Software Update: Audacity 1.3.12 Beta

A new version was released on Thursday in the development branch of the open source audio editor Audacity. The program, which is available for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X, can record sound, import and export wav, aiff, ogg and mp3 files, and has an unlimited undo function. In addition, Audacity has a large collection of effects on board, such as fade-in and fade-out, echo, tempo change and noise reduction. More effects can be added easily as the program supports both vst and ladspaplugins. The changelog of this release shows the following changes:

Bug fixes for:

Imports and Exports:

• AAC files could not be exported at 48000 Hz
• When importing multiple native file formats using FFmpeg, all files after the first reverted to using the native importer
• FFmpeg custom export window too large on 800 x 600 resolution monitors
• Projects froze if files imported via On-Demand were no longer available
• (Linux) WAV/AIFF exports were corrupted if overwriting an aliased file which had been imported using the command line

tags:

• Cutting or deleting a region in the waveform and label track did not move the labels in advance of the cut
• Incorrect behavior snapping to labels and boundaries with Snap To enabled
• Labels can now be reversed if included with the audio selection using the command line

Other bug fixes:

• When using non-English languages, Generate effects truncated the selected region
• Mice with high-precision scroll-wheels could cause a crash
• Changing recording preferences using the Transport menu did not update the menu in other open projects
• (Windows 7) Clicking in a file open or save dialog caused files or folders to disappear from the list, and file filtering was broken

Changes and improvements:

• A hover tooltip is now provided if the Mixer Toolbar input selector cannot control the system slider for the selected input.
• More intuitive behavior when moving and resizing labels by dragging
• Support added for importing lists of files (LOF) containing relative paths
• Export Multiple: new option to use a numerical prefix before existing label or track names; “Success” dialog now resizable
• New Equalization preset “Inverse RIAA”, with new button to invert other curves
• Timer Record now remembers last scheduled duration
• Meter Toolbar can now be made much narrower, and so more suitable for vertical orientation
• New Preferences choice for “System” language which is used on first run instead of asking user to choose language
• Warning now provided if WAV/AIFF exports are not successfully completed
• (Linux) Improved icon set in compliance with freedesktop.org Icon Theme Specification 0.6

Please be aware of Known Issues at Release (also viewable in the included README.txt).

The following downloads are available:
Audacity 1.3.12 beta for Windows
Audacity 1.3.12 beta for Linux
Audacity 1.3.12 beta for Mac OS X