# Audacity Audacity-3.7.9 — Audacity 3.7.9

- Product: Audacity (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/audacity)
- Vendor: Muse Group
- Date: 2026-09-01
- Version: Audacity-3.7.9
- Original notes: https://github.com/audacity/audacity/releases/tag/Audacity-3.7.9
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/audacity/releases/audacity-3.7.9

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- **added** — Enabled ASIO support for the Windows builds
- **changed** — Playback and recording device selection is remembered per-host now
- **added** — Added FFmpeg 9 support
- **fixed** — Fixed project corruption and data loss when the disk runs out of space
- **fixed** — Fixed project corruption and data loss when a drive is disconnected right after a project is closed
- **fixed** — Fixed project corruption and data loss when a recovered project is closed without saving
- **fixed** — Fixed crashes while a realtime effect editor is open
- **changed** — Master track effect changes can now be undone
- **fixed** — Fixed a freeze when double-clicking the timeline while a MIDI track is present
- **changed** — MIDI playback now starts from the set position instead of the beginning
- **fixed** — Fixed a crash after a failed recording attempt
- **fixed** — Fixed clips having the wrong tempo after opening a project
- **fixed** — Fixed a freeze on startup on systems with an incorrect font configuration

This is a patch release. It contains the following changes:

   * #11690 Enabled ASIO support for the Windows builds, playback and recording device selection is remembered per-host now
   * #11679 Added FFmpeg 9 support
   * #11714 Fixed several sources of project corruption and data loss: when the disk runs out of space, when a drive is disconnected right after a project is closed, and when a recovered project is closed without saving
   * #11709 Fixed crashes while a realtime effect editor is open, master track effect changes can now be undone
   * #11696 Fixed a freeze when double-clicking the timeline while a MIDI track is present
     MIDI playback now also starts from the set position instead of the beginning
   * #11711 Fixed a crash after a failed recording attempt
   * #11526 Fixed clips having the wrong tempo after opening a project (Thanks, David Bailes (@DavidBailes)!)
   * #11623 Fixed a freeze on startup on systems with an incorrect font configuration

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/audacity/audacity/compare/Audacity-3.7.8...Audacity-3.7.9