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Code going into 2.1.1

This is a notes page to help us in preparing the announcement for 2.1.1. It might also help with highlighting areas needing more test focus.

Headline Features

• Much much faster with larger projects, thanks to a faster method for storing the autorecovery file.
• Scrubbing (link to the manual for details), including backwards play.
• Small speed ups on spectrogram enabling a new 'spectral refinement' feature that gives crisper spectrograms. This option is particularly suitable for voice work.
• RT preview feature extended to some built in effects.
• Upgraded to Nyquist 3.0.9 (benefits??)
• More VI usability enhancements (track focus)
• Crash report integration

Bugs Addressed

These probably won't be reported on individually.

• ---: Parameters that weren't configurable in chains now fixed.
• ---: Meter refresh fixed
• 882: memory leaks and orphans
• ---: memory leak in noise reduction
• 886: Some missing translations now fixed.
• 881: Swapped status messages.
• 897: Time ruler redrawn.
• 819: Paste mutates clipboard
• 830: Paste destroys envelopes in clipboard.
• 859: Play cursor.
• 828: Crash in contrast.
• 812: vertical scrollbar positions.
• 887: [P2] Crash when Screenshot tool open.

• Enh809: Spectral selection persists.

(Probably) Not reported on

• ESC can now abort vertical ruler zooming.
• Travis integration.
• Count-down diags and performance logging.
• Revision ID now in build-info-window.
• Moved to git (= more developers helping).
• Some progress on wx3 support (and 902: clearer announcement we don't support wx3 yet!).

WIBN List

WIBN= "Wouldn't It Be Nice".
These are aspirational changes, the closer we get to June the less likely they are to be in.

James

• 276 [P2] Repeatedly start/stopping Pulse Audio. A fix by keeping the audio card open. Also means monitoring persists.
• 673 [P2] Installer language does not carry through to executable. Even if done for 2.1.1 we will not have inno in all Audacity languages for 2.1.1.
• Diags - Glitch detection (counting) of overruns and underruns.
• Diags - Command line options, and run very simple test, e.g. generate DTMF from Travis build to get us started on automated test.
• Diags - mod-diag as built-in module.
• Diags - mod-diag actually with a GUI window so we can see diags and reset them live.
• Diags - Automatically generate screenshot for each effects dialog.