Release Notes 2.4.1

Release Notes 2.4.1

Audacity 2.4.1 replaces all previous versions. It contains a rapid fix for a serious bug in the briefly issued Audacity 2.4.0 release. Over 100 bugs fixed since 2.3.3. Here you will find full details of the new Audacity features.

Windows
  • Audacity 2.4.1 requires the CPU to support the SSE2 instruction set which should be available on any Intel hardware produced after 2001 and any AMD hardware produced after 2003.
    • To check what SSE levels your CPU supports, you can install CPU-Z.
    • If your hardware only supports SSE, you may download Audacity 2.0.6 see the Legacy Windows page on the Audacity Website.
  • 2.4.1 does not support Windows XP.
    • You may try 2.2.2 on XP, but it is unsupported.
macOS / Mac OS X
  • Audacity 2.4.1 is for Intel Macs running OS X 10.7 and later and macOS including Catalina.
Linux
  • Linux support is tested on Ubuntu Linux. Use the CMake build. The Automake build is no longer reliable.
    • Audacity may compile on Gentoo, Debian, Mint.
    • Audacity does not currently compile on SuSE Linux.