Audacity 3.4.2 was released on 16 Nov 2023.
This is a hotfix release. It fixes the following issues:
#5568 Fix a crash when opening projects with zero-length clips.
#5032 When exporting a file, the sample rate of the tracks is now considered, and last-used sample rate is remembered.
Copy-pasting behavior now pastes into clips again by default. This can be changed via Preferences -> Track Behavior -> Always paste audio as new clips.
#Mix and render now also resets the gain for the resulting track.
#Fix clips shifting to the right when effects are applied to them.
#Fix clicks occurring when overdubbing a project with muted tracks.
#Fix files being exported without a file extension in rare cases.
#Show all sample rates possible for MP2 exports.
#Fix pasting into labels.
#Fix a crash when clearing loops.
#Fix copying when "select all audio if selection required" is enabled.
##Fix GTK detection and compilation for wxWidgets 3.2.4.
Fix Nyquist-related crashes.
#Fix EQs in macros.
#Fix a crash when closing Audacity.
#Fix builds on arm64/armhf.
#Use dladdr when possible to setup modules paths
Windows
Audacity 3.4 is tested on Windows 10 & 11
Windows Vista, 7 and 8.1 may still work, but are no longer tested.
macOS / Mac OS X
Audacity 3.4 is tested on macOS 12 - 14
Mac OS X 10.9 and onwards may still work, but are no longer tested.
Linux
In addition to the traditional update path via package managers, Audacity is distributed as an AppImage. The AppImage gets updated at the same time as the Windows and macOS versions, so if you collaborate with users on those platforms, you may want to use the AppImage over your distribution's package manager.
Linux support is tested with AppImages on Ubuntu 22.04.
Other Linux distributions should work, but aren't tested by the Audacity team.
Audacity 3.4.1 was released on 08 Nov 2023.
This is a hotfix release. It fixes the following bugs:
#5467 Fix 24-bit recording.
#5488 Fix a crash with .aup importing.
Exporting multiple files honors sample rate settings again.
Fix crashes related to external program exports.
Fix BSD and ARM builds.
Ctrl+J is now a standard shortcut for joining clips.
Stereo tracks no longer randomly split into mono.
When exporting a file, the file extension is now always added (except for custom FFmpeg and external program exports).
Fix a crash when exporting Opus with older CPUs that don't support AVX.
Windows
Audacity 3.4 is tested on Windows 10 & 11
Windows Vista, 7 and 8.1 may still work, but are no longer tested.
macOS / Mac OS X
Audacity 3.4 is tested on macOS 12 - 14
Mac OS X 10.9 and onwards may still work, but are no longer tested.
Linux
In addition to the traditional update path via package managers, Audacity is distributed as an AppImage. The AppImage gets updated at the same time as the Windows and macOS versions, so if you collaborate with users on those platforms, you may want to use the AppImage over your distribution's package manager.
Linux support is tested with AppImages on Ubuntu 22.04.
Other Linux distributions should work, but aren't tested by the Audacity team.
Audacity 3.4 was released on 02 Nov 2023
Audacity 3.4 adds a musical view, time stretching and a new exporter.
Audacity now features several music related features, such as switching between hh:mm:ss time and Beats & Measures, and time-stretching clips to align them to a song's tempo.
Details can be found in the following pages:
Hold Alt (macOS: Option) while hovering over the top third of a clip edge to stretch it.
More info:
Audacity now features a new export window with easier access to options such as sample rate and custom mapping (for 5.1 or 7.1 audio). Additionally, the "Browse" button uses the native file browser now!
And in very related news, Opus files are now natively supported.
For MP3, Audacity now always uses Joint Stereo mode, which always delivers the best possible quality.
The spectrogram colors are now perceptually uniform, and the colormap has gotten a name: Roseus. It also can be used for dataviz outside of Audacity, see for more info!
Simplified pasting logic
implements a time stretching algorithm originating in . It currently is one of the highest-quality time stretching algorithms for music on the market.
Audacity now uses Conan 2.
Continued extracting code into libraries and modules.
--nogap metadata no longer is ignored
fixed a crash with LV2 plugins (thanks jfroyall!)
fixed some crashes related to macros
A can be found on Github.
Windows
Audacity 3.4 is tested on Windows 10 & 11
Windows Vista, 7 and 8.1 may still work, but are no longer tested.
macOS / Mac OS X
Audacity 3.4 is tested on macOS 12 & 13, and should support macOS 14
OS X 10.9 and onwards may still work, but are no longer tested.
Linux
In addition to the traditional update path via package managers, Audacity is distributed as an AppImage. The AppImage gets updated at the same time as the Windows and macOS versions, so if you collaborate with users on those platforms, you may want to use the AppImage over your distribution's package manager.
Linux support is tested with AppImages on Ubuntu 22.04.
Other Linux distributions should work, but aren't tested by the Audacity team.
#5014 Added cursors trimming and stretching left and right, and changed the I-beam cursor to be less similar to either
#4448 When importing audio, the project sample rate no longer changes
New defaults: The Time Signature toolbar now gets shown, the solo button is set to multi-track mode, time tracks have a wider starting range
#5291 Unsquished the Audacity logo found in some places of the app
#2330 Clicking on the border of two clips no longer merges them
#443 Built-in Opus support.
#4677 Accessibility: GUI can be disabled again for VST2 plugins (thanks, David Bailes!)
#4988 Accessibility: Restored window control IDs, improving NVDA compatibility (thanks again, David Bailes!)
#4872 fixed a crash on launch on OSX 10.9 (thanks, René Bertin!)
#2530 Overdubbing on Windows no longer fails with WASAPI with default Recording device.
