Audacity 3.4 - New Musical Features!

[@BarneyTrouble1]

In an age of disposable junk and rip-offs, Audacity is one of the real gems. Thank you!!

[@BarneyTrouble1]

A couple of changes I don't like - when exporting, I now have to select to change metadata, and then re-select the export window to finally export. Can this be changed, so it goes directly to the metadata window, and then can be exported directly from there? Also, when exporting as mp3 at the highest settings, the exported file is changed, and always louder, by 0.6-1.0 dB (so if I have exported a track, limited to -0.1dB, when I import that track, it's clipping, going over by up to). 1dB Why?

[@blackarabofficial]

Agreed

[@epiphonium]

I agree. I have used Audacity for over 10 years for everything and I think these new additions look like great stuff !

[@noisecrime]

Its pretty amazing considering its very simple/humble origin. When so many other audio editors were way over-priced or entered periods of under-development, Audacity filled the void. While initial progress was slow, since it pretty much did what it intended for, the last few years has seen such a rush of great new features and improvements that its become such a reliable staple for audio editing.

[@NazriB]

Lies again? Rating Pending AMWF Car

[@SpiroTheodorusAgnew]

These features are really exciting. Audacity is almost a DAW. I don't know how far you guys are trying to expand in that specific direction but the addition of a piano roll would be basically all I need to fully replace all the stuff I do in a DAW with audacity now that it supports VST.

[@Mrlloydvideos]

@@EwTZ2xpQwpA lol

[@diliehmusic]

It's a DAW.

[@sensitiveissues3671]

@@EwTZ2xpQwpA Very spooky👻😂

[@thedmiynV9ll]

midi draw piano roll

[@sionevans8370]

@@EwTZ2xpQwpA maybe the time date is wrong on the guy's comp? this seems kinda old skool tho

[@CreamOfBeats]

Been using Audacity for over 17 years now. It keeps getting better, and its so easy to use! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@AdamFiregate]

Audacity is the industry standard in free software, just like Pro Tools in pro audio engineering.

[@lunarcat3283]

@@AdamFiregate I'd say Blender essentially is as well. At least almost there for 3D. At this point, Blender can do drawing, and editing as well.

[@vanshikajain9651]

could you guide me as to why is my audio file not playing on speaker via Pen drive?

[@ChinZu]

Wow the development team has done some amazing works again. never been disappointed for this free app.

[@mhavock]

i think he meant: WOW WTF LOL

[@chameleon-dream-band-official]

Audacity has been so fundamental to my music career over the years. Thank you to all involved in producing and updating this fantastic platform 👏 👍

[@tellageleuk]

Amazing. As a beginner Audacity was my never-ending teacher. Thank you for the latest update with cool new features. Keep up the spirit of creativity for the Audacity team. Good luck for the future !

[@aemythjensen]

Wow wow wow! Amazing new features! Although Audacity has always been my choice for audio editing tool, I never expected it to advance so much!

[@soviut303]

Incredible update! I think the next logical step would be nestable compositions (comps). So you can create a single clip out of several sub-clips that maintain editability. The next step after that would be instancing so you could duplicate that comp multiple time and editing it updates all the instances.

[@paulaswaim8434]

Oh my, this is astounding! Thanks for all the hard work to make Audacity so useful. I love it! I can't wait to try out the de-esser. I restore vinyl recordings and that's one of the most difficult challenges.

[@kuttychattan1]

Kudos to Audacity and to all great mind who worked behind this music improvement project. I am a proud Audacity user and it is really great to see this changes. Thanks a lot again and keep it up.

[@burjeduro]

I am excited to see all the new updates, especially the real-time FX option. Can't wait to give them a test run. Thanks for your service to the audio community! I've been using Audacity as my audio editor for my Telegram channel, and it works like a charm.

[@stellarsoular]

3:10 that special tantacrul touch

[@TheStockwell]

Other than adding an option to export files as donuts or fresh brewed coffee, Audacity continues to improve and deliver the goods. Best wishes from Vermont 🍁

[@eastskyresting]

Long-time Audacity user and I have never been more excited about the direction of this tool than right now. One thing I would love to see is a more robust media library/browser! When I'm working on big elaborate projects such as an intricate podcast, or a song with a lot of different samples, I find it rather difficult to keep track of all of the files in my projects. The ability to preview sounds in Audacity would be a wonder, too. It'd go a long way to letting me do everything I want to do inside Audacity, rather than having a foobar window open to preview tracks with default file names off of an SD card. All that said, I can't wait to see what comes next!

