{"id":181166,"date":"2025-08-05T10:45:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T10:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/?p=181166"},"modified":"2025-08-05T11:05:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T11:05:24","slug":"audacity-3-7-5-adds-beta-support-for-windows-arm64","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/audacity-3-7-5-adds-beta-support-for-windows-arm64\/","title":{"rendered":"Audacity 3.7.5 Adds Beta Support for Windows ARM64"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Audacity, a free, cross-platform open-source audio editing and recording software used by hobbyists, podcasters, musicians, and professionals alike, just released version 3.7.5, solving one of the app\u2019s longest-standing pain points on modern Windows laptops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More specifically, this update introduces <em>beta<\/em> ARM64 binaries for Windows 11, meaning folks running Snapdragon-powered machines\u2014think Surface Pro X or Lenovo\u2019s Slim Pro 9i\u2014can finally skip the sluggish x86 emulation layer and run Audacity at full speed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, there&#8217;s something important that must be taken into account: VST2, VST3, and OpenVINO plugins won\u2019t load on this build just yet, and Muse Group is still gathering feedback before calling the port production-ready.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/audacity375-app.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"588\" src=\"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/audacity375-app-1024x588.jpg\" alt=\"Audacity 3.7.5 open-source audio editor.\" class=\"wp-image-181190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/audacity375-app-1024x588.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/audacity375-app-380x218.jpg 380w, https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/audacity375-app-768x441.jpg 768w, https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/audacity375-app.jpg 1535w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Audacity 3.7.5 open-source audio editor.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Under the hood, this release packs some solid fixes and improvements:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Under-the-hood updates include libopus 1.5.2, libcurl 8.12.1, and libpng 1.6.50, keeping things secure and up to date.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For the FLAC fans, the importer now handles 32-bit PCM files.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A pesky crash when rendering the spectrum view has been squashed, too.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Annoying little bugs, like lost focus after closing the registration window or crashes when importing super-short WAV files (we\u2019re talking 7 milliseconds short), have been fixed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Macro Wizard should now behave itself instead of crashing mid-use.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/audacity\/audacity\/releases\/tag\/Audacity-3.7.5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">changelog<\/a> for detailed information about all changes in Audacity 3.7.5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Audacity 3.7.5 audio editor brings beta support for Windows ARM64, but lacks third-party plugin compatibility and needs Windows 11 or newer to run.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":181169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,5],"tags":[3656,3661],"class_list":["post-181166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software","category-news","tag-audacity","tag-audio"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}