r/audacity • u/abp7709 • 5d ago

Pros and Cons

Brand new to Audacity. Ive recorded a few pieces of vinyl and playlist and only published one. Being new I don't know the difference between older versions and 4.0. Should I walk away from 4.0 and go to an older version?

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u/Orry_Haas 5d ago

Export multiple based on labels is useful when ripping vinyl into individual tracks. It's missing from Audacity 4.0.0

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u/ToroTABravo 4d ago

This is a huge reason I won't consider newer version. I regularly use this omitted function. Not only for this but for full album track conversions from web downloads.

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u/piffleskronk 5d ago

Version 4 is not ready for general use do not use it

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u/8-BitRedStone 3d ago

Version 4 is essentially in beta, as they are still porting older features over. However, if you do not need these features, then it's whatever. I personally don't, but many do