[@Bigjar420]

I haven’t used audacity in years, moved on to fl logic and pro tools, but it’s so great seeing how far it’s coming. Every update brings it closer to being a fully fledged daw

[@UnconsciousCycles]

You were always there for me, Audacity, in my times of great need!

[@victorwestmann]

Dark theme and possibility to have new icons for the entire interface. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR AMAZING WORK! This is looking like a million dollar program!

[@deegio2]

THAT IS INCREDIBLE !!! I used to be fustrated because anytime i wanted to do something else than simple editing, i was forced to open a supercomplex DAW. This time is over. Amazing work !

[@beatmekanik]

This is the best update in a long, long time. Thank you so much for your continued development and dedication to this incredible software. Cheers!

[@KaiTiura]

Awesome and Free don't usually come together. You guys are the greatest!

[@KjartanAbel]

I'm loving the new updates on Audacity! Seeing it get closer to what expensive music software can do, but for free, is amazing. If Audacity could handle Spatial Audio and head tracking, that would be next level! Not sure how it would work, but it'd be cool for making sounds that really move around you. Thanks for all the hard work. Can't wait to see what's next!

[@thesral96]

Amazing updates! Audacity is slowly becoming the Blender of Audio Tools!

[@djanishanand]

Im a fan of Audacity since its launch and still to my most of the edits, amplifying, compressions etc on Audacity. These features are awesome. Thanks team.

[@blasthf]

This is amazing. You guys rule so much! I love everyone involved with audacity.

[@Nazrininator]

That's awesome! I also liked how you added the neutral face emoji in some parts. That's funny.

[@artigoaudio]

Congrats for the new features... Is lovely to see the music driven approach.

[@notbfg9000]

Making the export menu more usable is greatly appreciated! Thanks!

[@barquanbark]

Thank you creators of Audacity. You are truly amazing to us on a budget in this expensive world. Peace and blessings

[@mortenkalland]

Audacity was my first DAW, and this is great updates. I have Studio One 6 and Bitwig today, but now I will try this again soon.

[@d-jemme]

thank you so much for making this accessible to almost anyone, and for continuing to build on it!!!

[@gabrielpereda3346]

just downloaded audacity. so easy to use, it has me excited to record music again. great work you guys.

[@rocker4144]

I greatly appreciate these new changes, I am slowly learning to use audacity and these musical features are Definity keeping me using the program. Y'all rock!!!!

[@DrizzyB]

I use LMMS and as of now the sampling capabilities are a bit lackluster, so this is a godsend. Now I can stretch and cut and manipulate samples very easily, instead of trying to tediously do so in LMMS, at least until it's more developed in the sample department. Thanks so much!

[@CurlyChop]

Wow! Amazing work Audacity team, this is a massive upgrade!! I love the new musehub integration, this is going to make upgrading so much easier! Also hi Tantacrul : )

[@AndersHass]

I didnt know Audacity has a youtube channel. Nice of you to make such great videos showing the release

[@chrisbo3493]

A gem since years. I do not use it often but when necessary Audacity is ready and just works. Congrats, FOSS at its best!

[@AdaSilvaMR]

It's incredible that it's free and so complete. A thousand thanks for keeping it that way.

[@AdamFiregate]

Audacity is the industry standard in free software, just like Pro Tools in pro audio engineering.

[@Sg190th]

I've been using this for about a decade. Glad to see how much it changed overtime.

[@hellomynameisjoenl]

The music can stretch … it can stretch really slow …

[@cubruce1103]

😐

[@BloodwolfMusic]

Thank you guys!! One of the biggest additions you could make is allowing effects buses

[@hertantopurnama4570]

I didn't think you can be any more awesome... I was so wrong. How can you be this awesome? how?

[@mrbard1]

Im in tears of this new update. I cant wait to try it out!

[@da_gator_00]

Wow. Got to admit. The delevlopers team for Audacity are superb. I'm so glad I was abe to find this application and see it get batter and better every time. Thank you guys for your hard work.

[@glamourd]

Thank you! MUCH appreciation for Audacity!!!

[@DJFL3XXO]

wow, that´s Brilliant! Finally🚀

[@PeteJohnson1471]

Thanks, I've used Audacity for many years, these updates make a big difference. I look forward to using the new features and future updates.

[@audacity]

Happy to help!

[@edrickblade]

Congratulations for this new update so great features, also would be good to implement sends and returns, also bus/effects tracks feature!

