Exiting Audacity without saving, but realtime effects edits/ordering ARE being saved. Can this be changed?

DJMaytag · February 8, 2025, 7:45pm

Anytime I open a project file to make a change to realtime effects, and then decide I don’t like the edits I’ve made to it, I close the project without saving. The problem here is that anything I’ve done to the real-time effects ARE being saved, and I would like that behavior to stop. Is this a bug or something that needs to be changed in my settings?

David_Bailes · February 12, 2025, 5:08pm

I think it’s a bug, and I’ve logged it here:

github.com/audacity/audacity

Changes to realtime effect parameters are saved when user closes a project without saving.

opened 05:07PM - 12 Feb 25 UTC

DavidBailes

AU3-bug

### Bug description _No response_ ### Steps to reproduce 1. Create an audio t…rack. 2. Add an realtime effect to the track. We'll use the Bass and Treble built in effect as an example. Leave the parameters of the effect at their default values, eg bass and treble at 0db. 3. Save the project. 4. Open the project. 5. Change the bass and treble parameters of the realtime effect to 30db and 30db 6. Close the project without saving. 7. Reopen the project, and open the realtime bass and treble effect. ### Expected behavior The bass and treble parameters still have their default values, eg 0db ### Actual behavior The bass and treble parameters are 30db, even though the user would not have expected these values to be saved. ### Audacity Version Audacity 3.7.1 ### Operating system Windows ### Additional context Reported in the forum: https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/exiting-audacity-without-saving-but-realtime-effects-edits-ordering-are-being-saved-can-this-be-changed/131050

DJMaytag · April 15, 2025, 1:01pm

Good to know it’s not me. It was enough of a problem that I have been looking to switch platforms. Acon Acoustica had some promise, but it is lacking in several areas.