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Name Audacity Project File
Version 3.x
Other names  
Identifiers PUID:  fmt/1826
Family  
Classification Audio
Disclosure  
Description Audacity is free and open source audio editing, recording and post-processing software. The first version (0.8) was released in 2000 by Dominic Mazzoni and Roger Dannenberg at Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania. It remains available today. An Audacity v3.x project consists of an aup project file in SQLite format, which is the name of the project followed by .aup . Next to the .aup file is a folder containing many .au files, each one being a segment of audio data. The aup file describes how audacity links the au files together to form the tracks in the project.
Orientation  
Byte order  
Related file formats Has priority over SQLite Database File Format (3)
Technical Environment  
Released  
Supported until  
Format Risk  
Developed by Audacity / Audacity
Supported by Audacity / Audacity
Source The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints / The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Source date 07 Feb 2023
Source description  
Last updated 07 Feb 2023
Note https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/audacity_2.html#aup
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