_Audacity_3.0.0 - - -Bug Fixes - - Over 160 bugs in 2.4.2 fixed, including: - - * 208 - Some effects (including equalization effects) delete Envelope Control - Points, or do not move them when timeline changes - * 2367 - Change Pitch effect may create spurious clip at end - * 2492 - Linux: Crash when applying or previewing Sliding Stretch effect on - stereo track - * 2544 - "Editing a clip can move other clips" turned off can cause corruption - when copying and pasting audio - * 2630 - A project saved with an imported MP3 with Unicode metadata cannot be - opened - * 2656 - Cannot horizontal scroll when paused in Play-at-Speed - * 2669 - Win: Save As can be used to overwrite the existing project without - warning - * 1300 - Mac: COMMAND + V paste limitations in standard file save dialogs - * 1579 - Mac: Cut/Copy from file save dialogs using shortcuts does not work - * 2187 - No error/warning message when using a missing aliased audio file - * 2296 - There is no Import or Export for Macros - * 2464 - Cannot drag just the selected audio and label with Time Shift Tool - * 2437 - Mac: "Open with" fails when Audacity is running - * 2473 - Linux: Numbers on meters have opaque backgrounds - * 2487 - Playback meters do not respond during preview of non-real-time effects - * 2491 - Reset Configuration does not reset Extended Import preferences - * 2509 - Filter curve and Graphic EQ help links are broken in release version - * 2527 - Reset Configuration does not reset Project rate or selection timers - * 2573 - High / Low Pass filters limited to ~94 mins stereo at 44100 Hz - * 2581 - Inconsistent behavior when pasting and not enough room - * 2593 - Play-at-Speed does not play unless you have used normal Play first - * 2616 - Labelled Audio Cut and Delete disabled by Sync-Lock - -See also: https://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Release_Notes_3.0.0 - - - - -Changes in version 2.4.2: - - -Improvements - - * Audacity is now built with (our version of) the wx3.1.3 library. - Previously we used wx3.1.1. - * We added a command 'Reset Configuration' to reset to default - settings. - * MP3 Audio is now exported without padding. - -See also: https://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/New_features_in_Audacity_2.4.2 - - -Bug Fixes - - Over 30 bugs in 2.4.1 fixed, including: - - * 2442 - Windows: Crash when importing (or editing) to a disk - with insufficient disk space available - * 2471 - Mix Stereo down to Mono fails if space at start of track. - * 2439 - Mix and Render to New Track selects left channel of new - stereo track - - - - -Changes in version 2.4.1: - -Critical Bug Fix: - * Audacity 2.4.0 was released with a critical bug, (Bug 2436), - which is fixed in 2.4.1. The bug caused loss of data when using two projects at the same time. - -Improvements - - * Audacity now runs on Mac Catalina. - * A new Time Toolbar showing current record/playback time has been - split from the Selection Toolbar. It can be resized large. - * Presets for more effects can be imported and exported. - * A new Multi-View mode for tracks. In this mode both - spectrogram and waveform views are shown at the same time. - * Opus available as a new audio export format on Windows and Linux. - * Easier to convert labels between point labels and range labels. - * New Loudness Normalization effect. - * New RMS measurement analyzer. - * New Noise Gate effect. - * New Spectral Delete effect. - -See also: https://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/New_features_in_Audacity_2.4.1 - - -Bug Fixes - - Over 100 bugs in 2.3.3 fixed, including: - - * 2237 - Equalization effects have no Import or Export for curves - * 2261 - Graphic EQ sliders have no frequency labels - * 2265 - Track heights are reset to default on project re-opening - * 2303 - Playback does not start at the saved cursor position on reopening a saved project. - * 2314 - Zoom in fail when playing - - -Changes in version 2.3.3: - -Improvements - - * Equalization effect now split into two effects, Filter Curve and Graphic EQ. - * Presets (using manage button) now active/working. - * Can now have two points at same frequency for steep steps. - * 'What you hear is what you get' for exports. Formerly the solo button - preferences could lead to differences in which tracks were exported. - * Leading silence (blank space) not skipped over in exports. - * Quality setting on AAC/M4A exports. - * Some confusing functionality removed (better achieved in other ways) - * Removed Nyquist Workbench (use built-in nyquist features) - * Removed Vocal Remover (use Vocal Reduction) - * Removed On-Demand aliased files (copy files instead) - * Removed 'Normalize on Load' (Normalize as needed on export, instead) - - -Bug Fixes - - Over 150 bugs in 2.3.2 fixed, including: - - * 2112 - Crash when opening Equalization settings in a Macro - * 2127 - Crash deleting a track while in Record/Pause state - * 2176 - Crash when attempting to time shift multiple tracks - * 2141 - Tabbing between labels stopped working - * 2200 - Refusal to export some large (4GB) files on size grounds - - - -Changes in version 2.3.2: - -Improvements - - * Audacity now includes the LAME mp3 encoder. Previously, due to now expired - patents, you had to download it separately. - * There is a new 'Select' button in the track panel to select the whole - track. - * Audacity mod-script-pipe for driving Audacity from Python now comes with - Audacity and can be enabled via preferences. - * Options and preferences: - * Type to Create a Label is now off by default. - * A plug-in installer for Nyquist now provides a file browser for - selecting '.NY' files to install. - -Bug Fixes - - Over 20 bugs in 2.3.1 fixed, including: - - * Audacity 2.3.1 would crash if append-recording to a collapsed track. - * Many accessibility bugs on macOS fixed - - - -Changes in version 2.3.1: - -Improvements - - * Audacity now supports 64 bit Mac. - * Options and preferences: - * Microfades are now an opt-in feature. They were always on in 2.3.0. - * The advanced vertical zooming option is now available in the - View->Zoom menu. - * Regular interval labels now support range labels. - -Bug Fixes - - Over 20 bugs in 2.3.0 fixed, including: - - * A crashing bug on Linux that made Audacity 2.3.0. unsuitable for Linux. - * Crash on Mac when right clicking on label. - * Problems with Change Pitch, including not remembering parameter values. - - - -Changes in version 2.3.0: - -Improvements - - * New feature - "Punch and Roll Recording". - * Pinned-play-head can now be repositioned by dragging - * Play-at-Speed now can be adjusted whilst playing. - * Toolbars controlling volume and speed can now be resized for greater - precision - * Macros (formerly 'Chains') substantially extended - * New Macro palette - * Macros can be bound to keyboard keys - * New commands - * New 'Tools' menu - * New 'Scriptables' commands - * Nyquist gains AUD-DO command - * Nyquist effects are now translatable and translated - * More dialogs have help buttons now - * Increased legibility of trackname display - * Half-wave option for collapsed tracks - * Sliding Stretch - * Dialog (option) for entering labels - -Bug Fixes - - Over 90 bugs in 2.2.2 fixed, including: - - * Windows: Queen Mary 1.7.1 Vamp plug-ins crash Audacity on opening - Plug-in Manager - bug #1244 - * Inconsistent behavior when recording with a selection defined - bug #1839 - * Ctrl + M does not open label for editing - bug #1852 - * Vertical Zoom in by clicking in the vertical Scale, or context menu, in - waveform views is inconsistent - bug #1810 - * Deletion of all tracks cannot be undone - bug #1845 - * Timer Record with a selection present can get a truncated recording with - data loss - bug #1851 - * Duplicate shortcuts can be created - bug #1786 - * Labels longer than 260 characters are now supported - bug #1905 - * Using Spectrogram Settings in TCP or using Preferences causes Audacity - to reset Project Rate to default rate in Quality Preferences - bug #1977 - * Cut Preview should play all selected/sync-locked tracks, respecting - Mute/Solo during preview - bug #231 - - - -Changes in version 2.2.2: - -Improvements - - * Dropout detection - Dropout detection is controlled from a setting in Recording Preferences - called "Detect dropouts". - When this setting is "on" (default setting) Audacity will detect dropouts - (brief gaps in the recording) and will insert zeroes into the recording - to keep the other good parts synchronized. These silent spans will make - the dropouts more obvious, but keep the duration of the recording correct. - When recording stops, a Warning message box alerts the user and a label track, - called "Dropouts", is added showing the lost parts, labeled with consecutive numbers. - * Improved horizontal zooming - For this release we have improved the way zooming using your mouse wheel - works and provided a new Zoom Toggle function. - * Improved vertical zooming - We have added a context menu to the vertical scale to control vertical zooming - Previous vertical zooming methods (left-click in the vertical ruler, left-drag - in the vertical ruler) remain available by selecting "Advanced Vertical Zooming" - in Track Behaviors Preferences. - * "Extra" menu - The "Ext-Bar" and "Ext-Command" menus have been consolidated into the "Extra" menu. - * Theme tweaks - The appearance and/or contrast of a few icons has been improved. - * Easier access to changing key bindings for shortcuts - For menu commands that are enabled (not grayed-out) if you hold the Shift key - and click on the sub-menu item, instead of executing the command the Keyboard - Preferences pop open at the chosen command. You can then change that (or any - other) shortcut binding. - * Language selection in Preferences - Interface Preferences has been upgraded so when selecting languages the proper - spelling of these languages is shown with accented and special characters. - -Bug Fixes - - * Multiple use of "Save As" to the existing open project can result in data - corruption/loss - * Crash undoing during record, using Discard button of History window - * Exporting audio in compressed formats to device with insufficient space produces - inconsistent/truncated results - * In Export Multiple, Cancel does not remove the file that is in progress when - Cancel is chosen - * Unicode page encodings fixed ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) - * Crash using SBSMS pitch change at low sample rate - * (Mac) Equalization: "Telephone" curve displays a flat line, no sound on Preview - * Toolbars: open undocked if previously not shown, unless Reset Toolbars first - * Analysis effects that create labels should give focus to label track - * Control value may be out of range when using FloatingPointValidator - * Analysis effects produce false