November 2nd, 2017: Audacity 2.2.0 Released
Audacity 2.2.0 replaces all previous versions.
New in Audacity 2.2.0:
Major new features – see updated manual for details:
- Four supplied user interface themes, and customizability of themes for advanced users (thanks to James Crook and the Dark Audacity project)
- Playback of MIDI files (fully automatic on Windows; requires cooperating software synthesizer programs on macOs or Linux; special thanks to Audacity co-founder Roger Dannenberg and new contributor “pokechu22”)
- Better organized menus (James)
- Help link buttons in many dialogs lead to the relevant manual pages (James Crook and Steve Daulton)
- Thorough update of the manual with new images, more hover texts, and more cross-references
- 198 bugs/annoyances in 2.1.3 fixed, most importantly:
- Improved recovery from full file system errors; in case of recording, Audacity 2.2.0 will preserve as much of the recorded data as possible
- Complete support for macOS 10.12 (Sierra) correcting the problems that were in 2.1.3
- Fuller details on the changes since 2.1.3 can be found in the 2.2.0 Release Notes.