New features in this release

This is primarily a maintenance release for bug-fixing so there are not many new features.
- Details of all the major changes since 2.4.1 can be found in Audacity Release Notes 2.4.2.
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Easy configuration reset
A new command has been added to the Help menu: .
This resets your Audacity configuration, preferences, export settings and toolbars, to default settings.
| Be aware that this command acts immediately with no dialog and no choice of actions or chance to abort. Undo is not available for this command. |
User presets in Effects, Generators and Analyzers are left untouched, as are any Macros you may have created and plug-ins.
Please see Reset Configuration for further details.
MP3 exports without padding
MP3s are now exported from Audacity with no padded (unwanted) short silence at the beginning and end of the MP3.
This was done as part of the work in fixing long-standing Bug #421
Bug Fixes
There will be some ...
Here is a small selection of some of the most important.
Key P1 bugs fixed
TBP
Key P2 bugs fixed
TBP
Links
> Audacity Release Notes 2.4.2 - detailed release notes for this release of Audacity