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Audacity Portable

Audacity Portable 2.4.0

  -  11.1 MB  -  Open Source

Sometimes latest versions of the software can cause issues when installed on older devices or devices running an older version of the operating system.

Software makers usually fix these issues but it can take them some time. What you can do in the meantime is to download and install an older version of Audacity Portable 2.4.0.


For those interested in downloading the most recent release of Audacity Portable or reading our review, simply click here.


All old versions distributed on our website are completely virus-free and available for download at no cost.


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What's new in this version:

- Hitting the big Time
- Export and Import of settings in effects
- Multi-view
- Opus export
- Changed behaviors for resizing and moving labels
- Spectrograms now show Clip Boundaries
- Selecting Waveform dB
- Scrubbing using the keyboard
- Muting and Unmuting selected tracks
- Changes to Play head pinning
- New effects and a new analyzer:
- Loudness Normalization
- Measure RMS
- Noise Gate
- Spectral Delete

Bug Fixes:
Key P1 bugs fixed:
- Equalization effects have no Import or Export for curves
- Graphic EQ sliders have no frequency labels
- Track heights are reset to default on project re-opening
- Playback does not start at the saved cursor position on reopening a saved project.
- Zoom in fail when playing

Key P2 bugs fixed:
- Export as WAV does not remember the previously used setting
- Rendering a single track unnecessarily moves the track to project bottom
- Rendering a single track unnecessarily strips it of its properties
- "Ignore blank space" Preference fails on Export Multiple based on "Tracks"
- Loop Quick-Play does not scroll when playing
- Timer record: if a labels are present recording starts at last label position - not cursor position