I'm announcing a new release of Nama[1], with several fixes and improvements: - for visualizing/editing waveforms, Nama will invoke Mhwavedit or Audacity on current track/version (view_waveform, edit_waveform commands) - envelope fades now work with transport seeking (fix in Ecasound 2.8.0) - intuitive behavior for bus REC-enable flag - reorganized source code - documentation of variables and track subclasses Nama is available as a Debian package,[2] as a native perl distribution from CPAN[3] or from github.[4] A blurb follows. Regards, Joel ------------------------------------------------------------ Nama performs multitrack recording, non-destructive editing, mixing and mastering using the Ecasound audio engine developed by Kai Vehmanen. Its command-line interface enables users to perform many functions expected of a digital audio workstation. A simple Tk-based GUI is also provided. Audio features * stable and mature audio engine * unlimited tracks supporting multiple WAV versions (AKA takes) * track caching (AKA track freezing) * effects (LADSPA, Ecasound) * effect chains (multi-effect presets) * effect profiles (multi-track presets) * controllers * sends * inserts * marks * soloing * regions * buses * edits * instrument monitor outputs with per-musician mixes * mastering mode * project templates * autoselect JACK/ALSA modes * autodetect LADSPA plugins, Ecasound presets * autosave project state * launch Mhwaveedit on current track/version/waveform * launch Audacity on current track/version/waveform * Ladish Level 1 session handling. Command prompt features * grammar-based command language * Ecasound interactive-mode commands * shell commands * perl code * command history * scripting * user-defined commands * autocompletion for commands, filenames, effect names * help menus with keyword search GUI * simple and convenient * two panels, no dialog boxes * coexists with command prompt * colors can be customized Debugging resources * track and bus status displays * signal routing shown as Ecasound chain setup * viewing of any and all data structures * text-format config, project state and chain setup files * separate debugging outputs at Nama and Ecasound levels * mailing list support[5,6] 1. http://freeshell.de/~bolangi/cgi1/nama.cgi/00home.html 2. http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=nama 3. http://search.cpan.org/dist/Audio-Nama/ 4. http://github.com/~bolangi/nama 5. http://www.freelists.org/list/nama 6. http://eca.cx/ecasound/mlists.php -- Joel Roth