Release Notes 2.2.1

Audacity 2.2.1 was released on XX Month 2017.

Related article(s):

Changes since previous version

See the New Features page in the Manual for more information about improvements and other changes.

For those who really have to know, the list of bugs fixed in 2.2.1 is here.

Audacity is for Windows, Mac and Linux desktop machines. There is no version of Audacity for Android or iPhone.

Audacity 2.2.1 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 (ZIP, not installer) by clicking this link.
2.2.0 does not officially support Windows XP.

Audacity 2.2.1 is for Intel Macs running OS X 10.6 and later and macOS. There are legacy versions for older OS X at http://audacityteam.org/download/legacy-mac/.

Linux support is tested on Ubuntu Linux.
- Audacity may compile on Gentoo, Debian, Mint.
- Audacity does not currently compile on SuSE Linux.

See our list of issues for much more detail of issues with Audacity 2.2.1.

Below are listed what we believe are the most common and important issues with 2.2.1 for most users.

We track these and many other bugs in our 'bugzilla' database.

ID	Summary (5 tasks) ⇒	ID
42	Timer Record occasionally carries on recording past the scheduled end, requiring force quit	42
1726	Linux: MIDI playback timing / synchronisation problems	1726
1767	Opening a second project from Mac's Finder produces a second inaccessible instance of Audacity	1767
276	Linux: PULSE-AUDIO issues. Freeze repeatedly starting/stopping streams	276
1765	Using File > Open to import audio gives wrong zoom level and no scroll bar slider	1765