indication that a label is open for editing - * Import Uncompressed File Dialog Incorrect Reference to Menu Item - * Wave Color not grayed out in TCP dropdown menu when in Spectrogram view - * Hover indication on note track channel toggle appears on all tracks (when - they rerender) - * Installer has old logo for 2.2.1 and 2.2.0 - * Un-muting with a single track unnecessarily activates the Solo button - * Applying chain to file should zoom-to-fit - - - -Changes in version 2.2.1: - -Improvements - - * Waveform colorways - You can optionally change the colorway of the waveforms displayed in your project. - The setting is per track and not per project so you can have multiple colorways - in the same project. - * "Save Other" reverts to "Export" in the File menu - When we made the menu changes for 2.2.0 we introduced an entry into the File menu - called "Save Other" which led to a sub-menu for exporting various audio formats. - Many users were confused by this change and found it hard to find where they could - export audio from. So for 2.2.1 we have changed that menu entry to be File > Export. - -Bug Fixes - - * Release 2.2.1 was mainly a maintenance release. - Soon after the release of 2.2.0 we discovered some problematical bugs in Audacity: - Bug #1767 - Opening a second project from Mac's Finder produces a second - inaccessible instance of Audacity - Bug #1770 - Crash applying certain chain files - 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 - - - -Changes in version 2.2.0: - - * Four Selectable themes provided, with new 'Light' theme as default, - plus option to customize - * Many menu changes: - * Menus Reorganized - * Extended menu bar provided - * New keyboard commands for working with clips - * Help buttons ? in Preferences, Effects, Generators and Analyzers - and - other places - * Non-Greying out of effects when no selection (and explanatory dialog - 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 - - * Major work on bug fixing. 198 bugs that were in 2.1.3 were fixed for 2.2.0. - * The most serious bug fixed this time round was bug 437 which was - about what happens when Audacity is recording and runs out of storage. - * Most of the bugs fixed were more minor, such as bug 463 which was - about a case in which the numbering on the timeline could display - incorrect times. - - - -Changes in version 2.1.3: - - * Interface: - * (macOS) Support for horizontal scroll on Magic Mouse / Trackpad and for - Trackpad pinch/expand zoom gestures. - * Pinned option on waveform makes waveform move and recording/playing head - stay still. - * Timer Record options to save/export/exit after recording. - * Scrub Ruler and optional Scrub Toolbar. - * New shortcuts ALT+RIGHT and ALT+LEFT (move to labels without editing). - - * Effects: - * Effects no longer grayed out when paused. - * New Distortion effect (replaces Leveller). - * SBSMS (higher quality but slower) option on Change Tempo / Change Pitch - effects. - * New Rhythm Track generator (replaces Click Track). - * New Generator for Sample Data Import. - * Nyquist effects now significantly faster. - - * Other Changes: - * Upgraded the PortAudio library to v19 rev r1966. This gives Audacity - Windows 10 support. - * (Windows) DirectSound now records 24-bit samples. - * (macOS) Audacity.app now has its resources inside it rather than in a - separate folder, so installation to /Applications/ is cleaner. - * (macOS) Audacity 2.1.3 provides partial support for Sierra. Details at - http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Partial_Support_for_Mac_Sierra_in_2.1.3 . - -Bug fixes: - - Over 60 bugs fixed, including five longstanding bugs. - - - -Changes in version 2.1.2: - - * Interface: - * Spectrogram settings are now available per track. - * Clearer (sharper) display of pitch (EAC). - * New 'Spectral Reassignment' option in spectrogram. Good for vocal work. - - * Other Changes: - * Upgraded the wxWidgets library from wx 2.8.12 to wx 3.0.2. This is - the main change in this release. - -Bug fixes: - - * Crashes - * Crash using 'space' in Selection toolbar context menu fixed. - * Crash setting equalization effect parameters in chains fixed. - * Crash when pressing both mouse buttons over toolbar buttons fixed. - * (Rare) crash or freeze in sound activated recording fixed. - * (Rare) crash on using plot spectrum for first time fixed. - - * Interface - * Equalization effect settings are now saved. - * Oversized Export Options window (FFmpeg) now OK on smaller screens - * FLAC import/export fast again. - * Can now set undefined frequency in Spectral Selection bar. - * Imported presets on custom FFmpeg export fixed. - * Text input boxes working with VAMP - * Keyboard playback commands now work again. - * Import Raw Data now works when in Polish language. - - * Mac OS X - * Mouse preference bindings now show 'command', not 'ctrl' - - - -Changes in version 2.1.1: - - * Effects: - * Built in effects now support presets. - * New Limiter effect replaces Hard Limiter effect. - * New Crossfade Clips effect to apply a simple crossfade to a selected - pair of clips in a single audio track. - * Can now add/remove effects from Generate and Effects menus. - * New version of Vocal Removal Effect. - * Classic Filters' now included as an opt-in effect. - - * Interface: - * Much faster editing with larger projects, thanks to a faster method - for storing the autosave recovery file. - * Performance improvements for Draw Tool and zooming of Spectrogram views. - * Zero-padding Spectrograms Preference smooths the image for short - window sizes. - * Scrubbing and Seeking, including backwards play. - * Quick-Play from Timeline enhancements, particularly for looping. - * (Windows) Language of Audacity user interface is now set in installer. - * More VI usability enhancements for track focus & navigation. - - * Other Changes: - * Upgraded to Nyquist 3.0.9 and libflac 1.3.1. - * Upgraded LV2 libs, LV2 GUIs on Linux, LV2 factory Presets. - * Crash report integration. - * Modules can be enabled in Preferences. Mod-nyq-bench available as an - experimental module (but not in the default download). - -Bug fixes: - - * Crashes - * Crash using Undo while dragging sample points - * Crash using File > Close on project window when Screenshot Tools was - open. - * FFmpeg Custom Export: Crashes importing presets. - * (OS X) Crash closing Track Gain or Pan adjustment box. - * (OS X) Crash closing project window between save project dialogues - * (Linux) TAL VST (but not other VST's) crashed if previewing built-in - effect - * (Linux) SPACE could not be used/could crash in context menus that have - a checkbox. - - * Interface - * LV2 effects did not use parameters when using Chains. - * Built in Generators were not usable in Chains. - * Plot Spectrum could not change values without losing focus. - * Track dropdown menu settings could affect other tracks. - * Slight mismatch of vertical scale with linear spectrogram view. - * RTP effect Play/Stop button remained deactivated after built-in preview - ended. - * Contrast: "Move forward or backward through active windows" did not - refocus Contrast. - * LADSPA and LV2 generate plug-ins failed when white space selected. - - * Mac OS X - * Confusing behaviour importing / exporting AU presets. In particular, - Apple Audio Units silently applied an imported preset. - - - -Changes in version 2.1.0: - - * Effects: - * 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. - - * 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. - -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. - - * Imports and Exports - * If there were invalid FFmpeg libs in system PATH this prevented Audacity - recognising the installed FFmpeg or the FFmpeg specified in audacity.cfg. - - * 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. - - * 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://www.audacityteam.org/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/tenacity.desktop.in set to UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=0 but it - will remain up to distributions to use this desktop file. - - - -Changes in version 2.0.6: - - * 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. - -Bug fixes: - - * 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. - * Projects did not reopen correctly if they contained tracks having - 2^31 samples or greater of audio (just over 13.5 hours at 44100 Hz). - - - -Changes in version 2.0.5: - - * Tracks Menu: - * The separate commands that aligned track start or end with the cursor or - with selection start are combined into "Cursor/Selection Start" commands. - * "Align and Move Cursor" renamed to "Move Selection when Aligning". - - * Label Tracks: - * Labels Editor now allows empty labels to be saved on closing the editor. - * TAB and SHIFT+TAB when the label track has focus now always move forwards - or backwards respectively to the nearest label. - - * (Windows) On a very few machines, the Windows WDM-KS low latency audio host - introduced in Audacity 2.0.4 caused Audacity to hang or the computer to - crash. WDM-KS has been removed from 2.0.5 until it can be safely enabled. - - * (Windows and OS X) Screen reader improvements for Install VST Effects dialog. - - * (OS X) Audio Unit plug-ins detected by Audacity on launch are now not loaded - until chosen from the Effect menu. This should speed up launch and avoid - crashes at launch due to misbehaving Audio Units. - - * (Linux) Update to PortAudio r1910 fixes memory and other bugs under ALSA. - - * (Linux) Applied fix for wxGTK 2.8.12 bug which resulted in loss of Audacity's - menu bar (or visual corruption under Unity) on Debian-based systems. - - Bug fixes: - - * Shaped dither was corrupted and too loud on all stereo exports except FLAC. - - * Keyboard Preferences: some Edit and Align commands for different sub-menus - showed the same name. - - * Recordings stopped with "Stop and Set Cursor" shortcut could not be undone. - - * In locales that use comma for decimal separator: - * Text boxes with slider in Nyquist effects only produced whole numbers - when using comma to enter a fractional number. Text boxes without - slider still have this problem. - * Built-in generators produced silence after running a Nyquist effect. - - * (Windows) When first changing to Windows WASAPI host, the input volume slider - in Mixer Toolbar was enabled when it should have been permanently disabled. - - * (Windows) On some machines, launching Audacity then recording from the current - Device Toolbar input would not record until the input was reselected. - - * (OS X) Frequent crashes occurred on importing audio files on some machines. - - * (OS X) Files did not open using Finder "Open with", double-clicking the - file or dragging the file to the Audacity icon. - - * (Linux 64-bit) Fixed a crash