News, Tutorials, Howtos for Ubuntu Linux
Audacity, the free open-source audio editor and recorder application, released the Beta 4 for next major 4.0 version yesterday.
Audacity 4.0 is the next major release that features Qt6 based UI, while current 3.x uses wxWidget for native look and feel in Linux (GTK3), Windows, and macOS.
After a few weeks of Beta testing, the lightweight Audacious music player finally announced the new 4.6 version.
The new version of this free open-source music player app features built-in file browser, macOS Now Playing, new audio format support and various bug-fixes.
Audacious, the lightweight music player with both Qt and GTK UI, announced the Beta for next 4.6 version yesterday.
The new version of this free open-source player app added built-in file browser, macOS Now Playing, other new features and various bug-fixes.
DeadBeef, the lightweight music player application for Linux, Windows, and macOS, released new 1.10.2 version few days ago.
This free open-source music player released version 1.10.1 last week with new Lyrics Viewer plugin. User can enable “Design” mode and add Lyrics widget to show the lyrics for the song being played.
Easy Effects, the popular audio equalizer and effects application for Linux desktop, released new 8.1.0 version few days ago.
The new version of this free open-source software added new plugin for input/output effects, fixed some bugs, and introduced some other features.
Audacity, the free open-source audio editor and recording application, released new 3.7.6 version few days ago. PPA updated for all current standard Ubuntu releases.
The new release of this cross-platform (Windows, Linux, and macOS) computer software added the FFmpeg 8.0 multimedia library support.
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Easy Effects, the free open-source audio equalizer and effects application for Pipewire, released new major 8.0.0 version few days ago.
The new app release switched its UI backend from GTK4 plus LibAdwaita to Qt6, QML and Kirigami. The Flatpak package is now based on KDE runtime platform instead of GNOME.
The popular free open-source Audacity audio editor announced new 3.7.0 release few days ago!
Unlike v3.5.0 or v3.6.0, this is NOT a feature release but maintenance updates with many bug-fixes and performance improvements. While, the developers are working on next major Audacity 4.0.
The new release improved contrast in the light theme. Which, fixed the issue that the focus border was hard to discern as it was blue against a blue-based background.
To not make disabled and neurodivergent people uncomfortable while they use Audacity, it renamed the word “Insane” in the Quality drop-down menu in the Export Audio dialog with “Excessive“.
As you know, Ubuntu uses PipeWire as replacement of PulseAudio for its default sound server since Ubuntu 23.04. And, it now uses WirePlumber to manage pipewire session and policy.
With WirePlumber, you may configure more about your sound output and input. You can use Linux command to switch default audio input/output device, change volume level, and mute/un-mute sound and microphone.
As well, you may change the audio bit depth, sample rate, resample quality, and other properties for certain sound device.
Audacity audio editor announced new major 3.6.0 release few days ago. Here are the new features and how to install guide for Ubuntu users.
The new release features new Master Effects. By clicking “Effects” button in app window, it will now show you Realtime Effects and Master Effects options for choice. While, the new Master Effects allows to apply effects to the entire project at once.
