Audacity

This is a patch release. It contains the following changes:

• #10688 Fixed an exception thrown when pasting into a newly-created track (Thanks, David Bailes (@DavidBailes)!)
• #10870, #10884, #10775, #10629 Fixed tone generation, waveform-scale setting, SetClip Name parameter,
  and clip-boundary command names for scripting and macros (Thank you, David Bailes (@DavidBailes)!)
• #11106 Fixed the loading of presets for the Distortion effect (A million thanks, David Bailes (@DavidBailes)!)
• #10947 Fixed paste into an empty audio track not preserving the source sample rate (Thanks, Juan Gabriel Colonna (@juancolonna)!)
• #10776 Allowed AltGr modifier in label and c

Audacity 4 is almost here, and this is the first public beta (beta 1 was internal).

For the full picture of what to expect, head over to our special page:
https://www.audacityteam.org/next/

⚠️ This is a beta

Expect bugs, rough edges, and features that don't work quite right yet, or aren't there at all.
Please don't use it for important work, and keep backups of your projects.

This is exactly the moment we need your help. If you hit a bug or something feels off, tell us:

• Found a bug? Open an issue
• Want to chat? Join the discussion

This is a hotfix release. It fixes broken waveform scrolling and selection for some users introduced in 3.7.6.
The fix was provided by @iv-m and @DavidBailes, thank you!

Other changes:

• #9940 Added checksum to WavPack export (thanks @ajsand)

New Contributors

• @iv-m made their first contribution in #10011
• @ajsand made their first contribution in #9940

Full Changelog: Audacity-3.7.6...Audacity-3.7.7

This is a patch release. It contains the following changes:

• #9742 Added FFmpeg 8 support
• #9709 Added Spectrogram Wavelet analysis (Thanks, Klaus Gram-Hansen (@kgramhans))
• #9565 Added middle-mouse drag panning over track panel (Thanks, Anders Jenbo (@AJenbo))
• #9863 Added "Import from audio.com" dialog to import audio files from audio.com
• #9838 Fixed unstable cloud audio uploads
• #9576 Allowed export as OGG/Opus when exporting with FFmpeg
• #9929 Fixed 16-bit FLAC import
• #9897 Library updates: libcurl to 8.17.0, wavpack to 5.7.0

New Contributors

• @AJenbo made their first contribution in #9565<

Notable changes since alpha-1

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

In this release we have added support for Windows ARM64, which is in beta. Please note that it requires Windows 11 or later, and is not compatible with third-party plugins such as VST2, VST3, and OpenVINO plugins. It has not been thoroughly tested with all features and workflows, so your feedback is welcome.

Other changes:

• #8942 Windows on ARM support (Thanks, Vasanth K (@vask2108) and Linaro!)
• #9121 FLAC importer now supports 32-bit PCM (Thanks, Dr. K. D. Murray (@kdm9)!)
• #8851 Fixed crash when rendering spectrum view (Thanks, Hailey Somerville (@haileys)!)
• #9097 Fixed lost focus when registration window was closed
• #8932 Fixed crash on wav import (when audio file is up to 7 ms long)

This is a patch release. It contains the following changes:

• #6890 Fixed a crash when closing a large unsaved project
• #8709 Fixed a crash when using real-time effects that activate delay compensation
• #8494 Fixed issue where Studio Fade Out creates a new clip when applied at the end of a clip
• #8442 Fixed incorrect waveform rendering on clipped audio
• #8559 Fixed unintended deletion of a clip when joining two clips with pitch adjustment
• #3003 Effect preview now works when the track is muted
• #8666 Fixed possible incorrect calculations in the Hamming window derivative (Thanks, @witwald!)
• #8577 Fixed compilation issues on legacy macOS (Thanks, @barracuda156