Audacity 3.7.9

Audacity 3.7.9 was released on 1 Sep 2026

This is a patch release. It contains the following changes:

• #11690 Enabled ASIO support for the Windows builds, playback and recording device selection is remembered per-host now

• #11679 Added FFmpeg 9 support

• #11714 Fixed several sources of project corruption and data loss: when the disk runs out of space, when a drive is disconnected right after a project is closed, and when a recovered project is closed without saving

• #11709 Fixed crashes while a realtime effect editor is open, master track effect changes now can be undone

• #11696 Fixed a freeze when double-clicking the timeline while a MIDI track is present MIDI playback now also starts from the set position instead of the beginning

• #11711 Fixed a crash after a failed recording attempt

• #11526 Fixed clips having the wrong tempo after opening a project (Thanks, David Bailes (@DavidBailes)!)

• #11623 Fixed a freeze on startup on systems with an incorrect font configuration