Audio Recorder and Editor Audacity 2.0 Released

Audacity is my go-to program when I need to edit audio on my system. It is a comfortable to use Open Source application with a feature set that is rivaling commercial sound editors. The developers of Audacity have just released Audacity 2.0 to the public.

The new version as usually is available for all supported operating system, that is Microsoft Windows, Apple Macintosh and Gnu/Linux, and as a source code download. Audacity 2.0 replaces all previous versions of the program, especially version 1.2.6 and 1.3.14, the previous release versions of the audio software. The 1.2.x versions were the stable versions of the program, while 1.3.x beta versions.

Windows users who want to install the new version need to pay attention to the installation process. If they are upgrading to 2.0 from earlier program versions, they need to download and install the latest version of the LAME mp3 encoder for MP3 support.

The developers note that the Windows installer will replace a 1.2.x installation of Audacity, but install alongside 1.3 beta versions. They therefor recommend to uninstall 1.3 versions prior to installing Audacity 2.0.

 

Major feature changes in 2.0 over 1.2.6 are:

Many effects significantly improved, especially Equalization, Noise Removal and Normalize. Vocal Remover now included plus GVerb on Windows and Mac. VAMP analysis plug-ins now supported.Improved label tracks with Sync-Lock Tracks feature in the Tracks Menu. Multiple clips per track. Tracks and selections can be fully manipulated using the keyboard. Many more keyboard shortcuts.New Device Toolbar to manage inputs and outputs. Timer Record feature. New Mixer Board view with per-track VU meters.Automatic Crash Recovery in the event of abnormal program termination.Fast “On-Demand” import of WAV/AIFF files if read directly from source. FLAC now fully supported. Added support for optional FFmpeg library for import/export of AC3/M4A/WMA and import of audio from video files.

The changes between 1.3.14 and 2.0.0 are mainly bug fix related, as most of the features have already been implemented into the beta version by the team.

The extensive release notes list bug fixes and known issues between Audacity 1.3.14 and 2.0.0. If you are looking for a free audio editor and recorder, then Audacity should be your first stop.

Internet Radio Recorder StreamWriter 4.0 Released

StreamWriter is without doubt one of the most comfortable Internet radio recorders for the Windows operating system. It comes with a database of radio streams that are searchable directly in the interface. Here you can key in a genre for instance to get a list of matching results. The software can filter radio stations by genre, quality or type in addition to that. You then have the option to start listening to select radio stations right away, for instance to assess the quality of the stream, or to start recording as many as your computer and Internet connection is capable of handling.

The developers of the free application have just released StreamWriter 4.0 which improves the functionality of the Internet radio recorder significantly. One of the interesting new features is the option to configure post-processing options per stream. Post-processing can for instance be used to change the output format of the music or to write tags to the file. This can for instance be useful to add radio station information to the tags. New decoders have been made available in the post-processing stage. StreamWriter now supports MP3, AAC and OGG encoders, and can in addition convert AAC music files to M4A.

A new tag editor has been integrated to edit tags of the downloaded file right in the streamWriter interface. A second addition is the equalizer, available under Player > Equalizer, which can be used to fine-tune the stream and song playback in the program.

Music folders can be imported into the save songs listing of StreamWriter, which can be useful for a variety of reasons, including powering the program’s wishlist, playing the songs directly from within the interface, or editing them from within.

Check out our previous StreamWriter review here for a detailed feature-overview.

The program gets better and better with every release the developers put out. I suggest you give it a try if recording Internet radio is legal in the country you are living it. StreamWriter is available as a portable version and installer.

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