What's New

Version 3.19.3

• Fixes issues with MP4 files with more than 8 channels
• Fixes incorrect VBR detection for some CBR MP3 files
• Other bug fixes and improvements

Version 3.19.2

• Fixes a crash when starting the graphical interface without a display on Linux
• Fixes MP3 metadata encoding and ID3 tag writing issues on Windows
• Fixes a crash when loading audio with autosave enabled on Windows user paths containing non-ASCII characters
• Fixes a freeze when batch-processing more than 5 files with a 64-bit VST plugin
• Fixes some conditions in audio mixer
• Fixes loudness statistics for surround files and Short-Term Maximum Loudness accuracy
• Other bug fixes and improvements

Version 3.19.1

• Adds an autosave system to protect session state in case of unexpected program closure
• Adds transcription mode for audio transcription workflows (configurable per track)
• Adds translation improvements and support for new languages
• New models in QOcenAi (LavaSR, SileroVAD)
• Fixes cursor precision, pan and zoom focus on the waveform canvas
• Fixes drag-edge autoscroll when dragging selection, cursor, marker or region — now works correctly, including in fullscreen
• Other bug fixes and improvements

Version 3.19.0

• This version was withdrawn shortly after release due to a issue with MP3 load. Please use version 3.19.1 or later.

Version 3.18.2

• Adds playback speed engine selector
• Fixes effect preview when using audio interfaces with more than two output channels
• Fixes stage manager iteration with sidebar toogle
• Fixes regression on marker interaction near waveform selections
• Fixes issue when exporting files with mixed sample rates
• Other bug fixes and improvements

Version 3.18.0

• Adds option to automatically focus the waveform area when the mouse is over it
• Adds format preset memory bar to the Audio Change Format dialog.
• Adds a redesigned channel routing table with a modern look, paged navigation, and new editing controls
• Adds Trim Left/Right actions to remove audio relative to cursor, selection or regions boundaries
• Adds Split at Cursor action for quickly splitting audio at the cursor position
• Adds Hard Limiter effect to Dynamics Processing
• Adds linked annotation tracks with synchronized region editing
• Adds embedded storage format for tracks and regions
• Adds displays annotation labels directly on the audio canvas (selecting track as default)
• Adds track configuration panel with font size adjustment
• Adds support for track templates (create and reuse annotation track setups)
• Fixes an issue where Opus export could duplicate channels, resulting in incorrect stereo output
• Fixes issues with effects execution and potential Audio Unit plugin crashes
• Moves the Audio Properties dialog from the View menu to the File menu
• Other bug fixes and improvements

Version 3.17.3

• Adds comments column to the list of markers/regions
• Adds filtering capability to the list of markers/regions
• Exporting regions now respects what is visible in the list (including text filter)
• Improves show speed of the markers/regions list (with large numbers of markers/regions)
• Fixes occasional freezes during playback
• Fixes crash when opening multitrack files with video tracks
• Other bug fixes and improvements

Version 3.17.2

• Adds Audio rename shortcut
• Adds a new scroll mode during playback
• Fixes timecode/timeline preservation when formatting or effects are applied
• Fixes (removes) size limit for marker labels and region text in WAV files
• Other bug fixes and improvements

Version 3.17.1

• Adds show log and settings folder to Help menu
• Adds silence selection (Begin/End)
• Adds Power Graph range configuration (Preferences/General/Visual)
• Fixes long freeze on open
• Other bug fixes and improvements

Version 3.17.0

• Adds SMPTE scale
• Adds improvements to timecode support (currently only for WAV/BWF files)
• Adds statistics links
• Adds power graph view (rms)
• Adds visualtools "Visual Cut"
• Adds cut preview (Controls / Cut Preview or press C)
• Fixes a bug when restoring a minimized application to the Dock on macOS
• Fixes playback issue when cutting with follow cursor active
• Other bug fixes and improvements

Version 3.16.5

• Improve control of canvas sliders
• Fix WAV read when LIST chunk is empty
• Adds local file browsing to Quick Open
• Adds wildcard support to Quick Open (e.g., /path/*.mp3)
• Adds locations shortcuts to Quick Open (e.g. Home, Desktop, Downloads, etc)
• Adds custom locations shortcut to Quick Open
• Adds recents shortcut to Quick Open
• Adds favourites shortcut to Quick Open (star, heart and bookmark)
• Adds audio preview capability in Quick Open
• Other bug fixes and improvements

Version 3.16.4

• Fix canvas glitches on recording
• Other bug fixes and improvements

Version 3.16.3

• Fix lock/crash on close
• Reduces Windows startup time
• Other bug fixes and improvements

Version 3.16.2

• Add bpm detector
• Fix wav loops load/save
• Fix open files with UNC path on Windows (\\SERVER_NAME\...)
• Fix move cursor to playback stop position with audio scrubbing
• Fix visual tools cancel
• Other bug fixes and improvements

Version 3.16.1

• Fix windows deploy
• Fix beat navigation functionality (goto, selection adjust, etc)
• Fix condition that could cause a crash on close
• Other bug fixes and improvements

Version 3.16.0

• Adds ocenAi effects
• Add mix operation to selected files
• Fix freezing in downmix operations
• Fix crash in gain effect when channels are selected
• Fix UI glitches with some scaling modes (like 150%)
• Other bug fixes and improvements

Version 3.15.3

• Add custom sample rate selection on export
• Add quick resample and num channels change popover
• Add multithreaded support to FLAC encoding
• Add play from start mode
• Fix metadata editing when recording
• Fix zoomback stack
• Fix issue with keybindings when language is not set to english
• Fix bit rate preservation on export/save
• Other bug fixes and improvements

Version 3.15.2

• Add option to resample in export operation
• Other bug fixes and improvements

Version 3.15.1

• Add scale type selector/setter
• Add support to text metadata in CAF files
• Add volume control for recording
• Fix issue with saving metadata
• Fix OGG/VORBIS Modes Selection
• Other bug fixes and improvements

Version 3.15.0

• Add support to new audio formats
• Add export files to destination path
• Add new layout in properties dialog
• Add metadata editing across multiple files
• Add new layout in new audio dialog
• Add new layout in preferences dialog
• Add edit last effect action
• Fix usability of save position in open files list
• Fix reading of WAV files with unfinalized headers (data size 0)
• Other bug fixes and improvements

Version 3.14.11

• Add rename in opened files list
• Add create loop function
• Add link/unlink of selected audio files
• Add filter for files with link (in open files list)
• Add tags to open files
• Add filter for tagged files (in the list of open files)
• Fix export issues in some MP4 formats
• Fix opening ape files with 24 bits per sample
• Improve selection overlays usability
• Other bug fixes and improvements

Version 3.14.10

• Fix region save in metadata (chapters in FLAC and MP4 format)
• Fix region export to .srt and .TextGrid
• Fix initialization of beats configuration
• Add undo/redo for selection operations
• Add function to start record to new file
• Add setting to position/hide action notifications
• Other bug fixes and improvements

Version 3.14.9

• Adds beats scale (bar.beats.note)
• Adds zoom with progressive focus centering
• Other bug fixes and improvements

Version 3.14.8

• Bug Fixes and improvements

Version 3.14.7

• Fixes condition that caused only silence capture in WASAPI
• Fixes issue with User Defaults on macOS
• Reduces need for CPU support with AVX (instead of AVX2)
• Inclusion of compilation metadata
• Inclusion of effect/visualtool level ramp
• Other bug fixes and improvements

Version 3.14.6

• Fixes issues with some VST plugins (Alliance Plugins for example)
• Fixes some audio issues on Windows
• Fixes and adds macOS 11 compatible release
• Other bug fixes and improvements

Version 3.14.5

• Fixes problem with saving presets with existing names
• Fixes problem with saving WAV files containing regions/markers and broadcast audio extensions (bext)
• Add the possibility of changing the audio cache location (with interface)
• Improved the interface and usability of visual tools
• Other bug fixes and improvements

Version 3.14.4

• Fixes some issues that could cause unexpected closures
• Fixes issue that caused freezing when multiple audio files were opened by Explorer while ocenaudio was still closed
• Fixes duration issue in WAV IMA ADPCM files
• Other bug fixes and improvements

Version 3.14.3

• Fixes problem with opening mp3 files in parallel
• Fixes problem with opening APE files on Windows
• Adds support for zooming using pinch-to-zoom
• Adds controls for locking and changing the position of level guides
• Adds highlighting for drag control
• Other bug fixes and improvements

Version 3.14.2

• Improves the indication of the side where the cursor is in a selection
• Improves the behavior of the cursor in selections when the keyboard is used
• Adds control in the toolbar to turn on, off and change playback speed
• Adds the possibility of changing speed during playback
• Adds a function to create new annotation tracks (in the markers tab of the audio properties dialog)
• Adds a function to indicate in which annotation track you want to create a region (annotation)
• Keeps the gain control always visible when it is active (regardless of the selection overlays option being active)
• 32-bit VST plugins are supported again on Windows (from Windows 10 onwards, sharing window identifiers between different processes is no longer allowed, so support for VST plugins is provided through a simplified interface)
• Fixes a problem with applying effects to specific channels in audio with more than 8 channels
• Fixes a problem with changing speed in tracks with more than 8 channels
• Fixes problem with saving in AC3 on Windows
• Fixes problem with zoom in some situations with few samples
• Fixes problem that could cause unexpected closing when using AudioUnits
• Fixes problem with selecting multiple files in the list of open files
• Use of signature with valid certificates (with root on Windows) to reduce problems with false positives when downloading for Windows
• Other bug fixes and improvements

Version 3.14.1

• Fix recurrent opening on macOS 10.15
• Fix built-in parameter selection in VST effects
• Add openSUSE 15 support

