"Audacity" v3.0.0
クロスプラットフォーム対応の定番音声編集ツール"Audacity" v3.0.0が、3月17日に公開された。8年ぶりのメジャーバージョンアップとなる本バージョンでは、編集中の状態を保存したプロジェクトファイルの形式がこれまでの“AUP”形式から“AUP3”形式に変更されている。
In the existing AUP form, multiple files with extensions that become the body of data along with ".aup" files are saved under the "(file name) _ data" folder. However, in this way, even if you only copy the ".aup" file to another place to open it, the data body can not be found, and it is easy not to open it.
In the new AUP3 format, this problem does not occur because a single file contains all the data. Technically, "SQLite" v3 is used internally. In addition, audio editing is slightly faster because the file becomes single, but the saving of the project may become quite slow, but because of the great benefits, I decided to change it.
Even after v3, you can open a project in AUP format, but it is automatically converted to AUP3 format when you save it. In the old version, the original AUP file will be opened, but the edited AUP3 file will not be opened. Please pay attention to compatibility.
Other changes remain on a relatively small scale. The [Label Sounds] command has been added to the [analyze] menu instead of the [Sound Finder] and [Silence Finder] commands that can be managed by adding tags to the parts that contain voice. In addition, the "Noise Gate" effect is improved, and the minimum attack time is reduced to 1ms. In addition, the threshold of attack, retention and attenuation can be adjusted separately.
[Label Sounds]“Noise Gate”エフェクトIn addition, it is reported that the older version of "Audacity" is frozen and inoperable in some environments. The editorial department also confirmed that it was frozen when using "Audacity" v2.4.2 and v3.0.0 for keyboard operations. When a freeze occurs, it can be avoided by opening the preferences dialog box from the Edit menu and selecting English from the language drop-down menu of the Interface screen before keyboard operation.
[環境設定]ダイアログの[Interface]画面から言語を[English]へ変更することでフリーズを回避できる"Audacity" is a free software that supports Windows/Mac/Linux and welcomes donations, which can be downloaded from the official website. The Windows version supports Windows7/8/10 and can also be downloaded from the form Dooku.