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"Audacity" is a registered trademark of Dominic Mazzoni. "Audacity" is a registered trademark of Dominic Mazzoni.
Version 1.3.13 Beta Version 1.3.14 Beta
Contents of this README: Contents of this README:
1. Licensing 1. Licensing
2. Changes in version 1.3.13 Beta 2. Changes in version 1.3.14 Beta
3. Known Issues at Release 3. Known Issues at Release
4. Source Code, Libraries and Additional Copyright Information 4. Source Code, Libraries and Additional Copyright Information
5. Compilation Instructions 5. Compilation Instructions
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2. Changes in version 1.3.13 Beta: 2. Changes in version 1.3.14 Beta:
Bug fixes for: Bug fixes for:
* Interface: * Interface:
* Cutting or copying from a track at a given sample rate into a track * Excessive delay occurred when typing into labels in long projects.
at another rate resulted in speed-changed audio. * Last digit of TimeText controls could not be manipulated in some formats.
* Generating inside a clip could modify the clip length or create * (Windows, OS X) Play and Record shortcuts did not work after clicking in
spurious clips. Device Toolbar.
* Recorded stereo tracks were only half the height of imported or * (OS X, Linux) Crash occurred if Toolbars were reset during playback or
generated stereo tracks. Imported stereo files had a "1" appended recording.
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: * Imports and Exports:
* Support added for later versions of the optional FFmpeg library up to * MP2 files were not importable without FFmpeg library or an import rule.
current FFmpeg HEAD. This should significantly improve FFmpeg support * Files that could only be imported using FFmpeg imported as noise with
on Linux. FFmpeg downloads for Windows and Mac updated to v0.6. This no error message if FFmpeg was not available.
fixes mono AAC files importing as stereo, though current 0.5 versions * Files containing PCM audio but an incorrect extension (such as MP3)
of FFmpeg will still work. caused a freeze.
* Both FFmpeg and LAME should now be properly detected even when other
versions of those libraries exist on the system. * Effects and Analysis:
* New warning (on by default) for importing uncompressed audio files. * An empty command could be added to a Chain which then displayed a
Better error messages when read-directly uncompressed files are missing. Nyquist error message when run.
* Imported ID3v2 metadata tags were removed when exporting without the * Plot Spectrum didn't preserve signal level if multiple tracks were
Metadata Editor appearing (for example, when using an export command analyzed.
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: * Other bug fixes:
* Nyquist effects: fixes for crashes, incorrect slider behaviour and better * Audacity has been provisionally fixed so that it can no longer create
support for backslashes, double quotes and Unicode characters. block files longer than the sample format or project format allows,
* (Windows and OS X) Processing of VST effects was substantially slower than and can no longer delete these, which led to data loss. Any overlong
in previous versions of Audacity. blocks found are preserved but "orphaned", so will appear as silence.
* (OS X 10.5 PPC) A first-time installation of Audacity Beta would hang * Orphan block files were wrongly reported if cutting or copying to
on launch if VST effects were detected. the clipboard then reopening the project in the same session.
* (Linux) Recordings made with the pulse device crashed or stalled when * Fixed some crashes and incorrect movement of audio when dragging tracks.
using overdub and/or software playthrough. * (Windows) Data loss is now prevented when encountering a corrupted
* (Linux) Play-at-Speed crashed at 0.08 speed or lower if Audacity was .aup file created in ANSI builds.
configured with libsamplerate. * (Linux) Restore building if USE_PORTMIXER is not defined.
Changes and Improvements: Changes and Improvements:
* Control Toolbar renamed to Transport Toolbar. * Normalize: Faster processing and improved interface. Left-right balance
* Device Toolbar (on by default) now contains all input and output device in unsplit stereo tracks is now preserved by default, with a checkbox
choices, including host and recording channels. Input/output choices are option provided to process stereo channels independently.
no longer in Mixer Toolbar on Windows XP or some older operating systems. * Spectrograms now allow window sizes up to 32768 and frequencies up to
New Transport > Rescan Audio Devices menu item to refresh the device list. half the sample rate (the maximum possible).
* New "Sync-Lock Tracks" feature (turned on in the Tracks menu) to allow * Mix and Render now preserves clip length by not rendering white space
groups of audio and/or label tracks to retain synchronisation when the between time zero and first audio, and preserves audio before time zero.
track length changes. To retain silence before the audio starts, generate silence after render.
* Equalization: New "Manage Curves" dialog for importing and exporting curves. * Grouped some Edit Menu items into "Remove Audio" and "Clip Boundaries".
* Noise Removal: New "Sensitivity" slider to adjust the noise threshold, and * CleanSpeech Mode removed from Interface Preferences (it still runs if it
new option to isolate noise. was enabled in a previous Audacity but can only be turned off there).
* New "Extended Import" Preferences for specifying different importers to * (OS X) Added support for AudioUnit MusicEffects (but no MIDI support).
open specific file extensions. * (Linux) Set the per-user files directory per the program name set in
* Improved Automatic Crash Recovery with all project changes autosaved. configure.
* MIDI tracks can be vertically zoomed, time shifted and display bar lines. * (Linux) Changed the default location of the Audacity temporary directory
Note: the channel selection buttons are not available in 1.3.13. to be in /var/tmp not /tmp, so preserving the directory between reboots.
* (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 "Auadacity" folder.
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3. Known Issues in 1.3.13 Beta: 3. Known Issues in 1.3.14 Beta:
For known issues at release of 1.3.13, please see: For known issues at release of 1.3.14, please see:
http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Release_Notes_1.3.13#known http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Release_Notes_1.3.14#known
Please also check: Please also check:
http://wiki.audacityteam.org/index.php?title=Known_Issues http://wiki.audacityteam.org/index.php?title=Known_Issues
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5. Compilation instructions 5. Compilation instructions
First you must download wxWidgets. Audacity 1.3.13 requires wxWidgets 2.8.11 First you must download wxWidgets. Audacity 1.3.14 requires wxWidgets 2.8.12
from: from:
http://www.wxWidgets.org/ http://www.wxWidgets.org/
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6. Previous Changes going back to version 1.1.0 6. Previous Changes going back to version 1.1.0
Changes in version 1.3.13 Beta:
Bug fixes for:
* 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 and Improvements:
* 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.
Changes in version 1.3.12 Beta: Changes in version 1.3.12 Beta:
Bug fixes for: Bug fixes for: