Source code and user manuals for some old versions are available on FossHub, as well as AppImages since version 3.0.3.

For Linux, the appropriate version of Audacity for your operating system is usually included in your distribution’s repository.

For macOS 10.12 (Sierra) and earlier, legacy versions of Audacity are available on the Legacy Mac downloads page.

For Windows 7 and earlier, legacy versions of Audacity are available on the Legacy Windows downloads page.

FX Preset Management - You can save FX presets but it does not save your last-used settings from session to session, and with some VST FX plugins, it doesn't even save them between application, undoing, and attempting to apply again.

You'd have to undo the compression first. But you couldn't, for instance, add a reverb, then add compression, then go back and change the reverb. The only non-destructive way you can test out different FX chains is by applying them one at a time, and then hitting 'Undo' over and over to get back to an earlier state.

Inability to Chain VST FX - You have to apply one, then apply the next, then the next, in a destructive mode.

You have to open the VST effect and turn on the 'Preview' mode which starts the audio from the very beginning, without being able to seek. Inability to Listen to VST FX in Realtime - Technically you can listen in realtime, but only from the beginning of the waveform, rather and it is not easy.It also takes a long time to save large files, every time. Performance - Sound Forge takes a long time to open large files the first time they are opened, as it draws the waveform.Batch Processing - While I like a lot of things about the batch audio processing in Sound Forge, the inability to hear the effects chain is limiting.

OSS/BSS (Operations Support/Business Support).Static Application Security Testing (SAST).Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS).Professional Employer Organizations (PEO).

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