Audacity 4 Beta 2

What we've been working on

Here are the latest features that we can't wait for you to try.

Draw, drag, and reshape gain envelopes across clips with the redesigned envelope tool.

Mark sections, drop chapter points, and keep your project organised as you work.

Select frequency regions in the spectrogram and apply effects right where you need them.

Save projects to the cloud and upload finished audio straight to audio.com.

Backwards compatibility

Audacity 3 projects open in Audacity 4, with your clips, tracks, and labels carried across.
Multi-project sessions

Open multiple projects, switch between them, and copy clips across.
Metadata editor

Set track titles, artist, album, and other tags directly inside Audacity, ready for export.
Effects

Polished effect UIs and quality-of-life improvements.
Plugin support

Nyquist and VST3 are supported across all platforms, with AudioUnits on macOS and LV2 on Linux.
Lead-in recording

Previously punch and roll. Record over a section without losing what comes after

A handful of things from Audacity 3 aren't coming with us. Tempo tracks, LADSPA, and Vamp analyzers won't be in Audacity 4.