when using Equalization. - - * (Linux) It was not possible to open an effect or other dialog then navigate - through the dialog using TAB. - - * (Linux) The Play shortcut did not play a read-directly WAV, AIFF or FLAC - import if the warning for importing uncompressed files appeared. - - - -Changes in version 2.0.4: - - * New "Reverb" effect to replace GVerb, based on the original "Freeverb". - * New View > Go to Selection Start and Go to Selection End commands. - * New "Align End to End" command to append existing tracks to each other. - * Change Tempo now supports fractional BPM. - * Plot Spectrum now supports FFT sizes up to 65536. - * WAV files now support "Album Title", "Track Number" and "Genre" LIST INFO - tags and also support ID3 tags. - * Handle a bug in older iPods or some OS X applications that cause them to - refuse AIFF files whose metadata contains an uneven number of characters, - * (Windows) Added support for "Windows WDM-KS" host which can provide very - low latencies if you reduce "Audio to Buffer" in Recording Preferences. - * (Windows Vista and later) You can now record computer playback by choosing - the new "Windows WASAPI" host in Device Toolbar then a "loopback" input. - * (Windows and Mac OS X): VST scanning dialog now replaced with a dialog - for choosing which VST effects to load. - * (Linux) CTRL + ALT can now be used to smooth samples in Draw Tool. - * Modules Preferences replaced with a dialog on launch of Audacity - enabling you to choose which modules to load. - -Bug fixes: - - * Keyboard Preferences: Shortcuts for Generators, Effects and Analyzers - were not exported. All imported shortcut changes were discarded. - * Equalization curves were corrupted in Graphic EQ mode after switching - to/from Draw Curves or after running the effect then reopening it. - * Change Pitch displayed corrupted values when reducing pitch or editing - "from" Frequency. Detection was very inaccurate at high sample rates. - * Bass Boost no longer clips if the track contains 32-bit audio. - * Auto Duck was excessively slow on older machines. - * (Windows) Exported MP3 comments tags were not seen by Windows programs. - * (Windows and OS X) Audacity crashed if you used system quit before - file import was complete. - * (Linux) Equalization crashed Audacity if the XML file was corrupted. - * (Linux) When configuring effect parameters in "Edit Chains", "Preview" - (not intended to be functional) caused a crash. - * (Linux) LICENSE.txt and README.txt were wrongly installed in - /usr/local/share/doc instead of /usr/local/share/doc/audacity/ . - * Accessibility: ENTER did not toggle selectedness of a label track unless - a label was selected. - * Numerous other interface fixes. - - - -Changes in version 2.0.3: - - * The SoX Resampler library (libsoxr) has replaced libresample in - Audacity releases, offering both higher quality and greater speed. . - - * Time Tracks new features: - * "Set Range" now changes only the range of the Time Track, - preserving the pitch/speed set by any existing warp points. - * Vertical scale added with options for linear and logarithmic - display and interpolation. - * Upper and lower speed limits will now be remembered when saving - and reopening a project in 2.0.3. Warp points in projects saved - by previous Audacity versions will be correctly restored in 2.0.3. - * Warp points saved in a 2.0.3 project will be preserved if opened - in previous versions but playback and display will be incorrect. - - * New effects: - * Studio Fade Out (uses a filtered "S" curve). - * Adjustable Fade (accessible effect for creating partial fades - and adjustable fade shapes). - * Bass and Treble (replaces Bass Boost). - - * Real sample rates up to 384000 Hz are now supported for playback - and recording in high resolution devices (the maximum is up to - 192000 Hz for Windows DirectSound host). - - * Labeled Regions in Edit Menu is renamed to "Labeled Audio" and now - allows splits to be placed at point labels. Labeled audio regions - that touch without overlapping are treated as separate regions. - Overlapping labeled audio regions are treated as a single region. - - * Compilation: cmake is required in order to build libsoxr. - - * New Croatian translation of Audacity. - -Bug fixes: - - * Crash using Undo whilst time-shifting a track. - * Crash using Repair if the selection extended into an empty track. - * Export Multiple didn't prevent export if there was no audio or - all audio was muted. This allowed export of small invalid files. - - * Time Track: - * Loop Play of a speeded-up track inserted silence. - * Playback and rendering was significantly inaccurate, creating - audible and visual glitches. - - * Accessibility: - * The mnemonics character "&" was read out by screen readers in - most of the Preferences choices. - * NVDA did not read static text in most dialogs. Text can now be - read by using INSERT + B. - * JAWS and Window-eyes misread the "Duration" control in Silence - Generator. - * Toolbar buttons could not be pressed by ENTER - - * Other interface bug fixes. - - - -Changes in version 2.0.2: - - * Duration controls when generating at a point now default to - hh:mm:ss + milliseconds format. Selection Toolbar also defaults - to that format on first installation or resetting preferences. - * Toolbars visual improvements: - * "Snap To" in Selection Toolbar now has an explanatory tooltip. - * Device Toolbar tooltips now display the selected device. - * Increased default width of Device Toolbar and Meter Toolbar. - * Improvements and some bug fixes to Nyquist effects, including: - * Delay (new option to prevent duration change) - * Sample Data Export (new "L-R on Same Line" layout option) - * Risset Drum (new "Amplitude" slider). - * Importing a labels file writes the file name to the name of the - Label Track, and exporting a labels file offers the name of the - last Label Track in the project. - * Removed the "Audio cache" option from Directories Preferences - due to frequent crash reports. All data operations will now - be written to disk and not to RAM. - * Removed the FFmpeg "On-Demand" option from Libraries Preferences - (this fixes Audacity not building if configured --without-ffmpeg). - * Compilation: Progress on making the Modules feature mainstream. - Modules can now be individually enabled and disabled in Preferences. - -Bug fixes: - - * Interface: - * "Retain labels" Interface Preference did not retain labels for - a region that snapped exactly to both label edges. - * Projects did not save the track selected state. - * (OS X, Linux) Timer Record: Interlinking of the Start, End and - Duration controls was broken. - * (Windows) JAWS screen-reader did not read the "Draw curves" and - "Graphic EQ" radio buttons in Equalization correctly. - - * Envelopes and Clips: - * Exporting (or any render operation) on a track containing - split lines could create clicks at the split lines. - * Dragging a clip into another track caused a crash if Sync-Lock - Tracks was enabled and there was also a label track. - - * Effects and Analysis: - * Normalize could crash if the track name contained "%". - - - -Changes in version 2.0.1: - - * Shortcuts can now be added in Keyboard Preferences to items in the - Generate, Effect or Analyze menus, including user-added plug-ins. - - * Nyquist Effect plug-ins can now be added to Chains. - - * New "Paulstretch" effect for extreme slowdown without pitch change. - - * New "Sample Data Export" Analyze effect for exporting a file - containing amplitude values for each sample in the selection. - - * New Preference (off by default) to import files On-Demand (without - seek ability) when using the optional FFmpeg library. - - * New Preference (off by default) to retain labels when deleting a - selection that snaps to the label without extending past it. - - * (Windows installer) New option to reset Preferences on next launch. - - * (Mac) Audacity now has excellent compatibility with the VoiceOver - screen reader. For details, please see: - http://manual.audacityteam.org/help/manual/man/accessibility.html#mac . - - * CleanSpeech Mode (no longer supported) will not now be enabled - even if it was enabled by an earlier version of Audacity. - - * Added Serbian (Latin and Cyrillic) translations. - -Bug fixes: - - * Interface: - * Selection Toolbar: a value for the previous whole second - displayed if the value was close to a whole second. - * Finding zero crossings could cause the selection to expand into - white space at either side of the clip. - * Clips did not drag to another track if mouse was over a selection. - * Mixer Board: Rendering four tracks resulted in a redundant Track - Strip followed by a crash. - - * Imports, Exports and Files: - * Exporting to WAV or AIFF led to a "Libsndfile says" error or - corrupted output due to order of metadata in imported files. - * (Mac) Fixed crashes importing MP3 files on PPC machines. - * (Linux Ubuntu) .Aup files could not be associated with Audacity - (they opened in the web browser instead). - - * Effects and Analysis: - * Normalize: Fixed issues where normalization could be to wrong - value if applied with DC offset correction, or if applied to - "read-directly" WAV and AIFF files before On-Demand completed. - * Sliding Time Scale: fixed an audible discontinuity at the - beginning of the processed selection; fixed a serious quality - problem on Linux 64-bit. - - * Other miscellaneous bug fixes, including fix to prevent zooming - with mouse wheel or ball scrolling the content off-screen. - - - -Changes between version 1.3.14 Beta and 2.0.0: - - * New Interface preference to show the track name in the display (this - is off by default). - * Longer default Playback preference for effects preview and preview - before cut. - * Restored use of Page Up and Page Down to scroll horizontally. - - Bug fixes: - - * Interface: - * Fixed playback speed and synchronization problems when dragging - clips or tracks between tracks having different sample rates. - * (Windows) Removed a crash risk where shortcuts could be - used to record or import in one project while importing or - exporting in another. - - * Imports and Exports: - * Fixed crashes when changing the sample format of read-directly WAV - or AIFF files using the Track Drop-Down Menu. - * Fixed a crash importing MP3 files that had duplicate metadata tags - (this is a bug in current libsndfile which has been patched in - Audacity; MP3 files mislabeled as WAV which have duplicate tags - will still crash Audacity on Linux if Audacity has been compiled - against an affected version of system libsndfile). - * Fixed an issue where excessively high or corrupted sample values in - the audio could corrupt exports from the start of the problem for - the rest of the file, and could corrupt the rest of the project. - * (Linux) Fixed Audacity could not be compiled against FFmpeg - 0.7.x and 0.8.x. - - * Effects and Analysis: - * Fixed crash on launch when using "Ambisonic Decoders (PC)" VST - plug-ins and other plug-ins that enable additional floating point - exceptions. - * Fixed Plot Spectrum background could be transparent on some machines. - * Bug fixes for Click Track, High Pass, Low Pass and Vocal Remover. - * Chirp, Tone and Silence generators now remember their settings. - - * Other miscellaneous bug fixes. - - - -Summary of bug fixes and new features between 1.2.6 and 2.0.0: - - * New features: There are dozens of new features in 2.0.0, including: - - * Many effects significantly improved, especially Equalization, Noise - Removal and Normalize. Vocal Remover now included plus GVerb on - Windows and Mac. VAMP analysis plug-ins now supported. - * Improved label tracks with Sync-Lock Tracks feature in the Tracks Menu. - Multiple clips per track. Tracks and selections can be fully - manipulated using the keyboard. Many more keyboard shortcuts. - * New Device Toolbar to manage inputs and outputs. Timer Record feature. - New Mixer Board view with per-track VU meters. - * Automatic Crash Recovery in the event of abnormal program termination. - * Fast "On-Demand" import of WAV/AIFF files if read directly from source. - FLAC now fully supported. Added support for optional FFmpeg library - for import/export of AC3/M4A/WMA and import of audio from video files. - - Please visit http://www.audacityteam.org/about/features/ for a full - list of features in 2.0.0. You can click Help > Manual (in web browser) - in the program to read more. - - * Bug Fixes: - - * Labels now accept lower case "z". - * (Windows Vista/7) Pressing Stop after recording could cause a crash. - * (Mac OS X) Fixed shortcut keys activating when typing in file open or - save windows. - * (Mac OS X) Audacity 2.0.0 fully supports Unicode, which fixes an - issue where Audacity could not work with folders having non-English - characters in their name. - * (Linux) Playing existing tracks while recording in mono could cause - recordings to be distorted or low-pitched. - - - -Changes in version 1.3.14 Beta: - - * Normalize: Faster processing and improved interface. Left-right balance - in unsplit stereo tracks is now preserved by default, with a checkbox - option provided to process stereo channels independently. - * Spectrograms now allow window sizes up to 32768 and frequencies up to - half the sample rate (the maximum possible). - * Mix and Render now preserves clip length by not rendering white space - between time zero and first audio, and preserves audio before time zero. - To retain silence before the audio starts, generate silence after render. - * Grouped some Edit Menu items into "Remove Audio" and "Clip Boundaries". - * CleanSpeech Mode removed from Interface Preferences (it still runs if it - was enabled in a previous Audacity but can only be turned off there). - * (OS X) Added support for AudioUnit MusicEffects (but no MIDI support). - * (Linux) Set the per-user files directory per the program name set in - configure. - * (Linux) Changed the default location of the Audacity temporary directory - to be in /var/tmp not /tmp, so preserving the directory between reboots. - -Bug fixes: - - * Interface: - * Excessive delay occurred when typing into labels in long projects. - * Last digit of TimeText controls could not be manipulated in some formats. - * (Windows, OS X) Play and Record shortcuts did not work after clicking in - Device Toolbar. - * (OS X, Linux) Crash occurred if Toolbars were reset during playback or - recording. - - * Imports and Exports: - * MP2 files were not importable without FFmpeg library or an import rule. - * Files that could only be imported using FFmpeg imported as noise with - no error message if FFmpeg was not available. - * Files containing PCM audio but an incorrect extension (such as MP3) - caused a freeze. - - * Effects and Analysis: - * An empty command could be added to a Chain which then displayed a - Nyquist error message when run. - * Plot Spectrum didn't preserve signal level if multiple tracks were - analyzed. - - * Other bug fixes: - * Audacity has been provisionally fixed so that it can no longer create - block files longer than the sample format or project format allows, - and can no longer delete these, which led to data loss. Any overlong - blocks found are preserved but "orphaned", so will appear as silence. - * Orphan block files were wrongly reported if cutting or copying to - the clipboard then reopening the project in the same session. - * Fixed some crashes and incorrect movement of audio when dragging tracks. - * (Windows) Data loss is now prevented when encountering a corrupted - .aup file created in ANSI builds. - * (Linux) Restore building if USE_PORTMIXER is not defined. - - - -Changes in version 1.3.13 Beta: - - * Control Toolbar renamed to Transport Toolbar. - * Device Toolbar (on by default) now contains all input and output device - choices, including host and recording channels. Input/output choices are - no longer in Mixer Toolbar on Windows XP or some older operating systems. - New Transport > Rescan Audio Devices menu item to refresh the device list. - * New "Sync-Lock Tracks" feature (turned on in the Tracks menu) to allow - groups of audio and/or label tracks to retain synchronisation when the - track length changes. - * Equalization: New "Manage Curves" dialog for importing and exporting curves. - * Noise Removal: New "Sensitivity" slider to adjust the noise threshold, and - new option to isolate noise. - * New "Extended Import" Preferences for specifying different importers to - open specific file extensions. - * Improved Automatic Crash Recovery with all project changes autosaved. - * MIDI tracks can be vertically zoomed, time shifted and display bar lines. - Note: the channel selection buttons are not available in 1.3.13. - * (Windows and Linux) The window Close button and other system close or - shutdown commands now quit on closing the last window. File > Close now - always clears to a new, empty project. - * (OS X) Simpler installer with top-level "Audacity" folder. - -Bug fixes: - - * Interface: - * Cutting or copying from a track at a given sample rate into a track - at another rate resulted in speed-changed audio. - * Generating inside a clip could modify the clip length or create - spurious clips. - * Recorded stereo tracks were only half the height of imported or - generated stereo tracks. Imported stereo files had a "1" appended - to the track name. - * Edit > Region Save did not save the cursor position. - * (Windows) Projects crashed when clicking rapidly inside the interface - or when applying repeated effects towards the end of audio tracks. - * (Windows) Some Unicode characters could not be typed into labels, - or caused a freeze using some input methods. - * (OS X) Crash when quitting an empty project window, or when closing the - main project window while a progress dialog was on screen. - * Numerous other interface fixes including Dependencies dialog, - Keyboard Preferences and spurious lines drawn on waveform. - - * Imports and Exports: - * Support added for later versions of the optional FFmpeg library up to - current FFmpeg HEAD. This should significantly improve FFmpeg support - on Linux. FFmpeg downloads for Windows and Mac updated to v0.6. This - fixes mono AAC files importing as stereo, though current 0.5 versions - of FFmpeg will still work. - * Both FFmpeg and LAME should now be properly detected even when other - versions of those libraries exist on the system. - * New warning (on by default) for importing uncompressed audio files. - Better error messages when read-directly uncompressed files are missing. - * Imported ID3v2 metadata tags were removed when exporting without the - Metadata Editor appearing (for example, when using an export command - in Chains). Note: As a result of this fix, ID3v1 tags must now be - written by exporting using (external program) and an installed LAME. - * U-Law/A-Law files with WAV headers now use the standard 18 byte fmt chunk, - so should now be recognised by most telephony applications. - * Variable bit rate MP3s exported using "MP3 Files" were larger than - necessary because using the bit reservoir was disabled. - * (OS X) Files imported from iTunes could create invalid characters in the - .aup project file, causing an error when re-opening the project. Note: - An error "reference to invalid character number" will still occur if - re-opening a project created in previous Betas that contains such - characters. To fix the issue, open a back-up copy of the .aup file in a - text editor, turn off word wrap, then in the line indicated in the error - message, remove the string of characters that starts with &# and ends - with a semi-colon (;). - - * Other bug fixes: - * Nyquist effects: fixes for crashes, incorrect slider behaviour and better - support for backslashes, double quotes and Unicode characters. - * (Windows and OS X) Processing of VST effects was substantially slower than - in previous versions of Audacity. - * (OS X 10.5 PPC) A first-time installation of Audacity Beta would hang - on launch if VST effects were detected. - * (Linux) Recordings made with the pulse device crashed or stalled when - using overdub and/or software playthrough. - * (Linux) Play-at-Speed crashed at 0.08 speed or lower if Audacity was - configured with libsamplerate. - - - -Changes in version 1.3.12 Beta: - - * A hover tooltip is now provided if the Mixer Toolbar input selector - cannot control the system slider for the selected input. - * More intuitive behavior when moving and resizing labels by dragging - * Support added for importing lists of files (LOF) containing relative - paths - * Export Multiple: new option to use a numerical prefix before existing - label or track names; "Success" dialog now resizable - * New Equalization preset "Inverse RIAA", with new button to invert - other curves - * Timer Record now remembers last scheduled duration - * Meter Toolbar can now be made much narrower, and so more suitable for - vertical orientation - * New Preferences choice for "System" language which is used on first - run instead of asking user to choose language - * Warning now provided if WAV/AIFF exports are not successfully - completed - * (Linux) Improved icon set in compliance with freedesktop.org - Icon Theme Specification 0.6 - -Bug fixes: - - * Imports and Exports: - * AAC files could not be exported at 48000 Hz - * When importing multiple native file formats using FFmpeg, all - files after the first reverted to using the native importer - * FFmpeg custom export window too large on 800 x 600 resolution - monitors - * Projects froze if files imported via On-Demand were