Audacity 2.1.0 released March 29, 2015 - Now has real-time effects preview!

[64Guitars]

Audacity version 2.1.0 is now available. I haven't tried it yet but I'm anxious to do so. Here's a list from the Audacity website of some of the new features:

• For a long time, we have wanted Real-Time Preview for effects. It seemed nearly unachievable without major restructuring. But with Audacity 2.1.0, we have it in LADSPA, VST, and Audio Unit (OS X) effects! Thanks to Leland Lucius for these great new capabilities!
  
• Much improved Noise Reduction effect replaces Noise Removal. Thanks to new contributor Paul Licameli!
• Lots of other improvements to effects, also thanks to Leland, including:
  • VST: FXB preset banks, hosting multiple plugins
  • All effects can now be used in Chains, and can be sorted on name, publisher, or class.
  • Most Nyquist effects now have Preview button.
• Redesigned Meter Toolbars show a lot more information in smaller area. Thanks, Leland Lucius and James Crook!
• Spectral Selection in Spectrogram view. Thanks to Paul Licameli!

Audacity 2.1.0 also has lots of other improvements and bug fixes. Many thanks to all the QA folks for helping hone these, especially Gale Andrews, Steve Daulton, Peter Sampson, and Bill Wharrie. See the 2.1.0 README.TXT for all the details.


Here's a link to the Readme.txt:

   https://code.google.com/p/audacity/source/browse/audacity-src/trunk/README.txt

And here's a link to the Audacity site (main page) where you can download Audacity 2.1.0:

   http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

[Geir]

This looks amazing!

[Flash Harry]

Got it. Installed it, used it.

Seems pretty neat. The spectrum analyser is going to be rather useful.

[phantasm777]

got it, so far so good, have to try it all. one bad thing is the continuously bad mixer board, when you click it on it does not work if you are playing the track. also i used to be able to open to audacity's at once, can no longer do that.

[Flash Harry]

one bad thing is the continuously bad mixer board,

Hi Frank,

May I suggest that you download Reaper, http://www.reaper.fm/download.php  It runs on Mac or PC. Have a look at it, you can use it for free - it will start to nag you when you start it up after a while but it will still continue to run trouble free.
This allows you to build tracks and mix in a way that is so much easier than using Audacity. It really is worth the time and effort required to get to grips with it.

I have been using it for a few years, it's stable, pretty easy to use and there are loads of free plug-ins, a user group, a full on-line manual and if you want to buy it, it will only cost you $40 US.
It still gives you the pictorial view of your tracks, you can select and cut and paste, copy, move, edit and all those good things that Audacity does, and if you get stuck you can export a WAV file, import it into Audacity, do your stuff and then bring it back in again as a separate item.

It changed the way I track, mix and produce music. I'm sure that you'd pick it up fairly quickly, I'm happy to help and answer any questions you have.

[alfstone]

one bad thing is the continuously bad mixer board,

Hi Frank,

May I suggest that you download Reaper, http://www.reaper.fm/download.php 

+1

Alfredo

[Hook]

I put the new version on my kids laptop and did some editing for her & it seems fine. They changed the cross fade in & out which I often used (probably incorrectly) and now I don't understand it but oh well. I usually only normalize & trim my ends with audacity but perhaps I'll mix a track with it in the future.
Thanks for the heads up 64!
Rock On!

[phantasm777]

harry, tried it a few times, couldn't get the hang of it, took too much time in getting nowhere, so i gave up each time.

[64Guitars]

Audacity version 2.1.1 released yesterday (July 15, 2015).

http://web.audacityteam.org/

Release notes:  http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Release_Notes_2.1.1.html

Download:  http://web.audacityteam.org/download/

[64Guitars]

Audacity 2.1.3 released yesterday (March 17, 2017).

http://www.audacityteam.org/

New features: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/new_features_in_this_release.html

The "pinned head" feature should be useful. And there are several other minor improvements that look interesting.