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Audacity - 1.3.9

Audio editor/recorder with effects, mixing, & unlimited undo.

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All Time:	(4.0)
Version 1.3.9:	(4.0)
Selected Version:	1.3.9
Release Date:	2009-09-01
License:	Beta
Downloads (version 1.3.9):	4,845
Downloads (all versions):	64,660

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Product Description:

Audacity is a free audio editor. You can record sounds, play sounds, import and export WAV, AIFF, and MP3 files, and more. Use it to edit your sounds using Cut, Copy and Paste (with unlimited Undo), mix tracks together, or apply effects to your recordings. It also has a built-in amplitude envelope editor, a customizable spectrogram mode and a frequency analysis window for audio analysis applications. Built-in effects include Bass Boost, Wahwah, and Noise Removal, and it also supports VST plug-in effects.

What's new in this version:

Crash, slow launch or excessive CPU/memory use arising from automatic VST support:
VST instrument plug-ins should now be correctly ignored
VST effects now scanned only at start of first session that detects them, then cached; effects are now not loaded or opened until needed
New "Effects" tab in Preferences to enable/disable VST effects and enable VST rescan on next launch
Default View Mode now works
Chains now always apply their stored parameters rather than those last used in Effect menu
Non-MP3 files imported via drag or Recent Files caused crash if filter in file open window set to MP3
AAC exports (using the optional FFmpeg library) were silenced
Generating audio always fitted the project in the window; fit now done only if generating in new track
View menu items/shortcuts incorrectly disabled when playing or recording
DTMF generator defaulted to zero duration on open
Unwanted interactions between linked audio and label tracks
(Windows XP) Failure to launch on some machines due to "incorrect configuration" issue
(Windows) Crash importing a stereo file while a screen reader such as JAWS is running
(Mac OS X):
Audio Units effects applied to all tracks in project even if not selected
QuickTime importer now handles files greater than 16-bit or 64000 Hz
Various other interface bugs
Compressor: new option to compress based on peaks, improved attack and decay time support
Mixer Board: improved design, more responsive meters and now interacts fully with Track Panel in main window

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
Mac OS X 10.4 PPC

Feedback Summary:

Version 1.3.9:
Overall Rating:	(4.0)	Features:	(4.0)	Support:	(4.0)
Ease of Use:	(3.5)	Quality / Stability:	(3.0)	Price:	(5.0)

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Audacious! - Version: 1.3.9, 12/1/2009 01:34PM PST

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I like this software despite some obvious flaws and required work arounds. I'm told there is a new version out this week (maybe even as you read this?). Features I used in ripping some vinyl to CD:

Speed + Pitch compensation filter. Faster than realtime recording 26% time saving (45->33.33RPM).

Click/pop removal Filter.

Export Multiple pulls cuts out of one long recorded track, either manually or automatically (using silence detection).

Runs on Snow Leopard natively (32 bit)