Version 3.14.0

• Add command line arguments
• Add Level Guides
• Add new light theme
• Fix issues in VST and Audio Unit Effects
• Fix Aiff markers duplication
• Other bug fixes and improvements
• Update build process for Linux and Windows

Version 3.13.8

• Fix opening files using http protocol
• Fix generating the WAV favorite format on Windows
• Other bug Fixes and improvements

Version 3.13.7

• Adds options to the OPUS encoder
• Adds support for audio with up to 16 channels
• Bug Fixes and improvements

Version 3.13.6

• Release removed due to UI issues

Version 3.13.5

• Add an option to reveal capture backup folder
• Bug Fixes and improvements

Version 3.13.4

• Add option to change zoom behavior with scroll
• Fix freezing when changing selected file
• Bug Fixes and improvements

Version 3.13.3

• Bug Fixes and improvements

Version 3.13.2

• Improve statistics report
• Various Bug Fixes and improvements

Version 3.13.1

• Simplifies and improves the usability of VisualTools Audio Ducking and Mix Paste
• Detects opening files with DRM avoiding possible decoding crashes
• Fix toolbar state on new files
• Minor Fixes

Version 3.13.0

• Introduces Visual Tools: a new way to edit audio directly on the canvas
• Visual Tools Added: Fade In, Fade Out, Crossfade and Fade Out/Fade In
• Visual Tools Added: Audio Ducking and Visual Mix Paste
• Fixes problem with device names with colons
• Minor Fixes
• Note: Visual Tools is a new concept and will evolve as we receive feedback from our users. In this first version, no functionality of the software is changed, precisely to allow no user to lose tools they are already familiar with.

Version 3.12.7

• Fix crash when markers are added

Version 3.12.6

• Fix audio devices errors
• Markers are now centered on select
• Minor fixes
• Add foundation for implementing ocenaudio visual tools (launch mid-September)

Version 3.12.5

• Improve copy/paste OS integration
• Fix focus problem after closing effect
• Fix play from last sample
• Minor fixes

Version 3.12.4

• Add show/hide to selection overlays
• Minor fixes

Version 3.12.3

• Update visibility behavior in gain tool
• Fixes applying VST effects that have a large delay
• Fix issue with manual reordering of open files
• Minor fixes

Version 3.12.2

• Fix crash in displaying waveform in effect dialog.

Version 3.12.1

• Fix crash when devices with more than 8 channels are used.

Version 3.12.0

• Add loudness and true peak to level meter
• Add redesign of selection toolbar
• Add drag audio selection to explorer/finder as WAV
• Add drag selection screenshot to explorer/finder
• Minor fixes

Version 3.11.27

• Fix regions resize
• Add Spectrogram Dynamic Range Adjust on Canvas
• Minor fixes

Version 3.11.26

• Release removed because build issue

Version 3.11.25

• Critical fix in spectrogram
• Add rms settings to statistics
• Add loudness to statistics
• Minor fixes

Version 3.11.24

• Add zoom level locker
• Minor fixes

Version 3.11.23

• Minor fixes

Version 3.11.22

• Add paste from others app in macOS
• Add support to markers in flac and vorbis files
• Minor fixes

Version 3.11.21

• Fix selection and gain editor

Version 3.11.20

• Fix Keybinding editor size on windows
• Minor fixes

Version 3.11.19

• Fix Apple Lossless MP4 files issue
• Improve keybindings (Allow to set/edit hotkeys in portable text format)
• Minor fixes

Version 3.11.18

• Fix decoder selection in mp4
• Minor fixes

Version 3.11.17

• Fix offset of labels in paste
• Minor fixes

Version 3.11.16

• Fix AirPods Pro issue
• Minor fixes

Version 3.11.15

• Update Italian Translation (thanks Bovirus)
• Minor fixes

Version 3.11.14

• Add Log Scale to spectrogram
• Minor fixes

Version 3.11.13

• Minor fixes

Version 3.11.12

• Fix MP4 issue

Version 3.11.11

• Minor fixes

Version 3.11.10

• Fix saving audio bug on some platforms

Version 3.11.9

• Fix canvas gain control
• Bugfixes

Version 3.11.8

• Bugfixes

Version 3.11.7

• Fix missing extension on saving file
• New ability to enable/disable level meter per device channel (on mixer config)

Version 3.11.6

• New package for Fedora 35 with Pipewire support
• New add favorite format to Save As
• New horizontal additional timeline
• New option to preserve zoom and cursor position on closed files
• Bugfixes

Version 3.11.5

• Export/Save workflow improvements
• Fix Display scaling issue

Version 3.11.4

• Re-enable export function
• Save path bugfix

Version 3.11.3

• New save/export process
• Bugfixes

Version 3.11.2

• New package for Windows 10 and 11 including Dark Mode
• Minor fixes

Version 3.11.1

• Address Mixer issues
• Minor UI fixes

Version 3.11.0

• UI refreshments
• Bugfixes

Version 3.10.15

• ASIO bugfix

Version 3.10.14

• Minor fixes

Version 3.10.13

• Minor fixes