Software Update: Audacity 3.1.3

Version 3.1.3 of Audacity has been released. Available for Windows, Linux, and macOS, this open source audio editor can record sound, import and export wav, aiff, ogg, and mp3 files. The program has an unlimited undo function and also 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 Nyquist, vst, and ladspa among others.plugins† The changelog for this release shows the following changes and improvements:

Changes in Audacity version 3.1.3:

• Improved performance. Loading in projects especially should now be up to 50x faster compared to 3.1.0. #2121 #2087 #2065 #2267
• Added snap guides when resizing clips #2066
• Added new shortcuts for looping: Shift+L for “Set Loop to Selection”, Shift+Alt+L for “Clear Looping Region” #2209
• Added a new selection region indicator in the timeline (identical in function as the one found pre-3.1, but with updated visuals)​ #2067
• Changed error messages to look less like a crash report #2178
• Re-added the Quick Play indicator (green triangle and line) that got lost during 3.1.0 development #2122
• Fixed Play-at-speed not updating the playback speed dynamically #2149
• Fixed looping regions being created unintentionally when attempting to use Timeline Quick Play #2182
• Fixed looping sometimes playing the wrong audio #2103
• Fixed a bug that could cause data-loss when joining multiple clips #2226
• Fixed scrub preview visibility #2294
• Fixed a bug when trying to locate FFMPEG manually #2282
• Fixed a glitch with Loop Playback #2314
• Fixed a crash and a macOS-specific bug when renaming sync-locked clips using a dialog box. #2199† #2198
• Fixed a crash when releasing a clip handle #2147
• Fixed a freeze when closing Audacity with the logging window open #2114
• Fixed a crash when loading a saved project using certain compilers #2216
• Fixed a crash on paste after running macros #2021
• Fixed a crash when canceling a nyquist prompt #2239