Audacity 1.3.4 beta released: open source audio editing keeps getting better

Posted Nov 15th 2007 3:00PM by Brad Linder
Filed under: Audio, Open Source, Beta

The Audacity team has released another update to their popular cross-platform, open source digital audio editing application. The Audacity 1.3.x beta line features a ton of options that aren't available in the 1.2.x stable versions. For example, it's much easier to move sound files from one track to another or to split and manipulate audio tracks.

Audacity 1.3.4 beta features a ton of small, but important updates, including:

A new welcome screen
Enhanced Windows Shell integration, meaning you should be able to access Audacity from Windows dialogs like "open with."
New keyboard commands and shortcuts
The solo track button actually does what you'd expect and mutes all other tracks
Metadata editor added for OGG, FLAC, and WAV/AIFF exports

Audacity 1.3.4 beta is available for Windows and Linux. The most current version of Audacity for OS X is still 1.3.3 beta.

Tags: audacity, audacity-1.3.4, DAW, digital-audio-workstation

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

11-15-2007 @ 9:32PM

Eric said...

I use Audacity almost daily, and I've never had a problem with the Solo button not doing what I expect... it plays only that track.

But I'll definitely download the beta, I've been hoping for track-splitting for a while.

11-16-2007 @ 9:39AM

winnie said...

well well amm not talk much bout dis but i hard bout it nd i tried out bu actually it wasn't bad was oki

11-16-2007 @ 9:47PM

Firtch said...

This is an excellent tool for making your own ringtones.

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