{
  "id": 5369639,
  "title": "Audacity 4 Rebuilds the Open Source Audio Editor But Leaves Some Features Behind",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/audacity-4-rebuilds-the-open-source-audio-editor-but-leaves-some",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-03T17:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Slashdot",
    "slug": "slashdot",
    "url": "https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/09/03/163216/audacity-4-rebuilds-the-open-source-audio-editor-but-leaves-some-features-behind"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "BrianFagioli writes: Audacity 4.0 has been released with a rebuilt Qt interface, a new clip-editing model, customizable workspaces, native high-DPI rendering, and a new AUP4 project format. The open source audio editor also adds ASIO playback and recording support to official Windows builds, while bringing major changes to recording, playback, plugins, and project handling. The overhaul comes…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}