This is a patch release. It fixes the following bug:

• #7266 Fixed a crash when exiting Audacity. (Thanks, Joe Souza!)

This is a patch release. It fixes the following bugs:

• #7310 Fixed another crash when exiting Audacity. (Thanks, Joe Souza!)

• #7312 Fixed projects not being compacted on close.

Major changes

Master effects

Audacity now features master effects. Master effects are effects which apply to the entire project at once. More information can be found at Using master effects & realtime effects.

New compressor and limiter

A new compressor and limiter has been added, replacing the previous versions. A gain reduction history has been added to these effects when they're used as a .

Factory Presets suitable for a wide range of use cases for these effects have been provided by Vladislav Isaev and Marek Iwaszkiewicz, available via the Presets & Settings button.

New themes

Audacity now features new and improved dark and light themes. You can switch between themes via Preferences -> Interface. The theme previously used still is around as the Classic theme, and themes even older than that can be optionally from .

Updated instructions on creating custom themes can be found .

Increased performance

Audacity is now quite a bit snappier than before, especially when working on larger projects and on larger screens.

Other changes

• Added FFmpeg 7 support.

• You now can paste audio files into Audacity using Ctrl+V.

• Alternative waveform colors are now themeable by custom themes.

• Removed the track name overlay preference and the "blend themes" preference.

Bugfixes

• When recording to a new track, the track is now scrolled back into view again.

• The macro manager no longer shows parameterless actions as editable. (Thanks, Davi Nonnenmacher!)

• Pressing Esc in some preference dialogs no longer saves them.

• Fixed stray orange lines in the high contrast theme.

Patches

Supported Platforms

Windows

• Audacity 3.6 is tested on Windows 10 & 11

  • Windows Vista, 7 and 8.1 may still work, but are no longer tested. We are not actively supporting these versions anymore, but still accept patches which improve compatibility with these versions.

macOS / Mac OS X

• Audacity 3.6 is tested on macOS 14

  • Older macOS versions down to OS X 10.9 may still work, but is no longer tested. We are not actively supporting OSX versions anymore, but still accept patches which improve compatibility with these versions.

  • The Universal Binary may not work on various OSX versions. Use the Intel (x86_64) installer instead.

Linux

• Linux support is tested with AppImages on Ubuntu 22.04.

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

  • On some distributions, libfuse2 needs to be installed for AppImages to work. See for more information.

This is a patch release. It adds a "Legacy" effects section containing the old Limiter, Compressor and Classic Filters.

It also fixes the following bugs:

• Fixed a hang after undoing.

• Fixed the zero line going missing.

• Fixed envelope appearance for clips offset from 0.

This is a hotfix release. It fixes the following bugs:

• #Fixed a crash when exporting multichannel audio.

• #Fixed a crash when pasting mono clips into stereo tracks.

• #(Accessibility) Made more values available when using the plain UI of plugins. (Thanks, David Bailes!)