Audacity 3

[Krisfield]

After nine years since the last major update, Audacity 3 is here. I use Logic, but out of curiosity I downloaded and started Audacity 3. It all happened pretty quickly. For a bare bones multi-track audio editor, I like it, and it's free. I was able to get a multi track session going fairly quickly and easily.

Best way to search the manual is Google site:https//manual.audacityteam.org/ "crossfade tracks"

 

[pfschim]

cool, I'll have to check it out. I have used Audacity for many years, primarily as a quickie WAV/MP3 editor rather than as a DAW or recording app, but I like what it does and how relatively straight forward it is to use.

 

[Buzzment]

After nine years since the last major update, Audacity 3 is here. I use Logic, but out of curiosity I downloaded and started Audacity 3. It all happened pretty quickly. For a bare bones multi-track audio editor, I like it, and it's free. I was able to get a multi track session going fairly quickly and easily.

Best way to search the manual is Google site:https//manual.audacityteam.org/ "crossfade tracks"


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I just installed Audacity..When I start recording my bass into it in stereo the right side volume level is lower than the left side..u can clearly see it when I'm playing..The same was happening in Waveform!..What's the solution?I'm using a Fender Studio 40..

 

[Krisfield]

I record bass tracks in mono. But Audacity 3 stopped working on my computer so I deleted it.

I just installed Audacity..When I start recording my bass into it in stereo the right side volume level is lower than the left side..u can clearly see it when I'm playing..The same was happening in Waveform!..What's the solution?I'm using a Fender Studio 40..

 

[Buzzment]

Oh ok..I want stereo as I compose rich soundscapes etc..I deleted it and installed Pro tools first..let's see if that's any use..

 

[tothemax]

I use Audacity to clean up band practice recordings, convert to Mp3 and send out to the band. Works great. I'll have to check out the new version. Much easier than using my DAW.

 

[Buzzment]

I figured it out about the levels..On the Studio 40 I set it to stereo out...am back to Waveform..it's very good..

 

[Jazz Ad]

For what it does Audacity is extremelly convenient and you can't beat the price. My version is very old I will check version 3.

 

[cassanova]

Oh ok..I want stereo as I compose rich soundscapes etc..I deleted it and installed Pro tools first..let's see if that's any use..

A suggestion if I may. Go to BandLab: Make Music Online and try Cakewalk by Bandlab. Its used to be Sonar Platinum. It's also a full daw that will let you do everything compared to be limited by PT First, and it's free. Best free DAW going IMO.

 

[drwv]

If you share Audacity project files with bandmates, Audacity 3 saves projects in a new format that is not compatible with Audacity 2. So if you upgrade, your bandmates all have to upgrade as well.

If you don't yet share Audacity project files with bandmates, Audacity 3 makes it much easier, because the project files are now a single file; for Audacity 2, you've got to zip up a project file and an entire folder full of small files, and ensure they're all unzipped with original names preserved.

You can go a long way with Audacity!

 

[pfschim]

this was posted as a stand alone thread, but I'm putting it in here as well ....

any Audacity users have a view of this ?

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[drwv]

this was posted as a stand alone thread, but I'm putting it in here as well ....

any Audacity users have a view of this ?

Privacy Policy

The privacy policy was updated by the new parent company just 3 days ago, and is clearly full of legal boilerplate. They've already released a statement saying that they're going to update it to clarify.

The latest version of Audacity, 3.0.2, predates the privacy policy change, and has no ability to phone home at all.

We have visibility into Open Source Software, and will always be able to see everything that Audacity is doing. The community has the ability to build and distribute our own version of Audacity with user-hostile features removed. These are things that you cannot do with proprietary software.

For that matter, the list of information collected, "the operating system and version, the user's country based on their IP address, non-fatal error codes and messages, crash reports, and the processor in use" is certainly less than other software or web services collect. Have you read the TalkBass Terms Of Service, Cookie Usage, Privacy Policy documents that you implicitly agreed to? Unlike Audacity, it actually involves collecting personally identifying information.

In my opinion, this is not "news", it's a knee-jerk sensationalist headline that will be rendered out of date in a matter of days or weeks.

 

[pfschim]

The privacy policy was updated by the new parent company just 3 days ago, and is clearly full of legal boilerplate. They've already released a statement saying that they're going to update it to clarify.

The latest version of Audacity, 3.0.2, predates the privacy policy change, and has no ability to phone home at all.

We have visibility into Open Source Software, and will always be able to see everything that Audacity is doing. The community has the ability to build and distribute our own version of Audacity with user-hostile features removed. These are things that you cannot do with proprietary software.

For that matter, the list of information collected, "the operating system and version, the user's country based on their IP address, non-fatal error codes and messages, crash reports, and the processor in use" is certainly less than other software or web services collect. Have you read the TalkBass Privacy Policy, Terms Of Service, Cookie Usage documents that you implicitly agreed to? Unlike Audacity, it actually involves collecting personally identifying information.

In my opinion, this is not "news", it's a knee-jerk sensationalist headline that will be rendered out of date in a matter of days or weeks.

it may or may not be news, or even a meaningful issue to users, all I asked was if Audacity users on TB had a view point on this situation. However, in these times of ransomware attacks and other destructive hacks that originate outside of the US, and are likely part of state sponsored mischief, it does tend get some attention when even pretty innocuous user info gets collected and possibly sent to Russia.

Reading an Ars Technica article (and the follow-on commentary) about this kind of clarified this for me ...personally, other than general negative feelings about software collecting any information about users, I'm not personally concerned too much.

The Ars Technica article No, open source Audacity audio editor is not “spyware”

They also mention that there are a couple of recompiled versions of the Audacity code (Dark Audacity and Oceanaudio) that do not include the telemetry/call-home code if users are truly concerned.

 

[nilebodgers]

Interesting. I had a hand in developing a fairly complex in-house workflow scheduling tool and adding telemetry for error detection and reporting etc. massively improved the app. Bugs were often found and fixed before any user reported them so everyone benefitted.

I’d have no problem with Audacity getting that kind of info.