Audacity 4 Alpha 2

The purpose of this alpha build is to test the core features of Audacity 4 on a wide selection of hardware and operating systems.

Alpha 2 contains further work to bring Audacity 4 to feature parity with Audacity 3, as well as important bug fixes.

If you experience severe issues or crashes, please file an issue on GitHub (requires a free GitHub account).

• GitHub issues
• Audacity forum
• Audacity Discord

Key areas to cover

• Recording and playback reliability
• Editing audio with the new clip handles and grouping
• Applying destructive and real-time effects
• Exporting audio files
• Saving and recalling custom Workspaces

Compatibility reminder ⚠️

Projects saved in Audacity 4 aren't backwards compatible. Duplicate anything important before opening it in this build.

Notable changes since alpha-1

• Allow track range selection using shift enter by @embarc-gabriel in https://github.com/audacity/audacity/pull/9600
• Record anywhere by @grliszas14 in https://github.com/audacity/audacity/pull/9540
• Export loop region by @grliszas14 in https://github.com/audacity/audacity/pull/9489
• Paste behaviour preferences by @luapmartin in https://github.com/audacity/audacity/pull/9612
• Add setting to configure whether clicking on ruler should trigger playback by @embarc-gabriel in https://github.com/audacity/audacity/pull/9707
• Create loop region only when control key is pressed by @embarc-gabriel in https://github.com/audacity/audacity/pull/9712
• Smoother playhead by @saintmatthieu in https://github.com/audacity/audacity/pull/9613