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Audacity holds one of the spots for being the best audio editor for Linux, even though it's had a fair share of controversies since being acquired by the Muse Group. It is still a solid option for those looking for an install it and forget it solution.
Late last year, we saw the Audacity 3.4 release being introduced with important fixes on offer, and just a few months later, we now have the Audacity 3.5 release that follows in the same steps.
With this release, Audacity now features support for Cloud Saves via audio.com. To use that, you have to save a project, then click on the βSave to Cloudβ option, and after giving it a name, click on βSaveβ.
Going forward, whenever you save that project, Audacity will automatically sync it with audio.com. Note that you will have to create an account on audio.com before you can take advantage of cloud syncing on Audacity.
You can also open any existing cloud files from within the app, invite others to check out your project, and restore any lost work by accessing the βVersionsβ tab on your audio.com dashboard.
On the audio editing side of things, Audacity 3.5 now has support for non-destructive pitch shifting, which can be done by holding down the βAltβ key and pressing the βUp/Down Arrowβ keys. You can do the same from the overflow menu by using the βPitch and speedβ¦β option.
And, to wrap this up, there's automatic tempo detection that Audacity can carry out to detect the tempo of imported loops while also adjusting them to be in tempo. It works by employing both audio analysis and metadata checks.
You can also skip audio analysis when preparing a loop for automatic tempo detection by adding β123 bpmβ in the filename. If this feature is not your cup of tea, then you can disable it by going into βPreferencesβ, then βImport/Exportβ.
Other than the highlights, there are a few other notable changes:
For technical details, you can head to the official release blog or the release notes.
The best way to grab the latest Audacity release is from the official website.
At the time of writing, both the Flatpak store and the Snap store (community-maintained) featured older builds of Audacity, though that should change soon.
You can also refer to the releases section of Audacity's GitHub repo to download this release or to contribute to the source code.
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