diff --git a/sources/news/20231103 Audacity 3.4 Release Adds a New Musical View.md b/sources/news/20231103 Audacity 3.4 Release Adds a New Musical View.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..4c4be1c122 --- /dev/null +++ b/sources/news/20231103 Audacity 3.4 Release Adds a New Musical View.md @@ -0,0 +1,112 @@ +[#]: subject: "Audacity 3.4 Release Adds a New Musical View" +[#]: via: "https://news.itsfoss.com/audacity-3-4-release/" +[#]: author: "Sourav Rudra https://news.itsfoss.com/author/sourav/" +[#]: collector: "lujun9972/lctt-scripts-1693450080" +[#]: translator: " " +[#]: reviewer: " " +[#]: publisher: " " +[#]: url: " " + +Audacity 3.4 Release Adds a New Musical View +====== +Audacity 3.4 makes it a better audio editor for musicians. Take a look! +Many consider Audacity as a useful audio editor or maybe even a digital audio workstation (DAW) to some extent. + +In the past, we have noticed that with every point release, take, for example, [Audacity 3.2][1] there are important improvements on offer. + +Continuing the trend is the recently introduced **Audacity 3.4** release, here with some new features and bug fixes. + +Let's go through them. + +**Suggested Read** 📖 + +![][2] + +## 🆕 Audacity 3.4: What's New? + +![][3] + +As a point release, this release has some important new features to offer, such as: + + * **New Musical View** + * **Better Exporting** + * **New Time Stretching Feature** + + + +### New Musical View + +![][4] + +A new “ **Beats and measures grid** ” musical view has been added to Audacity that allows you to **easily align audio clips according to the tempo and rhythm of a project**. + +The grid shows subdivisions of each measure according to the zoom level, and the clips can also be snapped to the nearest beat. + +📋 + +You can access this by right-clicking anywhere on the ruler and selecting “Beats and Measures”. + +### Better Exporting + +![][5] + +The exporter has been revamped, and now gives you **all the options in a single window** , that includes **a native file browser** , **format selection** , **audio options** and even **advanced options for 5.1 surround exports**. + +### Time Stretching Feature + +![][6] + +It is now possible to **change the duration of audio clips without harming the pitch** of it. + +This was thanks to the implementation of a **new time stretching algorithm** that has been tailored for music. The developers claim that it **outperforms many commercially available options**. + +📋 + +Just hold the 'Alt' (for macOS: Option) button while hovering over the top third of a clip edge to start stretching. + +### 🛠️ Other Changes + +Other than that, here are some other notable changes: + + * In-built **support for[ **Opus**][7]**. + * The **project sample rate doesn't change** randomly when importing audio. + * The **spectrogram colors have been improved** to look more uniform. + * **Stereo tracks have been simplified** , the left and right channels will now always have synced clip starts and ends, with the same sample rate on both channels. + + + +You can also go through the [official blog][8] or the video linked below to know more about this release. + +## 📥 Download Audacity 3.4 + +As Audacity is **a cross-platform app** , this new release is available for **Linux** , **Windows** , and **macOS** from the [official site][9] and its [GitHub repo][10]. + +[Audacity][9] + +_💬 Will you be trying this release out? Share your thoughts in the comments below._ + +* * * + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +via: https://news.itsfoss.com/audacity-3-4-release/ + +作者:[Sourav Rudra][a] +选题:[lujun9972][b] +译者:[译者ID](https://github.com/译者ID) +校对:[校对者ID](https://github.com/校对者ID) + +本文由 [LCTT](https://github.com/LCTT/TranslateProject) 原创编译,[Linux中国](https://linux.cn/) 荣誉推出 + +[a]: https://news.itsfoss.com/author/sourav/ +[b]: https://github.com/lujun9972 +[1]: https://news.itsfoss.com/audacity-3-2-release/ +[2]: https://news.itsfoss.com/content/images/size/w256h256/2022/08/android-chrome-192x192.png +[3]: https://news.itsfoss.com/content/images/2023/11/Audacity_3.4.png +[4]: https://news.itsfoss.com/content/images/2023/11/Audacity_3.4_c.png +[5]: https://news.itsfoss.com/content/images/2023/11/Audacity_3.4_b.png +[6]: https://news.itsfoss.com/content/images/2023/11/Audacity_3.4_d.png +[7]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opus_(audio_format) +[8]: https://www.audacityteam.org/blog/audacity-3-4/ +[9]: https://www.audacityteam.org/download/ +[10]: https://github.com/audacity/audacity/releases