Audio::Ecasound::Multitrack
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Audio::Ecasound::Multitrack provides classes for tracks and
buses, a template system for signal routing and other
infrastructure to manage multitrack recording and mixing
using the Ecasound audio processing engine.

The distribution includes Nama, a recorder-mixer
application with command-line and graphic interfaces.

The graphic interface uses the Tk widget set. 

The command-line interface executes internal commands,
Ecasound commands, perl code, and shell commands. It
includes history and help functions. 

The name 'nama' is Japanese for 'live', describing live
performances, raw fish, and draft beer.

INSTALLATION

To install this module type the following:

   perl Makefile.PL
   make
   make test
   make install

DEPENDENCIES

This module requires that you have installed these Perl modules:

	Carp
	Cwd
	Storable 
	Getopt::Std
	Tk
	Audio::Ecasound
	Parse::RecDescent
	YAML::Tiny
	Data::YAML
	File::Find::Rule
	File::Spec::Link
	IO::All

These can all be installed by running the included script
install_needed_perl_modules.sh.

The Ecasound audio processing libraries must be
installed. Ecasound may be obtained from
http://ecasound.seul.org/ecasound/ or as precompiled binary
packages for your Un*x distribution.

The LADSPA SDK is required to autosense LADSPA plugins and
scaling hints.  It is available at:

http://www.ladspa.org/ladspa_sdk/download.html  

In particular the the utility program 'analyseplugin' must be
installed in a directory in your execution PATH.  

'file', a BSD utility program that detects file formats must
be installed for Nama to correctly identify stereo files.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

Copyright (C) 2007 Joel Roth

This software is licensed for use under the terms of the GNU
Public License version 2. The text of this license is
provided in the file COPYING that is included in this
distribution.

This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
