I have been using 3.7.3 for just over a week now and found the following bugs/issue. To be honest, I wish now I had stuck with 3.3.3, but as you cannot go back I hope these problems will be solved with forthcoming updates.
The programme has crashed when closing it and fails to send a report, so developers will not ne getting any notifications. Luckily the recovery/snapshot has worked, so I haven’t lost hours of project work. I am using Windows 10 64 bit.
Operating system: Windows NT
10.0.19045 5854
CPU: amd64
family 6 model 37 stepping 5
4 CPUs
GPU: UNKNOWN
Crash reason: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION_EXEC
Crash address: 0x7ffcf9910a20
Process uptime: 644 seconds
The gain on the left hand side has now become volume, and this affects things like "Normalise " working. If I normalise to -6 db like I used to, -6 db is not reached at any point in the section of the audio clip. I can only reach - 6 db by using the volume slider on the left, which I always used to leave this at zero.
Sometimes when highlighting a section to a De-Clicker, this becomes a new audio clip, which I then have to join up with the other part of the clip. That never used to happen with this plugin.
Staying on the subject of audio clips, in earlier versions like 3.3.3, you could join audio clips by just clicking on the dividing line between them. That no longer works. You have to go into Edit/Audio Clips and Join. This is annoying when one click used to do that.
Finally, I have had a database back up failure message a couple of times when working on a project.
I will continue to test this latest release.
I have found out that the issue that I had with the De Clicker also happens when highlighting a section of a clip to do a fade out, this also becomes a new section and then has to be joined together.
Yes unfortunately audacity seems to roll out new “updates” every few weeks, compared to the Past when it tended to be every few months. Agreed 3.3.3 was the best no-nonsense version where everything was in one spot. No need to “move” controls around just to get back to work.
Something that has been the must for the newer versions.
Quick note:
If you do go back, make sure you reset all your Settings and Preferences. Audacity hangs onto those so you don’t have to write them all in fresh every time you update. The problem, of course, happens if one of them becomes broken. Then the broken hangs around like a sickness.
Koz
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Audacity is the only software I regularly use that doesn’t show a “latest beta release” and “latest stable release” on their download page.
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In all the years I have been using Audacity I have never experience such a problematic version as 3.7.3, It crashes every time I use it, but sending reports also fails so how can the developers ever know what the issues are. They don’t even respond to what is reported on this forum, so I don’t know if they are even picking up information from here. They haven’t been any new releases since to fix the bugs.
That would be a good improvement if they started doing that.
They roll out updates every few weeks, mostly to fix bugs. I am hopping one will come soon tofix the issues with 3.7.3.
I can tell you’re not a Producer of Content. You’re enjoying the digital trainwreck too much instead of rolling your machine back to an earlier Audacity version and get the job done.
My two favorites are 3.4.2 or 3.6.2.
There are conspiracies behind that. Never, ever install x.x. 0. That’s the version the developers piled all the updates, changes, approaches, and advances without checking anything. We should remember that Audacity runs on three major computing platforms and appears in many languages.
x. x. 1. They ripped the offering apart and stamped out most of the more serious flames.
x. x. 2 Is the first version likely ready for entertainment production.
3.7.x apparently doesn’t conform to those theories. 3.7.x has some serious problems. Run away.
Koz
Well that is where you are wrong. I produce recorded radio programme every week.
I certainly have learned from my mistake. I did decline many version updates and was in 3.3.3 for a very long time. I upgraded to get newly available plugins, but didn’t appreciate when upgrading to 3.7.3 the significant changes that would cause me so many problems. I could roll back and just lose ever being able to use again a couple of weeks projects, which are converted to the end product of an MP3 format radio programme.
There’s a note in the audiobook recommendations. Even though ACX demands you submit works in MP3 format, it is strongly recommended that you keep your own Edit Masters (and raw performances) in perfect quality WAV (Microsoft). You can convert down to MP3, but you can’t come back.
If you do roll back to your stable 3.3.3, drop by the forum every so often to see how update submissions are going. As in this post, it’s a danger sign when emergency updates come thick and fast.
Changing versions is pretty simple on a Mac. The preferences and settings are in one place. It’s your research how to do it on Windows.
Koz
Another History Note. Apparently, 3.3.3 is really good at opening older Audacity Projects. So if you have an archive of older production projects and edit masters, 3.3.3 may be the version for you.
Good to know (writing that down).
Koz
If I remaster/edit a radio programme it needs to be done in an Audacity file with all the tracks separate. Once the tracks are merged as an exported file, even in the best quality WAV format, you are limited as to what you can edit. Hence why I never edit the exported files and always keep my Audacity masters, although the most recent ones can only be opened using version 3.7.3 or above.
Given your particular situation, I think a move away from Audacity might be a good idea. Realistically, it isn’t going to get better any time soon. I agree with what Koz said about 3.3.3 - I wish I had stuck with that one. I only have it on an old Windows 7 laptop now. See this post for other ideas: Other things to try
I hope that helps.
Mark B
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I guess this is good that my computer will not install this update. It says it’s not compatible.
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It looks like my computer isn’t compatible, because every time I use 3.7.3 it crashes, but I was allowed to install it. I have Window 10 64 bit still. Unfortunately, my computer and Aldi laptop cannot upgrade to Windows 11, so in October I must either scrap them or pay Microsoft for continued support. Given the Inconvenience of upgrading and buying a lot of new software I might decide to do the latter. I am guessing that software like Audacity will eventually will stop doing versions that work with Windows 10.
Thanks for the suggestions.
