[LAA] ANNOUNCE: BEAST/BSE v0.7.4

BEAST/BSE version 0.7.4 is available for download at: http://beast.testbit.eu/beast-ftp/v0.7/ This release integrates the bse-alsa driver for which no seperate package is now needed. This is a development version of BEAST/BSE, the BEdevilled Audio SysTem and the Bedevilled Sound Engine. BEAST is a powerful music composition and modular synthesis application released as free software under the GNU LGPL that runs under Unix. The "Better" portion of the name refers to the complexity and many interations involved in implementing such a "BEAST" (pun intended). The About page covers more details: http://beast.testbit.eu/about Contact information about mailing lists, IRC, Bugzilla and more is at: http://beast.testbit.eu/Beast_Contact GUI skins, example sounds and instrumets for BEAST/BSE as well as screenshots can be found at: http://beast.testbit.eu/Beast_Sound_Gallery http://beast.testbit.eu/Beast_Screenshots The 0.7 development series of Beast focusses on improving usability and ease of music production. Feedback is very much appreciated, please take the opportunity and provide your comments and questions in our forums like the Beast Wiki or the mailing list, all of which can be reached through: http://beast.testbit.eu/. TRANSLATORS: Please help us to improve the BEAST translation, just download the tarball, edit po/<LANGUAGE>.po and email it to us or submit translations directly via transifex: https://www.transifex.net/projects/p/gnome-org-beast/resource/messagespot/ Overview of Changes in BEAST/BSE 0.7.4: * Renamed the project to Better Audio System / Better Sound Engine * Moved project website to: http://beast.testbit.eu/ * Various build system fixes [stw,timj] * License fixups for some scripts [stw] * Fixed subnormal tests on AMD64 if SSE unit is in DAZ mode [stw] * Replaced slow resampler checks with a much faster resampling test [stw] * Performance improvements for various tests [stw] * GLib 2.28 unit test porting [stw] * Speed improvements for record field name [stw] * Fixed XRUNs in ALSA driver on 64bit systems [timj] * Added beast.doap [Jonh Wendell] * PO handling improvements. * Updated German translation. * Updated Norwegian bokmål translation [Kjartan Maraas] * Added e-Telugu translation [Veeven] Yours sincerely, Tim Janik --- http://lanedo.com/~timj/ - Founder and CEO of Lanedo GmbH. Free software author and contributor on various projects.