Free sound editor and recorder program Audacity has been updated to version 2.0.3 for Windows, Linux and Mac operating systems. There are many bug fixes and improvements in this version. Full release notes and download links for both installer and portable editions are given below.
Audacity is a free, easy-to-use and multilingual
audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux and other operating systems. You can use Audacity to: • Record live audio.
• Convert tapes and records into digital recordings or CDs.
• Edit Ogg Vorbis, MP3, WAV or AIFF sound files.
• Cut, copy, splice or mix sounds together.
• Change the speed or pitch of a recording.
•Change the pitch without altering the tempo.
•Remove Vocals from suitable stereo tracks, or static, hiss, hum or other constant background noises.
•Adjust volume with Compressor, Amplify, Normalize and Fade In/Out effects.
•Add new effects with LADSPA, Nyquist, VST and Audio Unit effect plug-ins.
• Tracks and selections can be fully manipulated using the keyboard with Large range of keyboard shortcuts.
•Excellent support for JAWS, NVDA and other screen readers on Windows, and for VoiceOver on Mac.
• And more! Audacity is free software, developed by a group of volunteers and distributed under the
GNU General Public License (GPL).
General
Crash using Undo whilst time-shifting a track.
Crash using Repair if the selection extended into an empty track.
Export Multiple didn't prevent export if there was no audio or all audio was muted. This allowed export of small invalid files.
Time Track
Loop Play of a speeded-up track inserted silence.
Playback and rendering was significantly inaccurate, creating audible and visual glitches.
Accessibility
The mnemonics character "&" was read out by screen readers in most of the Preferences choices.
NVDA did not read static text in most dialogs. Text can now be read by using INSERT +B.
JAWS and Window-eyes misread the "Duration" control in Silence Generator.
Toolbar buttons could not be pressed by ENTER
Other interface bug fixes.
Changes and Improvements
Resampling
The SoX Resampler library (libsoxr) has replaced libresample in Audacity releases, offering both higher quality and greater speed. .
Time Tracks new features
"Set Range" now changes only the range of the Time Track, preserving the pitch/speed set by any existing warp points.
Vertical scale added with options for linear and logarithmic display and interpolation.
Upper and lower speed limits will now be remembered when saving and reopening a project in 2.0.3. Warp points in projects saved by previous Audacity versions will be correctly restored in 2.0.3.
Warp points saved in a 2.0.3 project will be preserved if opened in previous versions but playback and display will be incorrect.
New effects
Studio Fade Out (uses a filtered "S" curve).
Adjustable Fade (accessible effect for creating partial fades and adjustable fade shapes).
Bass and Treble (replaces Bass Boost).
General
Real sample rates up to 384000 Hz are now supported for playback and recording in high resolution devices (the maximum is up to 192000 Hz for Windows DirectSound host).
Labeled Regions in Edit Menu is renamed to "Labeled Audio" and now allows splits to be placed at point labels. Labeled audio regions that touch without overlapping are treated as separate regions. Overlapping labeled audio regions are treated as a single region.
New Croatian translation of Audacity.
Compilation
CMake is required in order to build libsoxr.
Download Audacity 2.0.3 Portable for Windows
Download Audacity 2.0.3 for Mac
Download Audacity 2.0.3 Portable for Mac
Download Audacity 2.0.3 for Linux (Select appropriate version from here)
Audacity is a free, easy-to-use and multilingual
audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux and other operating systems. You can use Audacity to: • Record live audio.
• Convert tapes and records into digital recordings or CDs.
• Edit Ogg Vorbis, MP3, WAV or AIFF sound files.
• Cut, copy, splice or mix sounds together.
• Change the speed or pitch of a recording.
•Change the pitch without altering the tempo.
•Remove Vocals from suitable stereo tracks, or static, hiss, hum or other constant background noises.
•Adjust volume with Compressor, Amplify, Normalize and Fade In/Out effects.
•Add new effects with LADSPA, Nyquist, VST and Audio Unit effect plug-ins.
• Tracks and selections can be fully manipulated using the keyboard with Large range of keyboard shortcuts.
•Excellent support for JAWS, NVDA and other screen readers on Windows, and for VoiceOver on Mac.
• And more! Audacity is free software, developed by a group of volunteers and distributed under the
GNU General Public License (GPL).
Change Log:
Bug fixesGeneral
Crash using Undo whilst time-shifting a track.
Crash using Repair if the selection extended into an empty track.
Export Multiple didn't prevent export if there was no audio or all audio was muted. This allowed export of small invalid files.
Time Track
Loop Play of a speeded-up track inserted silence.
Playback and rendering was significantly inaccurate, creating audible and visual glitches.
Accessibility
The mnemonics character "&" was read out by screen readers in most of the Preferences choices.
NVDA did not read static text in most dialogs. Text can now be read by using INSERT +B.
JAWS and Window-eyes misread the "Duration" control in Silence Generator.
Toolbar buttons could not be pressed by ENTER
Other interface bug fixes.
Changes and Improvements
Resampling
The SoX Resampler library (libsoxr) has replaced libresample in Audacity releases, offering both higher quality and greater speed. .
Time Tracks new features
"Set Range" now changes only the range of the Time Track, preserving the pitch/speed set by any existing warp points.
Vertical scale added with options for linear and logarithmic display and interpolation.
Upper and lower speed limits will now be remembered when saving and reopening a project in 2.0.3. Warp points in projects saved by previous Audacity versions will be correctly restored in 2.0.3.
Warp points saved in a 2.0.3 project will be preserved if opened in previous versions but playback and display will be incorrect.
New effects
Studio Fade Out (uses a filtered "S" curve).
Adjustable Fade (accessible effect for creating partial fades and adjustable fade shapes).
Bass and Treble (replaces Bass Boost).
General
Real sample rates up to 384000 Hz are now supported for playback and recording in high resolution devices (the maximum is up to 192000 Hz for Windows DirectSound host).
Labeled Regions in Edit Menu is renamed to "Labeled Audio" and now allows splits to be placed at point labels. Labeled audio regions that touch without overlapping are treated as separate regions. Overlapping labeled audio regions are treated as a single region.
New Croatian translation of Audacity.
Compilation
CMake is required in order to build libsoxr.
Download:
Download Audacity 2.0.3 for WindowsDownload Audacity 2.0.3 Portable for Windows
Download Audacity 2.0.3 for Mac
Download Audacity 2.0.3 Portable for Mac
Download Audacity 2.0.3 for Linux (Select appropriate version from here)
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