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Audio Recorder and Editor Audacity 2.0 Released

Martin Brinkmann
Mar 14, 2012
Updated • Dec 4, 2012
Music, Software
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Audacity is my go-to program when I need to edit audio on my system. It is a comfortable to use Open Source application with a feature set that is rivaling commercial sound editors. The developers of Audacity have just released Audacity 2.0 to the public.

The new version as usually is available for all supported operating system, that is Microsoft Windows, Apple Macintosh and Gnu/Linux, and as a source code download. Audacity 2.0 replaces all previous versions of the program, especially version 1.2.6 and 1.3.14, the previous release versions of the audio software. The 1.2.x versions were the stable versions of the program, while 1.3.x beta versions.

Windows users who want to install the new version need to pay attention to the installation process. If they are upgrading to 2.0 from earlier program versions, they need to download and install the latest version of the LAME mp3 encoder for MP3 support.

The developers note that the Windows installer will replace a 1.2.x installation of Audacity, but install alongside 1.3 beta versions. They therefor recommend to uninstall 1.3 versions prior to installing Audacity 2.0.

audacity 2.0.0

Major feature changes in 2.0 over 1.2.6 are:

  • Many effects significantly improved, especially Equalization, Noise Removal and Normalize. Vocal Remover now included plus GVerb on Windows and Mac. VAMP analysis plug-ins now supported.
  • Improved label tracks with Sync-Lock Tracks feature in the Tracks Menu. Multiple clips per track. Tracks and selections can be fully manipulated using the keyboard. Many more keyboard shortcuts.
  • New Device Toolbar to manage inputs and outputs. Timer Record feature. New Mixer Board view with per-track VU meters.
  • Automatic Crash Recovery in the event of abnormal program termination.
  • Fast "On-Demand" import of WAV/AIFF files if read directly from source. FLAC now fully supported. Added support for optional FFmpeg library for import/export of AC3/M4A/WMA and import of audio from video files.

The changes between 1.3.14 and 2.0.0 are mainly bug fix related, as most of the features have already been implemented into the beta version by the team.

The extensive release notes list bug fixes and known issues between Audacity 1.3.14 and 2.0.0. If you are looking for a free audio editor and recorder, then Audacity should be your first stop.

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  1. harkpabst_meliantrop said on March 19, 2012 at 10:34 pm
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    Any news on Audacity’s behavior on Windows 7 and WASAPI support in particular? The Wiki still lists this as to be done. This has really been the one most important issue keeping me from switching from XP to Windows 7.

  2. Jim said on March 15, 2012 at 4:57 pm
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    I agree. Definitely my go-to audio tweaking tool. The “free” part is icing on the cake. Really glad to hear they have a new version. Thanks for the good news!

  3. Matt said on March 14, 2012 at 8:50 pm
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    This has been a long time coming. I just uninstalled the previous 3 or 4 versions and I look forward to playing around with 2.0.

    1. Martin Brinkmann said on March 14, 2012 at 8:54 pm
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      Was it five or six years?

      1. Matt said on March 15, 2012 at 6:17 am
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        Six years was my guess. At least they kept us going with somewhat regular beta releases. :-)

  4. Rob said on March 14, 2012 at 6:06 pm
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    Great! Time to try it out…

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