The release of the free audio editor Audacity 3.2 has been published, providing tools for editing audio files (Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, MP3 and WAV), recording and digitizing audio, changing audio file parameters, overlaying tracks and applying effects (for example, noise reduction, changing tempo and tone ). Audacity 3.2 is the second major release since the project was taken over by the Muse Group. The Audacity code is distributed under the GPLv3 license, binary builds are available for Linux, Windows and macOS.
Main improvements:
- Added the ability to apply sound effects to tracks in real time. Control is made through the new "Effects" button in the "Tracks" menu.
- Merged "Mixer" and "Indicator" panels.
- A new Sound Settings button has been added to replace the Device panel, which can be brought back if desired via the View > Panels menu.
- The method of sorting items in the "Effects" menu has been changed (you can choose other methods for grouping and sorting effects in the settings).
- Updated icons.
- Added quick audio sharing feature via audio.com service.
- Added support for plugins with VST3 effects.
- For plug-ins in VST3, LV2, LADSPA and Audio Units formats, the ability to work in real time is implemented.
- Audacity automatically scans, tests, and enables plugins when you launch.
- Added support for macOS systems based on Apple Silicon ARM chips
- Added support for FFmpeg 5.0 package in addition to avformat 55, 57 and 58.
- Added support for Wavpack.
- On the Linux platform, the ability to build without the presence of JACK is implemented and the use of directories defined in the XDG specification instead of ~/.audacity-data and ~/.audacity is enabled.
- MP3 file import code moved from mad to mpg123.
- Code license changed from GPLv2 to GPLv2+ and GPLv3. The binaries are distributed under GPLv3, and most of the code under GPLv2+. A license change was required for compatibility with VST3 libraries.
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