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Format

Audacity Project File

Summary

Name
Audacity Project File
Version
2.x
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/1825
Format type
Audio
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 project consists of an xml based aup project file, 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.
Note
https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/audacity_2.html#aup
File extensions
aup
Source
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints / The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Developed by
Audacity / Audacity
Supported by
Audacity / Audacity

Relationships

Has priority over

Internal signatures

Audacity Project File (v.2.x)

Note
BOF Absolute from beginning of file, magic bytes: <?xml version=("|')1.0("|'){0-1024}audacityversion="2.

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
3C3F786D6C2076657273696F6E3D(22|27)312E30(22|27){0-1024}617564616369747976657273696F6E3D22322E
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Updated in V111

    Release date
    16 March 2023

    Audacity Project File 2.x: Priority with fmt/101 updated. Submitted by Digital Preservation Department, The National Archives (UK).

  • Added in V110

    Release date
    14 March 2023

    Audacity Project File 2.x: Signature researched and samples provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

    Audacity Project File 2.x: Full entry added. Submitted by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.