New features in this release

This page is an overview of prominent new functionality that has been introduced in Audacity 3.0.1

Version 3.0.1 is primarily a maintenance release.

• Details of all the major changes since 3.0.0 can be found in Audacity Release Notes 3.0.1.

Contents

1. Manage Macros improvements
2. Bug Fixes

Manage Macros improvements

The Manage Macros dialog has been improved for this release

1. The Cancel button has been removed
2. It is replaced with a Close button
3. A new Save button has been added to enable you to save the results of editing a Macro.

The Save button is grayed-out until you edit a Macro.

See Manage Macros for more details.

Bug Fixes

James: I'm thinking of discussing the unicode issues, Japanese Crash (Microsoft) Missing check marks (Apple) label emoji and 'Linux: differently configured wxWidgets'. And maybe not list those bugs a second time

P1 Bugs Fixed

• 2708 Nyquist effects fail silently with One hour plus stereo
• 2706 Win: Vocal Reduction and Isolation most options fail
• 2698 Noise Gate fails silently if "hold" is non-zero
• 2720 Cannot open project that's in a read only folder - error message vague
• 2710 Compressor with audio before T=0 crashes Audacity
• 2703 Mac: EGAT preview dialog is hidden behind the EGAT dialog
• 2707 Opened projects not being removed from "audacity.cfg"
• 2697 Linux: AUP3 projects use incorrect char size on "differently" configured wxWidgets
• 2718 Failed to execute a project file command (on server)

P2 Bugs Fixed

• 2701 Progress dialog interferes with scripting
• 2714 (Japanese & Korean) "Unable to parse project information"
• 2722 Noise Gate fails on a one hour stereo selection
• 2716 Cleared "Recent Files" are restored on next launch
• 2709 Mac: Missing sub-menu check marks in French
• 2696 Metadata Editor: changed size is not remembered/restored on next use
• 2699 Windows: Cannot edit labels with emoji in them correctly
• 2704 Mac: Stop button in EGATs with Preview does nor stop the preview
• 2676 Export: Incorrect handling over 0 dB
• 2694 Coloring of tracks in Mixer Board are awry
• 2692 Mac: VI users get trapped in radio buttons of Keyboard Preferences

P3 Bugs Fixed

• 2723 VST_PATH environment variable fails for non-standard locations
• 2524 Macros "Cancel" button is confusing - doesn't do "what it says on the tin"
• 2209 Nyquist: Audacity crashes when running seq-write-smf
• 2522 In Macros, Record New Track and Play with a selection do not wait for completion.
• 1572 Dither not applied when exporting 24-bit WAV from 32-bit float
• 2672 Plug-ins listed in reverse alphabetic order in Plug-ins Manager
• 2211 Mac: keyboard navigation problem in Libraries preferences dialog
• 2523 Audacity may suggest installing FFmpeg even when FFmpeg is installed

P4 Bugs Fixed

• 2733 Noise Gate 'Level Reduction' has a minimum of -60 dB
• 2726 Enh: Some preference changes are not written until Audacity exits
• 2717 Linux: Internal Error at DBConnection.cpp line 275
• 2721 Allegro (.gro files) cause crash with undo/redo
• 2684 Bitrot for Docimage script
• 2690 Move the actual build information to the top of the build information tab
• 2124 Import>Audio failure error message is misleading
• 2511 Enh: Remove the "Variable Speed: Fast / Standard" option from MP3 dialog

Talk about these, don't list?

• 2715 (Japanese) Crash on pressing any key
• 2711 Manual: Many Shortcuts missing from shortcuts table

==Additional new features== This page New features in 3.0.1 - appendix gives an overview of further new functionality that has been introduced in this release of Audacity.

Links

> Audacity Release Notes 3.0.1 - detailed release notes for this release of Audacity