v3.5.1-R2.1 is a patch release that fixes the following issues:

• Whisper Transcription fails with invalid map<K, T> key. Reported in many places, but tracked here: #143
• Installer throws Failed to set directory permissions. Issues: #157, #146, #140

⚠️ If you've previously installed 3.5.0-R2, or 3.5.1-R2 release, the recommendation for upgrade is to not uninstall the previous version. Instead, just download this version and select Install no models from the drop down list. This way, you won't need to re-download all of the models again.

Compatibility 🔧

⚠️ This release is only compatible with Audacity 3.5.1 64-bit Release for Windows -- so make sure you have this version of Audacity installed! Here is the link to compatible release: www.github.com/audacity/audacity/releases/tag/Audacity-3.5.1

⚠️ Make sure to select an Audacity 3.5.1 location during installation. If you have multiple Audacity versions installed, the installer may select the wrong location by default -- so be mindful of this, and manually adjust this using the browse button if needed.

🐧 Although we are only providing an installer for Windows right now, it can be compiled for Linux using this build procedure.

Supported Hardware

As this release is built on top of OpenVINO™ 2024.0, it will generally support hardware defined in this list: https://docs.openvino.ai/2024/about-openvino/release-notes-openvino/system-requirements.html

Need help? 🙋

If you encounter any issues during install procedure, reach out to us for help by filing an issue here. We are happy to help!

This is a hotfix release that adds compatibility for Audacity 3.5.1. There are no other changes vs. our previous 3.5.0-R1 release.

⚠️ If you've previously installed our 3.5.0-R2 release, the recommendation for upgrade is to not uninstall the previous version. Instead, just download this version and run the installer.

1. At the Select Models step, choose Install no models from the drop-down list. This way, you won't need to re-download all of the models again:
   

2. A Components Exist warning window will pop up -- click Yes.

Compatibility 🔧

⚠️ This release is only compatible with Audacity 3.5.1 64-bit Release for Windows -- so make sure you have this version of Audacity installed! Here is the link to compatible release: www.github.com/audacity/audacity/releases/tag/Audacity-3.5.1

⚠️ Make sure to select an Audacity 3.5.1 location during installation. If you have multiple Audacity versions installed, the installer may select the wrong location by default -- so be mindful of this, and manually adjust this using the browse button if needed.

🐧 Although we are only providing an installer for Windows right now, it can be compiled for Linux using this build procedure.

Supported Hardware

As this release is built on top of OpenVINO™ 2024.0, it will generally support hardware defined in this list: https://docs.openvino.ai/2024/about-openvino/release-notes-openvino/system-requirements.html

Need help? 🙋

If you encounter any issues during install procedure, reach out to us for help by filing an issue here. We are happy to help!

🎉 We are thrilled to share this new release of OpenVINO™ AI Plugins for Audacity*! It includes a bunch of improvements over the initial release, and is compatible with Audacity 3.5.0! 🤘

💾 Download the installer here.

Compatibility 🔧

⚠️ This release is only compatible with Audacity 3.5.0 64-bit Release for Windows -- so make sure you have this version of Audacity installed! Here is the link to compatible release: www.github.com/audacity/audacity/releases/tag/Audacity-3.5.0

⚠️ Make sure to select an Audacity 3.5.0 location during installation. If you have multiple Audacity versions installed, the installer may select the wrong location by default -- so be mindful of this, and manually adjust this using the browse button if needed.

🐧 Although we are only providing an installer for Windows right now, it can be compiled for Linux using this build procedure.

Major changes

• We now have an installer for windows! During installation, you can select which models to install. The installer will take care of downloading the required model files and installing them into the right system location.
• Music Generation now uses MusicGen LLM (from Meta), and now supports Music Continuation. Take a look at the documentation page which include a couple of short videos that demonstrate Music Generation & Continuation features.
• Noise Suppression now has support for DeepFilter2, and DeepFilter3 models. These models run much faster and produce higher quality results than the denseunet model that was included in the previous release.
• Whisper Transcription supports small, medium, and large models. The model selection drop-down list is automatically populated with the models that the user chose to install.

Other changes

Additions

• All effects have a Device Info button added to which gives some more verbose information about the devices listed in the drop-down list.
• Whisper Transcription has some 'advanced options' added such as Initial Prompt, Max Segment Length, and some others. See documentation for more info.
• Music Separation has Shifts parameter exposed as an Advanced Option. Note that in previous release, this was hard-coded to 2. See documentation for more info.
• Noise Suppression has some Advanced Options available, based on the current model selection. See documentation for more info.
• The version of OpenVINO™ that is bundled with this module has been upgraded to 2024.0 release

Removals

• Riffusion-based effects (original Music Generation, and Music Style Remix) have been removed.

Fixes

• Module load issues on x86 systems that do not support AVX / AVX2 should be resolved. #8
• Non-selected audio is no longer affected by running Noise Suppression. #69
• Usernames with non-ascii characters should no longer trigger OpenVINO permission errors. #114 #45

Supported Hardware

As this release is built on top of OpenVINO™ 2024.0, it will generally support hardware defined in this list: https://docs.openvino.ai/2024/about-openvino/release-notes-openvino/system-requirements.html

Known Issues & Limitations

• The installer may default to an Audacity installation which is not supported by these plugins.
• When using Intel® Core™ Ultra systems, there are some known limitations when using NPU:
  • Note: All testing was performed using 31.0.100.2016 version of NPU driver.
  • Whisper transcription works for base, small, and medium model variants, but runtime errors are encountered for Large models.
  • Music Separation (demucs v4) model is not yet supported by NPU.
  • The first time using a feature for NPU, the Model Load time may be significantly longer than for other devices.

🙏 A huge thanks to everyone who tried out, reported bugs, and gave feedback on the first release!!

Need help? 🙋

If you encounter any issues during install procedure, reach out to us for help by filing an issue here. We are happy to help!

Compatibility 🔧

⚠️ This release is only compatible with Audacity 3.4.2 64-bit Release for Windows -- so make sure you have this version of Audacity installed! Here is the link to compatible release: www.github.com/audacity/audacity/releases/tag/Audacity-3.4.2

Install Procedure 💾

The easiest way to install is to download the two zip files below (Audacity-OpenVINO-Module-3.4.2-R1.zip & openvino-models.zip) and follow along to this video:

Summary:

1. Copy the contents of these zip files to the folder where Audacity.exe has been installed. E.g. C:\Program Files\Audacity.

2. Double check that the contents of the openvino-models.zip was copied properly. There should be a folder called openvino-models sitting in the same directory as Audacity.exe, and it should have the following contents:
   

3. After all files from both zip files have been copied, run Audacity.exe.

4. Inside of Audacity, go to Edit -> Preferences, select Modules, change mod-openvino from New to Enabled, and press OK.

5. Close Audacity.

6. Re-Open Audacity.

7. Your OpenVINO modules should now be enabled. You can check this by making sure that OpenVINO AI Effects show up in Effects menu.

Need help? 🙋

If you encounter any issues during install procedure, reach out to us for help by filing an issue here. We are happy to help!