Audacity v 1.3.10 Beta has been released, which should fix a host of crash and freeze bugs.  The developers are asking for users with Windows 7 to upgrade to v 1.3.10 over the current stable release, as the brunt of their needed feedback will be about compatiblity with the new OS.

Summary of Changes in 1.3.10:

Imports/Exports bug fixes:

• Freeze importing audio files in Pitch (EAC) view
• Corrupted WAV or AIFF imports and WMA exports
• Metadata Editor appeared before the Export window

Effects bug fixes:

• Crash/hang using Equalization; errors in Reverse and Truncate Silence
• Nyquist: Excessive memory consumption; errors in European locales; inaccurate text box values
• VST effects remained in menu when no longer available

Other bug fixes:

• Spurious “not writable/disk full” errors when saving projects
• Desynchronized playback/data loss when using multiple tracks
• Crash opening Preferences when no valid devices present
• (Windows) Audacity sometimes did not come up on top at launch
• (Linux) Crash when undoing or redoing label edits

Improvements:

• Improved copying/pasting of label-with-audio and system clipboard text
• Contrast Tool now modeless, intuitive handling of multiple project windows, various other improvements

Dev’s also mentioned that if you’re running Windows 98 or ME you’ll want to stick with v 1.3.7 as those versions of Windows aren’t supported by the Beta.

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