[@drfleka]

Midi 2.0, groups, sequencer, piano roll, mixer, etc. But great work so far. I would like to see a little more polished UI. It's much better than before, but it's still having room for improvements.

[@redyau_]

They planned on migrating the UI to the one they wrote for MuseScore. I hope that's still in progress.

[@ZootOfficial]

These would be great as well! I really wish to make some type of music, using piano rolls with different sounds (like in FL studio)

[@spiritoftruthtv]

Thanks a million to ALL who helped to make this app what it is today!

[@alnamusica]

Amazing, I have been waiting years for this!!! Thank you Audacity team and all contributing individuals!!

[@dumbingitdownwithdave7175]

I am absolutely new to audio editing. I'm excited to have downloaded the latest version of Audacity. Most of, if not all what was on this video was over my head and beyond my comprehension. One step and one day at a time and I'm excited to learn hot to use audacity. My podcast and my creative future depends on it.

[@Daniel-ec8fj]

amazing! i want to track virtual instruments with midi. i mean, midi + sfz2 support and audacity would be the perfect open source daw.

[@newacidplanet]

THANK YOUY to Everyone who has and is or will be lpaying a part in this! Amazing!

[@SebastianWeinberg]

Outstanding Work! Both the application features _and_ the informative video.

[@deluxefm]

Getting better and better! Hats off to those who put such amount of efforts into it!!!!

[@01mkultra]

You Guys are doing great work! Thanks! I vote for MIDI capability. That would be amazing!

[@jimmythecaterpillar]

fluid copy/pasting across all channels is a lifesaver -- audacity is amazing :)

[@monkymonk6]

If you could record MIDI directly into Audacity, it would be hugely appreciated. Of course, it is great now, gets better and better with each release.

[@Nobbinmaug]

That is a huge update. Thank you. I have so much to play with and learn now.

[@jmacdono]

Holy Smokes, I had no idea Audacity was adding such incredible features!! Thanks for this!

[@gingerali]

Thanks for the update , time to start learning new tricks and treats with this new updated version.

[@AnimalFacts]

Would love more tools for voiceover, along the lines of those found in Hindenburg.

[@KuruGDI]

An idea for the future: If you record live audio it would be nice if you could reduce the noise while recording with your PC. So you just record live, press a button and stay silent to get the noise level and then (if your PC is good enough) you could have a denoised recording right when you stop to record.

[@BenedictRoffMarsh]

This really can't be done with anything approaching quality as: a) what is the noise to be removed? The human brain can move & adapt quickly enough to ignore what it doesn't wish to focus on, BUUUT can't actually tell useful human speech from swearing about politicians or even chipmunks doing it, as it has nothing approaching intelligence - which leads to "cheese grater". b) the other issue is of course time as any processing will add latency which makes the words hit the record head late - later than another track of audio which should be time synced. that is before we get into the increased crashiness that will be inevitable (see NVIDIA's attempts to do the very same). Bottom line, as a Mix Engineer who does this almost daily, record well which means managing your signal to noise and then you need less processing which results in a more engaging program for people who are suitably interested (in the content, not irrelevancies like how weirdly perfiectified things sound). :-)

[@graceev]

That's noise removal, an existing function, but for post recording. You wouldn't want to do it before anyway, as you want to be able to isolate the noise to remove.

[@Bigjar420]

@@BenedictRoffMarshbeing mindful of recording environment, and then using a gate (or even audacities sample remover thing) to get rid of the noise is the best bet

[@splitterrrr]

All you're missing now is MIDI instrument capabilities and you've basically got a competitor for reaper

[@AlmostEverything-q7z]

why the click to join two audios was removed in this update, it was a very handy feature, now i have to select 2 files, right click once and click join.. Earlier one click would have done the same job

[@GiuseppeGoogle]

I'd like the next step to be MIDI editing with VSTi support =) And why not, some modular synth ala PureData for Audio Processing and Sound Synthesis

[@k-chick]

Thank you Audacity from child me for your soft, i used to make myself low-pitched male covers of Rihanna and Beyonce songs many years ago, way before it become a thing on KZbin❤

[@Ogma3bandcamp]

Very impressive inded! Thank you!