no longer - available - * (Linux) WAV/AIFF exports were corrupted if overwriting an aliased - file which had been imported using the command line - - * Labels: - * Cutting or deleting a region in the waveform and label track did - not move the labels in advance of the cut - * Incorrect behavior snapping to labels and boundaries when Snep To - was enabled - * Labels can now be reversed if included with the audio selection - - * Other bug fixes: - * When using non-English languages, Generate effects truncated the - selected region - * Mice with high-precision scroll-wheels could cause a crash - * Changing recording preferences using the Transport menu did - not update the menu in other open projects - * (Windows 7) Clicking in a file open or save dialog caused files or - folders to disappear from the list, and file filtering was broken - - - -Changes in version 1.3.11 Beta: - - * (Windows) Better icon file with higher resolution and transparency - * New SoundFinder plug-in to label regions of audio between silences, so - allowing silences between tracks to be excluded when exporting multiple - -Bug fixes: - - * Imports and Exports: - * Bug when exporting partial selections caused too much audio to be - exported is fixed. - * Fix corrupt files exported through FFmpeg when metadata included, - (metadata is now exported correctly in M4A files) - * Prevent saving a new Audacity Project over an existing one as this - could corrupt both projects. - * Improved help for files that cannot be imported because the relevant - optional library is missing. - - * Effects: - * Allow effects which change the length of the audio they work on to also be - applied to selected label tracks, thus keeping them synchronized. - * Fixed inability in Nyquist plug-ins to add labels to an existing label track - * (Mac) Equalization window was corrupted after Preview - * (Linux 64-bit) Fixed crash Generating Click Track - - * Audio Devices: - * Fixed bug causing recording to stop short when the recording sample rate - is not supported by the sound device and libsamplerate is used for - resampling. - * Fix crash when opening Preferences on a machine where there are no - available audio devices. - * Fixes for bugs using Timer Record and Sound Activated Recording - - * User Interface: - * Sizes of some dialogs adjusted to ensure they fit on the screen. - * Fix for supposedly "hidden" items appearing on screen with large - monitors. - * Various keyboard shortcut and translation fixes. - - * Other bug fixes: - * Several timing-dependent crashes and minor incorrect behaviors have been - fixed - * Windows installer now installs correctly over previous versions of Audacity - - - -Changes in version 1.3.10 Beta: - - * Linked audio and label tracks disabled until a future Beta - version so they can be bug fixed - * Input volume slider will be disabled if it doesn't have proper - control of system slider; use the system slider instead - * Proper support for copying/pasting label-with-audio including - label text; new Edit > Paste Text to New Label menu item to - paste system clipboard - * Contrast Tool now modeless, more intuitive handling of multiple - project windows, various other minor improvements - -Bug fixes: - - * Imports and Exports: - * Freeze importing audio files when Default View Mode set to - Pitch (EAC) - * Simultaneous On-Demand imports sorted incorrectly - * WAV or AIFF files imported as noise if Preferences set to - copy in the data at 24-bit quality - * WMA exports corrupted if they contained metadata - * Metadata Editor appeared before the Export window when - exporting to any format - - * Effects: - * Crash or hang using Equalization on longer tracks - * Reverse did not reverse clip boundaries - * Nyquist: - * Excessive memory consumption led to slow processing or - crashes - * Values appearing in Nyquist effects text boxes were not - always the default or previously entered values - * Errors running Nyquist effects in European locales where - comma used as decimal separator - * VST effects remained in Effect menu even when re-scanned and - no longer available - * Truncate Silence produced incorrect results if silences - spanned a block boundary - - * Other bug fixes: - * Spurious "not writable/disk full" errors when saving projects - * Playing, rendering or exporting multiple tracks led to - desynchronised playback or loss of audio data - * Crash opening Preferences when no recording and/or playback - devices enabled or connected - * Preferences window: OK button did not respond to ENTER when - a tab selected in left-hand panel - * Mixer Board solo button handling - * (Windows) After a period launching correctly, Audacity - sometimes did not come up on top at launch - * (Mac OS X) Correctly installed Help folder could not be found - * (Mac OS X and Linux) Output slider could affect VU playback - meter which then did not reflect actual waveform volume level - * (Linux) Undoing or redoing a label edit could cause a crash - - - -Changes in version 1.3.9 Beta: - - * Compressor: new option to compress based on peaks, improved - attack and decay time support - * Mixer Board: improved design, more responsive meters and - now interacts fully with Track Panel in main window - -Bug fixes: - * Crash, slow launch or excessive CPU/memory use arising - from automatic VST support: - * VST instrument plug-ins should now be correctly ignored - * VST effects now scanned only at start of first session - that detects them, then cached; effects are now not - loaded or opened until needed - * New "Effects" tab in Preferences to enable/disable VST - effects and enable VST rescan on next launch - * Default View Mode now works - * Chains now always apply their stored parameters rather than - those last used in Effect menu - * Non-MP3 files imported via drag or Recent Files caused - crash if filter in file open window set to MP3 - * AAC exports (using the optional FFmpeg library) were - silenced - * Generating audio always fitted the project in the window; - fit now done only if generating in new track - * View menu items/shortcuts incorrectly disabled when playing - or recording - * DTMF generator defaulted to zero duration on open - * Unwanted interactions between linked audio and label tracks - * Noise Removal shifted clips if the selection region included - white space - * (Windows XP) Failure to launch on some machines due to - "incorrect configuration" issue - * (Windows) Crash importing a stereo file while a screen reader - such as JAWS is running - * (Mac OS X): - * Audio Units effects applied to all tracks in project even - if not selected - * QuickTime importer now handles files greater than 16-bit - or 64000 Hz - * Various other interface bugs - - - -Changes in version 1.3.8 Beta: - -New Features: - * Effects and Analysis: - * VST Effects now display GUI by default - * Faster Equalization and Noise Removal; improved - Truncate Silence and Click Track - * Chains applied to files now clear temporary data after - processing each file - * Updated Nyquist implementation with support for SAL - syntax and improved memory management - * Plot Spectrum now analyzes up to 237.8 seconds of audio, - with separate windows for each project and improved - display; new preferences for Spectrograms - * Contrast Analysis tool now modeless for easier use - * Interface: - * Draft Manual/Quick Help included in Windows and Mac - installers - * New "Mixer Board" view with per-track VU meters - * Mute, solo, gain, pan and track height saved in projects - * More compact Preferences window with easier-to-use Keyboard - tab and new toolbars shortcuts - * New Screenshot Tools and improved screen reader support - * Other: - * Record more than 16 channels (hardware/drivers permitting) - * Improved support for non-mmap ALSA devices such as PulseAudio - * 32-bit float data over 0 dB now handled without clipping - * "Stop" option when importing preserves already imported data - * AMR NB import/export now supported if the optional FFmpeg library - is installed - * Faster waveform drawing and better response in multi-track - projects - -Bug fixes: - * Export Multiple: failed with no export or warning if empty - label encountered; silenced project and exported files if - overwriting imported WAV files without copying the data in - * Metadata Editor hidden if it was on a now unavailable second - monitor - * Misaligned audio after "Split New" or Noise Removal effect - * Incorrect label movement and paste with linked audio and label - tracks - * Equalization, Cut Preview and Advanced Mixing Options dialog - * (Linux) Mixer Toolbar should now adjust levels and select input - sources properly - * "Audio cache" preference caused crashes - data is now only - cached in memory if available RAM is above a level defined - in preferences - * Various other crashes - - - -Changes in version 1.3.7 Beta: - -New Features: - * F11 Full Screen mode - * High-quality "Sliding Time Scale/Pitch Shift" effect - * Audio Contrast Analyzer for testing audio on the - internet for WCAG2 accessibility compliance. - * Windows: sound devices can now be opened using the - more efficient DirectSound API - -Other changes: - * Latency correction should be improved for many users - by employing a fixed rather than variable correction - * Grouping of Effects into categories turned off until - a way is added for users to do so themselves - * Numerous minor interface improvements such as Metadata - Editor navigation, new "hh:mm:ss + hundredths" - selection format - * Note: Windows users wanting to export MP3 files will - require the latest version of the LAME encoder from - http://lame.buanzo.com.ar/ - -Cross-platform Bug Fixes: - * Muting/soloing caused incorrect channel results in exported - stereo files - * Noise Removal and all Nyquist effects pasted the original - unmodified audio at the end of the modified region - * Noise Removal inserted a tail of low level noise at the end - of the modified region - * Nyquist and Compressor plug-ins did not display moving bars - in progress dialog and over-estimated "Remaining Time" - * Cancelling Nyquist effects deleted unprocessed audio - * Change Speed and Change Tempo failed to modify the original - selection length - * Cut lines invisible - * Fixed various bugs importing multi-stream files via FFmpeg - * File > Export as WAV could be corrupted if overwriting - an imported WAV read direct from the file - * Export multiple "Other uncompressed files" choice always - produced 16-bit PCM audio irrespective of chosen options. - * MP3 export usually produced a 128 kbps constant bit rate file - irrespective of chosen options; reported length often - incorrect - * MP3 ID3 Genre tag misread on import if the genre list in - Metadata Editor was opened and saved - * Exported metadata tags in MP3, OGG and FLAC often