{"id":47461,"date":"2024-11-01T14:40:19","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T14:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=47461"},"modified":"2024-11-01T14:40:19","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T14:40:19","slug":"audacity-3-7-0-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2024\/11\/audacity-3-7-0-released\/","title":{"rendered":"Audacity 3.7.0 Released! No New Features, But only Fixes & Improvements"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The popular free open-source Audacity audio editor announced new 3.7.0 release few days ago!<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

To not make disabled and neurodivergent people uncomfortable while they use Audacity, it renamed the word “Insane<\/b>” in the Quality drop-down menu in the Export Audio dialog with “Excessive<\/b>“.<\/p>\n

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The release also re-named “Split Cut<\/code>” and “Split Delete<\/code>” menu option to “Cut and leave gap<\/code>” and “Delete and leave gap<\/code>“, removed unnecessary sample rate probing during startup, which can improve startup time on systems with many audio devices. And, adding, removing, replacing and reordering of effects are now undoable.<\/p>\n

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Audacity 3.7.0 also fixed a database sometimes not being compacted issue. Which causes very much bigger data size, and long time to discard undo\/redo history.<\/p>\n

Other changes include properly handle non-standard character in name of project for saving to cloud, pasting clips no longer moves clips on other tracks if “editing clips can move other clips” is enabled, as well as:<\/p>\n