Audacity 3.1.3

Audacity 3.1.3 was released on 23. Dec 2021.

Changes and improvements since previous version

Audacity 3.1.3 is a patch release for Audacity 3.1.

It improves the following aspects:

  • Improved performance. Loading in projects especially should now be up to 50x faster compared to 3.1.0. #2121 #2087 #2065 #2267

  • Added snap guides when resizing clips #2066

  • Added new shortcuts for looping: Shift+L for "Set Loop to Selection", Shift+Alt+L for "Clear Looping Region" #2209

  • Added a new selection region indicator in the timeline (identical in function as the one found pre-3.1, but with updated visuals)​ #2067

  • Changed error messages to look less like a crash report #2178

  • Re-added the Quick Play indicator (green triangle and line) that got lost during 3.1.0 development #2122

  • Fixed Play-at-speed not updating the playback speed dynamically #2149

  • Fixed looping regions being created unintentionally when attempting to use Timeline Quick Play #2182

  • Fixed looping sometimes playing the wrong audio #2103

  • Fixed a bug that could cause data-loss when joining multiple clips #2226

  • Fixed scrub preview visibility #2294

  • Fixed a bug when trying to locate FFMPEG manually #2282

  • Fixed a glitch with Loop Playback #2314

  • Fixed a crash and a macOS-specific bug when renaming sync-locked clips using a dialog box. #2199, #2198

  • Fixed a crash when releasing a clip handle #2147

  • Fixed a freeze when closing Audacity with the logging window open #2114

  • Fixed a crash when loading a saved project using certain compilers #2216

  • Fixed a crash on paste after running macros #2021

  • Fixed a crash when cancelling a nyquist prompt #2239

Supported Platforms

Windows

  • Audacity 3.1.x requires the CPU to support the SSE2 instruction set which should be available on any Intel hardware produced after 2001 and any AMD hardware produced after 2003.

    • To check what SSE levels your CPU supports, you can install CPU-Z.

    • If your hardware only supports SSE, you may download Audacity 2.0.6 see the Legacy Windows page on the Audacity Website.

  • 3.1.x does not support Windows XP.

    • You may try 2.2.2 on XP, but it is unsupported.

macOS / Mac OS X

Linux

  • Linux support is tested on Ubuntu Linux.

    • Other Linux distributions should work, but aren't tested by the Audacity team.

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