not seen by - player software - now substantially improved - * WMA exports (via FFmpeg)corrupted if metadata tags included - * Some multi-channel recording devices that previously recorded - more than two channels no longer did so - * Generated audio did not fit in window - * No warning was given when saving an empty project - * Beep on completing longer process did not work on many - systems - * fixed crashes importing lists of files (.LOF), in Meter Toolbar - and Change Speed - -Platform-specific Bug Fixes: - * Windows Vista: crash opening Preferences with no sound - devices enabled and connected - * Mac OS X and Linux: - * Spurious clipping at start of playback - * Labels did not accept certain legal characters - * Shortcuts did not work after running effects - * Project Rate did not change to respect rate of first - imported file if that rate was unsupported - * Mac OS X only: - * Crash resizing project window - * Menu items became inactive or visibly corrupted - * File > Open dialog did not always work on OS X 10.4 - * Impossible to set independent Command and Control - shortcuts that shared the same key - * Freeze importing uncompressed files via On-Demand - (please report any remaining instances of this to: - feedback@audacityteam.org) - * Portable settings were not picked up, instead settings - were taken from the default location - * Fixed unavailability of FFmpeg installer - - - -Changes in 1.3.6 Beta (since 1.3.6a6 Alpha): - -Interface: - * "Save Compressed Copy of Project" saves in much smaller .OGG - format to facilitate online transmission of projects - * Improved MIDI import and export routines, and clearer color - for selection region - * Default temporary directory on Mac now accessible in Finder - -Import / Export: - * Stability improvements in on-demand loading - * FFmpeg: support for latest version of library, improved - version checks and error messages, stability improvements - in custom exporter - -Bug Fixes: - * Crash in "Get Noise Profile" step of Noise Removal at project - rates below 20480 Hz. - * Underestimation of peak level in tracks with a small number - of different peaks - * Truncate Silence could result in repeated or lost audio if - applied to the whole of a track - * Other interface, generating, exporting and platform-specific - fixes - -Compilation: - * Added autoconf macro archive to CVS, enabling *.nix users - without this archive to build --with -MIDI - - - -Changes in 1.3.6a6: - -Interface: - * Note Track now supports export as a MIDI file - * Linked audio and label tracks: improved support when source - and target number of tracks differ and when cross-pasting - different track types - -Import / Export: - * On-demand now supports project saving during summarising; - reverts to stripey background; fixed some crashes due to - threading issues - * Exports: Single AAC filter (M4A LC profile) with quality - settings slider; removed FFmpeg formats already supported - by Audacity; added explicit GSM 6.10 (WAV) filter; current - project rate now used for all exports, with check for - format-invalid rates; improvements to metadata support - -Effects: - * LV2 plug-ins: added support (OS X and Linux only) for using - synths as tone generators, scale point labels, grouped - controls and i18n translations - - - -Changes in 1.3.6a5: - -Interface: - * Note Track now builds on Windows - * Fixes/improvements for linked audio and label tracks (one - desynchronisation bug remains when pasting audio into a - greater number of tracks than were copied); now supports - label shifting when changing pitch and tempo - * Added full label pasting support: now possible to paste - multiple labels, region labels and labels with audio, and - correct label text is now pasted - -Import / Export: - * Added full "on-demand" support (now with minimum file - length of 30 seconds): clicking moves summary calculation - point; supports split and merge of stereo tracks; - incompletely summarised tracks resume summary calculation - automatically; text-based Status Bar progress indication and - animated dummy waveform instead of embedded progress bar - - -Effects: - * Fixed a bug where previewing Equalization curves more - than once previewed the unmodified audio - * Improvements to DTMF generator - -Miscellaneous: - * Improved support for working with audio in excess of 2^31 - samples (about 13.5 hours at 44100 Hz); some accessibility - improvements - - - -Changes in 1.3.6a4: - -Interface: - * New Preference: Default View Mode, to choose type of - waveform, spectrum or pitch view for new tracks - * Note Track: experimental support is now enabled by defining - USE_MIDI in config*, but does not build out-of-the-box - on Windows - * Bug fixes for linked audio and label tracks; now supports - label shifting when changing speed and generating tones - -Import / Export: - * Improvements/fixes for AAC exports including new M4A - filter for compatibility with iTunes; RealAudio export - support removed - FFmpeg does not support this properly - * Improved refresh of on-demand loading; fixed a phantom - on-demand progress bar when time-shifting clips - -Effects: - * Experimental support for LV2 plug-in architecture on Linux - and Mac, but operation may be buggy; no LV2 support yet on - Windows, because the required slv2 library currently does - not build - - - -Changes in 1.3.6a3: - -Import / Export: - * Experimental support for exporting a much wider range - of proprietary audio formats via FFmpeg - * "On-demand" immediate loading of imported PCM WAV or - AIFF files now has experimental "progress bar" embedded in - the waveform until fully loaded - -Interface: - * Note Track: experimental support for cut, copy and paste - using Edit Toolbar; currently not available for Linux, where - EXPERIMENTAL_NOTE_TRACK must be undefined in order - to build - * New Transport menu for alternative access to play and record - commands and some recording preferences - * Audio tracks are now linked to label tracks by being positioned - above a label track, if linkage is enabled in the Tracks menu - - - -Changes in 1.3.6a2: - -Import / Export: - * Experimental support for importing a much wider range - of audio formats via FFmpeg: support has to be enabled - in *config when building and requires FFmpeg libraries - * Experimental support for "on-demand" immediate loading - of imported PCM WAV or AIFF files (full waveform continues - to load while you play or edit). - -Effects: - * Built-in plug-ins now grouped into related hierarchical - categories - -Interface: - * New Debug Log window available in all builds - * Experimental support for linking a label track with any - number of audio tracks so that labels shift with cuts and - inserts in the audio track - * Default theme now reverted to that of 1.3.5 - * Recording channels preference now defaults to stereo - -Miscellaneous: - * Bug fixes for shortcut availability/tab order in Selection Bar, - and for window focus issues when previewing effects - * Improvements in escaping and navigating fields in dialogs, - and in stability when screen readers are used - - - -Changes in 1.3.6a1: - -Interface: - * Further improvements to menu navigation and wordings. - * All file dialogs are now resizable, and support "Places" - sidebar on Windows 2000 or later. - * Preferences: - * New "Theme" preference for modifying interface - colours and images, with experimental new default - colour scheme. - * New "Smart Recording" preference automatically pauses - recordings that fall below a pre-defined input level. - -Compilation: - * Simplified modular builds for Windows, removing - static-linked configurations. - * New shared configurations on Mac to support modular - builds, and all builds are now Unicode. - -Miscellaneous: - * Default auto save interval reduced to 2 minutes. - * Bug fixes to correct project rate initialisation on Linux, and - file importing issues on PPC Macs. - - - -Changes in 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. - - - -Changes in 1.3.4: - -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. - -Interface: - * 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. - -Opening/saving formats: - * Metadata editor added for OGG, FLAC and WAV/AIFF exports, and - general improvements in this area. - * Import of metadata improved. - * Muted tracks are no longer audible in the exported mix. - -Effects: - * 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. - -Recording / Playback: - * Improvements to latency correction. - * Updated version of portaudio-v19 library. - -Note that Help is no longer built in, but accessible on the Web via links -in Audacity. - - - -Changes in 1.3.3: - -Opening/saving formats: - * Import - * Import of audio from QuickTime (mov, aac, m4a) files is now - supported on OS X. - * Broadcast Wave Format (BWF) wave files can now be imported. - * Export - * Metadata can be added to OGG files - * Improved export option selection - * Additional export options added to MP3 and FLAC file formats - * Command line exporter now supported on Windows and OS X - -Effects: - * EQ effect - * Responsiveness improved. - * Several enhancements added. - * Batch support added. - * New Auto Duck effect - * Added previewing to AudioUnit effects - * Much improved Noise Removal effect - * Effects previewing can now be canceled - * New DTMF Tone Generator effect - * Additional options available in Noise effect - * Improved the Tone Generation effects - -Other features: - * Major speed improvement in Spectrogram rendering - * Increased support for drag and drop on OS X - * Support added for building against wxWidgets 2.8 - * Support opening multiple Audacity Projects at once from Explorer on - Windows - * Improved main window sliders - * New support for snapping while selecting and sliding - * Improved track focus handling and visual feedback - * Speed improvements and handling of resizing/zooming in tracks - * Spectrum view can now be zoomed. - * New internal file cache to improve handling of project files over - networks - -Also: - * Many improvements to language specific translations - * Numerous stability improvements - - - -Changes in 1.3.1 and 1.3.2: - -o Improved accessibility for the visually impaired - + Improvements for screen readers, accessibility of - tracks, and hot keys -o Usability improvements - + New selection bar - + New features for label tracks - + Improved toolbar docking flexibility - + Menu renaming and reorganization - + Selection, ruler, and playback control improvements -o Auto-save and automatic crash recovery -o Many bug fixes and stability improvements -o Major improvements to some built-in effects (Repair, Equalization) - and fixes to others -o New features and bug fixes for Nyquist -o Restructured Preferences dialog -o Improved batch processing -o File format export