Audacity Forum

About a month ago I followed the advise I received in this forum and installed 1.3.9 alpha (I was given the URL to do so). I'm about to begin some serious editing. Is there any reason to switch to 1.3.9 beta, or are they essentially the same?

Thanks

kdoc

Yes, I've been saving an MP3 copy, with the same intent--I probably should be recording in WAV anyway, shouldn't I? Have been going over the instructions for 1.3.8. Do like many of the additions I've found so far...and no problems so far. Where's the best list of improvements.

kdoc

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