Audacity 4 is a complete revamp of the ‘world’s most popular’ audio editor

Audacity 4：全球最受欢迎音频编辑器的全面革新

Non-destructive editing, better clip management, and a new look bring the app into the modern age. 非破坏性编辑、更优的剪辑管理以及全新的外观设计，让这款应用迈入了现代化的新时代。

Audacity 4 has been in the works for some time, and had its own mini controversy last year when an unfortunate redesigned logo started making the rounds. The final version of the new icon isn’t nearly as bad as the early rendition that was circulating last October. But more importantly, all the promised improvements to the self-proclaimed “world’s most popular audio editing and recording app” are here, turning Audacity from a free and capable but extremely clunky audio editor into a powerful modern tool. Audacity 4 的开发已持续了一段时间，去年还曾因一个备受争议的图标重设计引发过小范围风波。最终版的新图标远没有去年十月流传的早期版本那么糟糕。但更重要的是，这款自诩为“全球最受欢迎音频编辑与录音应用”的软件终于兑现了所有改进承诺，使 Audacity 从一个免费、功能尚可但操作极其笨拙的编辑器，蜕变成了一款强大的现代化工具。

The biggest change is the move to a non-destructive editing workflow. That means you can trim a clip down, then recover the audio simply by dragging the edge of the clip back out if you change your mind. Clips can now overlap too, which means you can still paste in audio even if there isn’t enough space and adjust after, or just freely drag audio around the timeline. Previously, if you tried to drag a clip past another one in the timeline, it would just stop dead in its tracks. You’d instead have to cut and paste it to move it past any existing audio. 最大的变化在于引入了非破坏性编辑工作流。这意味着你可以修剪剪辑片段，如果改变主意，只需将剪辑边缘向外拖动即可恢复音频。现在剪辑片段还可以重叠，这意味着即使空间不足，你也可以粘贴音频并在之后进行调整，或者在时间轴上自由拖动音频。在此之前，如果你试图在时间轴上将一个剪辑拖过另一个剪辑，它会直接停住，你必须通过剪切和粘贴才能将其移动到现有音频之后。

You can also split clips now to easily chop up and rearrange audio. The developers refreshed clip envelopes and the built-in effects, and added a home screen with revamped project organization. Audacity also got a dramatic facelift that brings it more in line with Muse’s other products like Muse Score and Audio.com, complete with customizable themes. 你现在还可以拆分剪辑，以便轻松地切割和重新排列音频。开发人员更新了剪辑包络线和内置效果，并增加了一个带有全新项目组织功能的首页。Audacity 还进行了大幅度的外观升级，使其风格与 Muse 旗下的其他产品（如 Muse Score 和 Audio.com）更加统一，并支持自定义主题。

While Audacity has been a staple of many people’s toolkits since it debuted way back in 2000, it’s stayed stubbornly consistent in its design and layout as new features have been bolted on, sometimes clumsily. This big refresh to Audacity 4 brings it much closer to a modern digital audio workstation (DAW). 尽管 Audacity 自 2000 年问世以来一直是许多人工具箱中的必备软件，但随着新功能的不断添加（有时显得有些笨拙），其设计和布局却一直固守陈规。此次 Audacity 4 的重大更新使其向现代数字音频工作站 (DAW) 迈进了一大步。