This page is an overview of the key new functionality that has been introduced in Audacity 2.3.1
Details of all the major changes since 2.3.0 can be found in Audacity 2.3.1.
The 2.3.1 release of Audacity for macOS is now a 64-bit build and will only run on modern 64-bit Macs, running OSX 10.7 or later.
The Scrub Ruler is now turned "off" by default and is not displayed. The reason we did this was because we found too many users were accidentally clicking in the Scrub Ruler and then finding themselves stuck in Scrubbing mode.
This will only affect you if you opt to reset your preferences settings as part of the 2.3.1 installation, manually reset your preferences or install Audacity for the first time.
If you want/need to turn it back on again use either the and check the Scrub Ruler to be "on". Or right click in the Timeline and select Enable Scrub Ruler.
The Scrub and Seek commands are still readily available from the Transport menu.
We have added a new command to the menu View > Zoom menu for turning Advanced Vertical Zooming "on" or "off".
Advanced Vertical Zooming enables you to use left-click gestures in the Vertical Scale to control zooming (this is in addition to the Simple mode vertical zooming commands available from the right-click context menu in the Vertical Scale).
In version 2.2.2 we changed the way vertical zooming works, splitting it into Simple and Advanced forms with the Advanced form turned off by default. Advanced mode could be turned on in Tracks Behaviors preferences but many users failed to find it there. Accordingly we introduced this new command to make this more discoverable.
Micro fades (introduced in 2.3.0) can reduce the click when playback starts and stops. We've now made this an opt-in feature rather than provide it all the time, this can be set in Playback Preferences.
We have made some improvements to Regular Interval Labels, accessed by Tools > Regular Interval Labels.
In particular we have made it possible to create range labels and not just point labels with this Tool. You can do this by specifying the label length in the new input field Length of label region (seconds)
Linux: Audacity 2.3.0 was available only for Mac and Windows, and Linux used 2.2.1. Audacity 2.3.1 is available for Linux.
Windows and Linux: Intermittent truncation of the end of a recording - see Bug #2009
Can't adjust Time Track envelope when Logarithmic scale selected - see Bug #1832
Mixer Board does not automatically update when tracks added or removed - see Bug #2022
Regular Interval Labels fails - see Bug #2014
Windows: Regular Interval Labels on multiple tracks produces multiple labels - see Bug #1298
Multiple problems with Change Pitch - see Bug #2016
Mac: Audacity crashes when right clicking in label after copying label text to ano app - see Bug #2028
Linux: Assert on recording or generating when main Window minimized - see Bug #2040
Windows: Macros - "ExportMP3 before" and "ExportMP3 after" overwrite causing non-critical data loss - see Bug #2054
Macros: Change Pitch in a Macro does not remember speed parameter setting - see Bug #2069
Audacity 2.3.1 - detailed release notes for this release of Audacity
Audacity 2.3.1 will be released on 8th March 2019.
Audacity 2.3.1 replaces all previous versions.
Audacity now supports 64-bit Mac.
Over 20 bugs fixed since 2.3.0, 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.
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.
Full details of new features in the visual guide to New features in Audacity 2.3.1
Windows
Audacity 2.3.1 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.
2.3.1 does not support Windows XP.
You may try 2.2.2 on XP, but it is unsupported.
macOS / Mac OS X
Audacity 2.3.1 is for Intel Macs running OS X 10.7 and later and macOS.
There are legacy versions for older OS X at http://audacityteam.org/download/legacy-mac/.
Linux
Linux support is tested on Ubuntu Linux.
Audacity may compile on Gentoo, Debian, Mint.
Audacity does not currently compile on SuSE Linux.
We probably track more bugs than you are interested in...
On the dynamic buglist page you can select to view:
Complete list of bugs in 2.3.0 that we have fixed for 2.3.1
Known bugs on the OS you use Mac, Windows or Linux.
Known bugs to do with accessibility or localization.
Workarounds for some bugs.
Serious bugs and less serious bugs.
We do use this detail in our own QA work.
Below are listed what we believe are the most common and important issues with 2.3.1 for most users.
Accessibility
Far less of Audacity is properly accessible to visually impaired users than we would like. Currently the best supported platform for accessibility is Windows. We lost a lot of custom accessibility programming when we had to move to a more recent version of the wxWidgets library.
Internationalization
Audacity is only partially translated in many languages. We also have some issues, for example, with Right-To-Left Languages.
Selected Bugzilla-Tracked Bugs
Click on the bug numbers to see work done on these bugs.
You can choose various combinations of these. However, there are probably too many minor bugs and too much detail on that for most users.
ID
P
Status
Summary (2 tasks) ⇒
P3
NEW
Linux: PULSE-AUDIO issues. Freeze repeatedly starting/stopping streams
P3
RESOLVED
Windows: DirectSound Sound Activated Recording does not record correctly or pauses permanently after 12 seconds