https://www.audacityteam.org/audacity-4/
Audacity 4 is a major rebuild of the free, open-source audio editor, introducing a redesigned interface, new editing workflow, customizable workspaces, rebuilt effects and expanded plug-in support.
Audacity 4 substantially changes the application’s interface and underlying technology while retaining its free, open-source model. The new version introduces a redesigned editing workflow with clip handles, per-track metering, markers and regions, dedicated loop controls, and direct sample editing.
The update also adds customizable workspaces, new interface and clip-color options, redesigned effect windows, native LV2/VST3/AU plug-in support, and integration with MuseHub and audio.com.
Existing Audacity 3 .aup3 projects can be opened directly in Audacity 4.
Features:
- New Qt-based application framework
- Redesigned editing interface
- Trim and stretch handles directly on clips
- Per-track input and playback metering
- Markers and regions for project annotation
- Export audio based on labels
- Dedicated loop-region controls
- Direct sample editing when zoomed in
- Customizable workspaces
- Ruler options for seconds or bars and beats
- Custom accent colors and themes
- Light, dark and high-contrast themes
- Individual clip colors
- Rebuilt effect windows
- Native LV2, VST3 and Audio Unit support
- MuseHub integration for effects, samples and oneshots
- Cloud project integration through audio.com
- Existing Audacity 3
.aup3projects open natively
Pricing & Availability:
Audacity 4 is free and open source under the GPL v3 license. It is available now for macOS, Windows and Linux.
You can avoid the Muse installer by downloading directly from here:
https://github.com/audacity/audacity/releases
Thanks for that link, Axie.
its really good… definitely the best free platform
They’v done amazing work on this, fantastic update..
arf! arf!
Initial version lacks the ability to drag and drop audio onto its dock icon and have it open in the app. Small issue I’m sure will be addressed in the next update, but FYI.
My ticket on this has been closed as resolved, so looks like the next update will, indeed, address this.
I’m ditching Ableton Live 11 for Audacity 4. I’ve used it this week and the sound quality is phenomenal. Why pay $150 to upgrade to Live 12 when it comes with a whole bunch of AI shit that I don’t need, bloatware that just takes up drive space. I don’t need Live’s Session View, or Max 4 Live, never did. Audacity 4 has everything I need, and nothing I don’t.
If all you did with Ableton Live was stuff you can do with Audacity, you’ve been using the wrong product altogether.
If it’s free, you’re the product.
usually these days thats true, but in this case i think we are just lucky to receive a graceful product from an awesome gang =)
Dont throw out the baby with the bathwater.
Yea, but not always. Some developers provide their software just because they’re sharing it– no strings.
But in cases, like this, where it’s a first-dose-is-free and a store-front you can decide “how much” you are the product. If you are careful, you can gain benefit without having very much of “the price” is extracted.