improvements -o Timer recording -o Intel Mac support - - - -Changes in 1.3.0: - - New features - The new features in Audacity 1.3 have been grouped into the - following six major categories. - - 1. Collapse/Expand Tracks - In Audacity 1.3, every track has an upward-pointing triangle at - the bottom of the label area on the left side of the track. - - 2. Multiple clips per track - In Audacity 1.2, there is one audio 'clip' per track. There is - no easy way to time-shift part of a track without moving the - rest. In Audacity 1.3, you can split a single track into multiple - clips. You can move these clips around between different tracks, - making it easy to construct complex compositions out of hundreds - of smaller audio samples. - - 3. Selection Bar - In Audacity 1.2, the current selection is contained in a - status bar at the bottom of the window. In Audacity 1.3, - this is replaced by a fully functional Selection Bar, which - displays and controls the current selection (your choice of - Start and End, or Start and Length), and the current audio - position. The selection bar is fully editable - just click - in any field and type to change the current selection precisely. - In addition, many formatting options allow you to view times in - different units, such as samples, CD frames, or NTSC video frames. - - 4. Improved Label Tracks - Label Tracks are Audacity's way for you to create markings 3 - and annotations within your project. In Audacity 1.3, Label - Tracks are much improved, with support for overlapping labels, - and support for modifying both the left and right edge of the - label region just by clicking and dragging. - - 5. QuickTime and Audio Units on Mac OS X - On Mac OS X, Audacity can now import and audio file supported - by Apple's QuickTime technology. This includes .MOV and .MP4 - (AAC) files. Unfortunately encrypted audio files (such as - those from the iTunes Music Store) cannot be imported directly - into Audacity - Apple does not allow this to be done easily - because it would be too easy to circumvent the encryption this way. - - Also on Mac OS X, Audacity now supports Audio Unit plug-ins. - Audacity searches for Audio Units in the usual location, in the - system or user's Library folder. - - 6. Other features - Better performance with large projects - - Project integrity check on open - - Transcription toolbar - - Upload - - Batch - - Cut lines - - CleanSpeech - - - -Changes in 1.2.4: - - * The File menu now includes a list of recent files. - - * The "Generate Silence" effect now prompts for a length. - - * Audacity is now built with Vorbis 1.1, which features better encoding - quality and file compression. - - * Dragging sound files into the Audacity window now works on Mac OS X - and Linux, as well as Windows. (Before, it worked only on Windows.) - - * The "View History" window can now discard old undo levels to save disk - space on Windows. (This previously worked only on Linux and Mac.) - - * "Preferences" command is now in Edit menu. - - * "Plot Spectrum" command is now in Analyze menu. - - * Opening a project file saved by a later version of Audacity displays - an intelligent error message. Also, trying to import a project file - (instead of open it) displays an intelligent error message. - - * Audacity now compiles in Visual C++ .NET 2003. - - * Other minor bug fixes. - - * New or updated translations: Arabic (ar), Czech (cs), Finnish (fi), - Hungarian (hu), Japanese (ja), Norwegian (nb), Slovenian (sl), - Simplified Chinese (zh_CN), Traditional Chinese (zh_TW). - - - -Changes in 1.2.3: - - * Fixed a bug that caused recording to stop or display incorrectly - after about 50 minutes on some Windows systems. (This was partly - fixed in Audacity 1.2.2, but still didn't work on some systems.) - - * The Change Pitch and Change Tempo effects have been upgraded to - use a new version of the SoundTouch library by Olli Parviainen, - with better speed and higher quality. - - * libsndfile has been upgraded to version 1.0.11. - - * Fixed a bug that caused the program to run slowly when using the - Envelope tool. - - * Shift-clicking on a mute or solo button now un-mutes (or un-solos) - all other tracks. - - * Nyquist plug-ins can now accept strings as input. Also, a "Debug" - button has been added to Nyquist effect dialogs, which allows you - to see all of the output produced by Nyquist, for aid in debugging. - - * When the audio file referenced ("aliased") by an Audacity project is - missing, Audacity will now always play silence. Before, Audacity - would sometimes repeat the most recent audio that was played previously. - - * VU Meters will now always reset when audio I/O has stopped. - - * Fixed a major Mac-only bug that was causing Audacity to crash at seemingly - random times, but especially during audio playback and recording. - - * New or updated translations: Italian (it), Hungarian (hu), - Ukrainian (uk), Spanish (es). Polish (pl), Simplified Chinese (zh), - Norsk-Bokmal (nb), French (fr). - - - -Changes in 1.2.2: - - * VU Meters added for both playback and recording. Click on - the recording meter to monitor the input without recording. - - * Export Multiple - new feature that lets you export multiple - files at once, either by track, or split based on labels. - - * Attempt to automatically correct latency in full-duplex recordings. - (This does not work perfectly, and is not yet supported on all - systems. It will improve in future versions.) - - * Fixed a serious bug that could cause data loss when you save and - then reload and re-edit an Audacity project containing repeated - or duplicate data. - - * MP3 tags dialog will only pop up the first time you export as - MP3; after that it will not pop up again as long as you have - filled in at least one tag. - - * You can now add a label at the current playback position - in - the Project menu, with a shortcut of Ctrl+M. - - * Clicking on a label now selects all of the tracks, making it - easier to use the label track to recall selections. - - * Windows: Fixed a crash in the Time Track "Set Rate" command. - - * Fixed a bug that caused problems with recordings over 45 minutes - on some Windows systems. - - * Mac OS X: Improved support for the Griffin iMic by fixing a bug - that was causing it to always record in mono instead of stereo. - - * Added support for Software Playthrough (listen to what you're - recording while recording it, or while monitoring using a VU - meter) - this makes it possible, for example, to record using one - audio device while listening to it play through a separate device. - - * Unix/Linux: Fixed freeze caused by captured mouse when audio - device hangs. (Audacity may not respond, but it will no longer - freeze all of X.) - - * Fixed a cosmetic bug that caused improper waveform display if - you tried to open an Audacity project saved on a different - platform (e.g., copying a project from a Mac to a PC). - - * Fixed bug that could cause instability when pasting, splitting, - or duplicating a label track. - - * You can now change the font of a label track by choosing "Font..." - from the label track's pop-up menu. - - * Basic printing support has been added. Currently it scales the - entire project to fit exactly on one page. Try printing in - landscape orientation for best results. - - * Mac OS X and Windows: Audacity ships with a newer version (1.0.1) - of the Ogg Vorbis encoder. Vorbis compression will now have higher - quality and smaller file sizes. - - * Fix a bug that occasionally caused crashes when applying effects - to split tracks. - - * Zoom In / Zoom Out now properly disable when they're not available. - - * Fixed disk memory leak in Preview - - * Other minor bug fixes and performance improvements. - - - -Changes in 1.2.1: - - * The following translations have been added or updated: Finnish, - French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Russian. - - * Fix a bug that could cause data to be lost when pasting audio - from one project into another, after the first project has been - saved and closed. - - * Fix a possible crash when opening or resizing the Equalization - window, especially when using large system fonts. - - * Don't allow percentages less than -100% in Change Pitch/Speed/Tempo - effects (fixes a possible crash). - - * Fix a crash when the temporary directory is not available on startup. - - * Correctly load ID3 tags saved in Audacity project files. - - * On Linux and OS X, store lockfiles in the temp directory instead of - the user's home directory. This fixes problems in lab environments - where users have restricted or network-mounted home directories. - - * Fix a bug that prevented Nyquist effects from running when certain - regional settings were activated. - - * Fix a bug in the Quick Mix command that could cause old temporary - files to not be deleted. - - * Linux: Fix endianness problems in playback on PowerPC. - - * Linux: Fix compilation problem in Nyquist on MIPS. - - * Linux: Include a more recent PortAudio v19 snapshot (fixes compilation - problems when building with the --with-portaudio=v19 option). - - * Two new Nyquist plug-ins: "Cross Fade In" and "Cross Fade Out." - - * Other minor bug-fixes. - - - -Changes in 1.2.0: - - * New cross-fade effects. - - * Fix problem where samples were drawn in the wrong position - when zoomed all the way in. This caused the drawing tool - to move a different sample than the one under the cursor. - - * Don't use id3v2.4 tags, which are not yet supported by - most players. (This was fixed in 1.2.0-pre2, but appeared - again by accident in 1.2.0-pre3.) - - * Correctly display translated messages in the status bar. - - * When the cursor is on-screen, the Zoom In button now zooms - to the area around the cursor. - - * Mac OS X: Fixed audio problems on the Apple PowerMac G5. - - * Linux/ALSA: Work around a bug in ALSA's OSS emulation that - caused Audacity's playback cursor to move too quickly. - - * Microsoft Windows: The Audacity source code should now - compile out of the box on Windows. - - * Many new/updated translations. - - - -Changes in 1.2.0-pre4: - - * Fixed problems that could occur when importing certain - non-seekable PCM audio files, such as GSM610. - - * Fixed bug that was causing the samples to shift off-screen - horizontally when zoomed in very far and the track had a - time-shift offset. - - * Fixed bugs in the new resampler that added noise to resampled - audio on some systems. If you experienced noise when exporting - to a WAV, MP3 or OGG file you may have been bitten by this bug. - - * Fixed bug that led to occasional crashes when using the - time-shift tool in conjunction with high zoom factors. - - * Dithering is now only applied on export when it is really - necessary (e.g. when converting float samples to 16-bit). - - * Files that only