[@NexxuSix]

Long time user here… this update is really nice! The only thing that would top this is a MIDI track =)

[@Ookami20]

Wow I've been taking you guys for granted legends the whole team this has made many dreams come true 💚

[@lucascream0]

Piano roll, midi editing and recording support, groups for editing a real recorded drums for example, detachable mixer, sends and returns for effects as parallel reverb and parallel compression, and a modern UI, themes support, so everyone can build themes 🎉

[@yungblade7]

Can you add more customization options for the daws look

[@Xanaduum]

its amazing that your still developing this after all this time.

[@MichaelDaniels]

This is fantastic. Thank you for all the new features.

[@kaylinlistens]

holy SHIT! I've been using audacity since 2005 or 2006 - and THIS is the most exciting update ever for me..gonna be a HUGE time saver! Love this program so much

[@FoxBlocksHere]

Beat snapping and easier time stretching? Finally! This is awesome! I'll admit, the privacy fiasco from 2021 made me hesitant to try new versions, but now I'm interested!

[@That_Benjimon]

OMG! Easily a drum machine. The next step should 100% be a drum machine. Then a piano roll. This is sick guys.

[@eduardogarciaadmincenafec7785]

Excelente trabajo, Audacity cada vez más se parece a un DAW. Maravilloso!!!

[@OneonSajid]

Another feature I’d suggest adding: Adding MIDI support, of course with all these updates it’s already closer to a DAW. IMO adding MIDI would make it even closer.

[@emilyrln]

Ooh a time track??? Gotta mess with that XD Y'all are amazing, and the whole Muse suite!

[@Ryzza5]

Ideas: Piano roll, new project templates (named tracks with midi VSTs already loaded for orchestral stuff), AI tools to separate vocals/instruments from a track, colour coded tracks/clips, effect automation, that should keep you busy for a few months.

[@MisuAlexandru1]

i wish something like this was available when I've started... Good job, everyone!

[@JensHallgren]

I opened a project from Audacity 3.3 where my music was 90 BPM, but A 3.4 automatically set it tp 120 BPM. I can't change the beat without stretching the sound. How do I change to 90 BPM without stretching the sound?

[@AdrianoCesardeOliveira-l6c]

You guys are the best! This is even more incredible, thanks a lot!!! Great features, great tutorial. Gratitude for the journey and congratulations!

[@PrasannaAmarasiri]

Million thanks to all of you. Love you all.

[@kevgmei]

That's pretty hype! A drum machine would be sick!

[@Xenozfan2]

I'm barely starting (again) with Audacity and I'm not touching the music tools, but this is so cool! Good luck to all those musicians out there!

[@davidclark9208]

The solo button on the tracks doesn't work anymore after the upgrade. It doesn't mute the other tracks like it used to. Also can't join clips together by double clicking the lines anymore either. And I certainly miss the cut button being on the tool bar. I'm glad for the other upgrades, but not at the expense of the basic functionality that we are used to.

[@YashviJalan]

These updates are amazing! Audacity is an audio superpower 💪🏼💪🏼

[@marcuwu1990]

omg the muse hub it's one of the biggest BIGGEST.. no.. i mean FREAKIN BIIIGGGEEESTTTT Wowzer things of 2024! Thanks a lot guys!

[@marcuwu1990]

i used to use audacity just to chop samples or work with single drums but now.. it's a great.. AMAZING tool for producers. THANKS THANKS!

[@djvar94]

Woooaaahh!! That's mind blowing! I'm very impressed by these new changes in Audacity. You've really picked up the pace in improving this program and making it way better and competitive to other professionals tools. Keep it up guys! 👍🏻

[@Musix4me-Clarinet]

I'm glad you're there!

[@bitbotrecords]

amazing work thank you for this, long time user and fan.

[@tinypopura]

I used to use an early version of Goldwave back in the day, and switched to Audacity as it was the only software with a similar interface I could adapt to. These updates continue to impress me! It's gonna take some getting used to the solo button not unmuting every single track, and not being able to click to merge tracks, but I'm pleased so far with this continued development.

[@yousefslimani99]

TBH This looks pretty useful, thank you so much for adding these

[@halvincarris]

Nice to see these features. Its about 10 years late but I'm happy its here. If this continues, we'll soon have fully functional free and open source DAW competing with Logic and Ableton.

[@HardikSikenis]

Super excited to try this out!!! Thank you for all these efforts.

[@KCinSD84]

Awesome update. Please make the EQ, Gate, and Compressor Realtime effects!

[@audacity]

That's definitely on our 'to-do' list.

[@demonicsweaters]

Wow, these are some insanely big updatees! Really nice!

[@pestersmemb4463]

Brill, Audacity just gets better and better, don't know what I'd do without it.