In Audacity 4 (macOS), the options Track view → Spectrogram and Multi-view are permanently greyed out for existing and newly created tracks.
Changing the workspace, creating new tracks, setting default track view to Spectrogram/Multi-view, restarting Audacity, creating new projects and tracks in moni does not resolve the issue. The track remains locked to Waveform view only.
This occurs even with standard audio files (WAV/AIFF, 48 kHz, 32-bit float, stereo or mono). The issue appears to be a UI/state regression.
I should be able to switch any audio track between Waveform, Spectrogram, and Multi-view at any time.
Actual behavior:
Spectrogram and Multi-view are disabled and cannot be selected.
Environment:
• Audacity 4.x
• macOS
• Audio files imported or copied into the project
Some yet-to-be finalized features might appear non-functional, or have been excluded from Audacity’s interface. These are features not yet ready for user testing, and have been disabled.
Nyquist, LADSPA and VAMP and the OpenVINO plugins
Preferences from Audacity 3 are not carried over
Envelopes and label tracks
Spectrogram view and the spectral editing mode
Most built-in effects, including generators and analyzers