contain mono tracks are now automatically - exported to stereo files when they contain tracks which are - panned to the left or the right. - - * The Delete key can now be used to delete the current selection, - in addition to the Backspace key. - - * Fixed bug where Audacity didn't ask whether to save - changes if you close the project or exit while recording. - - * Mac OS X: Supports Playthrough (listen to what you're recording - while recording it) if your hardware device supports it. - - * Mac OS X: Audacity is now a package (you can right-click on - Audacity.app and select 'Show Package Contents'). Launch time - has improved significantly. - - * MS Windows: Fixed problem that caused Windows XP to use - the short name of a file ("TESTFI~1.AUP"), which led to - problems when the file was later opened again using the - long file name. - - * MS Windows: Fixed bug that caused file exports to fail - if the destination directory was the root folder of a - Windows drive. - - * MS Windows: Audacity's application information which - is written to the Windows registry now always contains - the full path to the executable. - - * MS Windows: Fixed problems in trying to set the Windows - registry as non-admin user, for file-type associations. - - * Make sure the "Save" command is enabled after changing - gain and pan sliders. - - * Updated translations. Added translator credits to the - "About" window in localized versions. - - - -Changes in 1.2.0-pre3: - - * Fixed bug where Export is grayed out when nothing is - selected. - - * Fixed crash caused by opening Audacity on a computer with - a high-end sound card with no mixer support. - - * Fixed crash in Import Raw. - - * Fixed New Stereo Track. - - * Cosmetic fixes for Mac OS X. - - * Support for the VST Enabler on Windows added. - - * Fixed crash if you close Audacity while the Preferences - dialog is open. - - * Fixed duplicate-character bug in Mac OS X Label Tracks. - - * The recording level control on Linux now adjusts the IGAIN, - rather than the playthrough level of the recording source. - - * Fixed bug that caused corruption to 16-bit stereo recordings. - - * Fixed bug that caused data loss if you deleted all tracks in - a saved project and then open a new file into the same window. - - * Added support for alternate audio button order (in Interface - preferences) - - * Added preliminary support for wxX11 - - * Added fully transparent Windows XP icon - - * Fixed crash if you try to record (or play) and no audio - devices exist, or if the audio device doesn't support the - mode you selected. - - * Audacity no longer sets the process priority to high while - recording on Windows. Users can still do this manually - using the Task Manager. - - * Fixed bug that caused last ~100 ms of the selection to get - cut off on Windows. - - * Fixed FFT Filter and Equalization effects dialogs. - - * Fixed bugs in Unix build system (DESTDIR in locale directory, - choosing libsamplerate instead of libresample) - - * Support for LADSPA plug-ins on Windows added, and - three open source LADSPA plug-ins ported to Windows - (GVerb reverb, SC4 compressor, and Hard Limiter) - - - -Changes in 1.2.0-pre2: - - * Online help completed. The full manual is nearly complete - and will be posted to the web site for online browsing shortly. - - * Audacity will no longer let you do unsafe editing operations - while playing or recording. This eliminates many potential - crashes. - - * Fixed ability to cancel Quit button. - - * New resampling library, with no restrictions on the maximum or - minimum rate of resampling. - - * Audacity now supports LADSPA plug-ins on all platforms, and - supports VST plug-ins through an optional LADSPA plug-in - called the "VST Enabler", which you can download separately. - Because of licensing issues, Audacity cannot be distributed - with VST support built-in. - - * Mac OS X keyboard shortcut problems have been fixed. - - * Mac OS X audio muting problems have been fixed. - - * Mac OS X playback/recording cursor sync problems have been fixed. - - * Silence now displays a straight line again, instead of nothing. - - * Added a vertical ruler to the Waveform dB display. - - * Fixed crash in Change Pitch. - - * You can now Paste if nothing is selected. - - * Canceling an Import operation doesn't cause an extra error - dialog to appear. - - * Audacity now handles filenames with international characters - correctly. - - * Now outputs ID3v2.3 tags (instead of ID3v2.4), to be - compatible with more MP3 players. - - * Minor improvements to build system on Unix systems. - - - -New features in Audacity 1.2: - * User Interface - - Vertical zooming of tracks. - - Improved look and placement of toolbars. - - New custom mouse cursors. - - Complete implementation of editable keyboard shortcuts. - - Find zero-crossings. - - Mouse wheel can be used to zoom in and out. - - Multi-Tool mode. - - Amplify using envelope. - - Labels can store selections (like Audacity 1.0.0). - - * Effects - - Repeat Last Effect command - - Improved VST plug-in support - - Most effects now have a Preview button - - Compressor (Dynamic Range Compressor) - - Change Pitch (without changing tempo) - - Change Tempo (without changing pitch) - - Change Speed (changing both pitch and tempo) - - Repeat (useful for creating loops) - - Normalize (adjust volume and DC bias) - - * Audio I/O - - 1-second preview command. - - Looped play. - - * File I/O - - Audacity 1.2.0 opens project files from all previous versions - of Audacity from 0.98 through 1.1.3. - - Open multiple files from the same dialog. - - Use a text file to specify a list of audio files to open with offsets. - - * Updated user manual - - * Bug fixes - - Project files with special characters are no longer invalid. - - "Scratchy" noises caused by bad clipping are fixed. - - Audacity no longer exports invalid Ogg files, and does not cut off the - last few seconds of exported Ogg files. - - Mono MP3 files now export at the correct speed. - - Many incorrect results from the Envelope tool have been fixed. - - The "Export Labels" command now overwrites existing files correctly. - - The "Plot Spectrum" window displays the correct octave numbers for - notes. - - Several memory leaks are fixed. - - - -New features in Audacity 1.1.3: - * User Interface - - New Mixer toolbar allows you to control the output - volume, input volume, and input source directly - from Audacity. - - Every track now has its own gain and pan controls. - - * File I/O - - Uses improved project file format. (Unfortunately reading - previous formats, including 1.1.1, is not supported.) - - Block files (stored in Audacity project directories) now - use the standard AU format. Though some Audacity - meta-information is in these files, they can now be - read by many other popular audio programs as well. - - Fixed some bugs relating to reading/writing audio - files with more than 16 bits per sample. - - Import RAW is functional again, with a simpler GUI - but support for far more file formats. The - autodetection algorithms are much more accurate than - in 1.0. - - * Audio I/O - - Completely rewritten audio I/O, with lower latency - and minimal chance of buffer underruns while - recording. - - * Resampling - - Using high quality resampling algorithms, with the - option of better quality for mixing than for real-time - playback - - - Preliminary support for Time Tracks, for changing - playback speed over time. - - * Many more bug fixes and new features - - - -New features in Audacity 1.1.2: - * User Interface - - Fixed bug in Windows version, for track menu commands - "Name..." and "Split Stereo Track"/"Make Stereo Track". - * Effects - - Nyquist support on Windows (supports plug-ins written - in Nyquist, an interpreted functional language based - on Lisp). - - - -New features in Audacity 1.1.1: - - * User Interface - - Tooltips appear in Status Bar. - - Vertical cursor follows play/record - - Pause button - - Drawing tool (with three different modes) - - Vertical Resizing of stereo tracks is more fun. - - Adjust selection by click-dragging selection boundary - - Toolbar button context-sensitive enabling/disabling - - Better zooming functionality (centers region) - - Multiple ways to display the cursor position and selection - - Snap-to selection mode - - Drag tracks up and down - - Align and group align functions - - Cursor save/restore - - Working history window - * Effects - - Effects broken down into three menus: Generate, Effect, and - Analyze - - Generate menu lets you generate silence, noise, or a tone - - Nyquist support (supports plug-ins written in Nyquist, - an interpreted functional language based on Lisp) - * Localization - - Improved localization support - - More languages available - - Language selection dialog on startup - * Mac OS X - - Support for more audio hardware - - Support for full-duplex (play while recording) - - Support for MP3 exporting using LameLib Carbon - * Unix - - Audacity now has a man page (it describes command-line - options and how to set the search path) - * File Formats - - Uses libsndfile 1.0, which fixes some bugs and - improves performance - * Searching for Files: - - On Windows and Mac OS, Audacity now looks for - translations in the "Languages" folder and all plug-ins - in the "Plug-ins" folder, relative to the program. - - On Unix, Audacity looks for translations in - /share/locale and looks for everything else - in /share/audacity and also in any paths in - the AUDACITY_PATH environment variable - - - -New features in Audacity 1.1.0: - - * Core audio processing: - - Support for 24-bit and 32-bit sample formats - - Automatic real-time resampling (using linear - interpolation) - * Effects: - - Support LADSPA plug-ins on Linux / Unix - * File formats: - - New XML-based Audacity project format - - Full Ogg Vorbis support now (importing and exporting) - - Export to any command-line programs on Unix - - Support for reading and writing many more types of - uncompressed audio files, including ADPCM WAV files. - * Toolbars - - New toolbar drawing code; automatically adopts your - operating system's colors - - New toolbar buttons (Skip to Start, Skip to End) - - New Edit toolbar - - Toolbar buttons disable when they're not available - * User Interface - - Fully customizable keyboard commands - - Autoscroll while playing or recording - - New Ruler, used in main view and in - FFT Filter effect - - The waveform now displays the average value in a lighter - color inside the peak values - * Localization - - Audacity can now be localized to different foreign - languages. - - - -New libraries in Audacity 1.1: - - * libmad for fast MP3 importing - * libid3tag for editing MP3 file information - * libsndfile to read and write more audio file formats - * PortAudio for cross-platform audio playing and recording