Sound Editor Audacity 2.0 is Finally Available

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Sound Editor Audacity 2.0 is Finally Available

Postby jon » Sun Mar 18, 2012 9:35 pm

There is finally a non-Beta version of the free (Open Source) audio editor Audacity that supports Windows 7! Version 2.0 replaces all previous versions of Audacity and is well worth the effort to install ASAP.

BUT, there is something you need to know: it installs as a separate product, which means Version 2.0 will not "remember" any settings you may have changed in any previous version of Audacity that you may have used. For example, by default, when you save an Audio "project" in Audacity, the audio is not saved. Delete or move the original audio files you used as input, as, poof, your project is no longer usable.

This also means that you should uninstall any previous version of Audacity once you have Version 2.0 "up and running". Otherwise, it is just too easy to get confused, especially if Windows still associates some audio files or Audacity projects with the old version.

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/
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Re: Sound Editor Audacity 2.0 is Finally Available

Postby skyvalleyradio » Mon Mar 19, 2012 11:40 am

jon - do you know if Audacity 2.0 runs on XP Pro?? We use Audacity exclusively here at CFSI - easy to train volunteers to use the program. I also wonder if the new version works with the Nyquist and VST plug-ins we have installed to expand FX and other production tools.
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Re: Sound Editor Audacity 2.0 is Finally Available

Postby PMC » Mon Mar 19, 2012 11:54 am

If you have all the service packs for XP-Pro installed, the add ons should work.
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Re: Sound Editor Audacity 2.0 is Finally Available

Postby skyvalleyradio » Mon Mar 19, 2012 12:46 pm

oh yeah - we keep our XP Pro updated with Service Packs and 'Patch Tuesday' downloads...thanks PMC
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Version 2.0.2 just Released

Postby jon » Fri Aug 24, 2012 4:32 pm

For all you Audacity users, a new release just came out.
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