A new beta of the free cross-platform sound editor Audacity has been released: 1.3.3 (beta).
New in v1.3.3 beta
- Opening/saving formats
- Import: Import of audio from QuickTime (mov, aac, m4a) files now supported on OSX, Broadcast Wave Format (BWF) wave files can now be imported
- Export: Metadata can be added to OGG files, Improved Export option selection, Additional export options added to MP3 and FLAC file formats, Command line exporter now supported on Windows and OSX
- Effects
- EQ effect: Responsiveness improved, Several enhancements added, Batch support added
- New Auto Duck effect
- Added previewing to AudioUnit effects
- Much improved Noise Removal effect
- Effects previewing can now be canceled
- New DTMF Tone Generator effect
- Additional options available in Noise effect
- Improved the Tone Generation effects
- Other features
- New built-in screen capture utility
- Major speed improvement in Spectrogram rendering
- Increased support for drag and drop on OSX
- Support added for building against wxWidgets 2.8.x
- Can now open multiple Audacity Projects at once from Explorer on Windows
- Improved main window sliders
- New support for snapping while selecting and sliding
- Improved track focus handling and visual feedback
- Speed improvements and handling of resizing/zooming in tracks
- Spectrum view can now be zoomed
- New internal file cache to improve handling of project files over networks
The new beta also has many improvements to language specific translations and numerous stability improvements.
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