— D e s c r i p t i o n —

ReZound aims to be a stable, open source, and graphical audio file editor primarily for but not limited to the Linux operating system.
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— W h a t ' s   N e x t —

• Preview for Effects (feature discussed here)
• Better audio output code for full compliance with JACK's realtime requirements
• A Configuration Dialog to Change All the Settings (stored in ~/.rezound/registry.dat right now)
• Equalizer action
• Some sorts of noise removal (contingent upon gwc-lib'sdevelopment)
• Give option for using libsndfile and/or audiofile. (Waiting for libsndfile to finish implementing cues/markers and user notes support etc.)

— N e w s —

From CVS to SVN   2008-01-26 21:16 - ReZound
ReZound has now switched from using CVS to SVN.

All old history has been preserved in the new SVN repository.
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0.12.3beta Release   2007-01-13 19:43 - ReZound
Apologies for the long release time. This is a maintenance release just to fix some issues with compilers and platforms and other bugs. A couple of features were also added. See a complete list of changes at: http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=5056&release_id=478272
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0.12.1beta Release   2005-09-03 18:01 - ReZound
This release is mainly meant to address gcc4 issues and fix a few minor bugs. See a complete list of changes at: http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=354037
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0.12.0beta Release   2005-04-30 23:00 - ReZound
This release adds a few new major features and some overdue bug fixes. See a complete list of changes at: http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=324398
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0.11.1beta Release   2004-10-26 08:38 - ReZound
This is a quick fix for a mistake in the ALSA code. See also an important release note about ALSA: http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=278021
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0.11.0beta Release   2004-10-23 17:34 - ReZound
This release is mainly to fix a build error that several people have reported. Beyond that it also contains a preliminary native ALSA implementation and a couple of other requested features. See an important release note about ALSA and a complete list of changes at:
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0.10.0beta Release   2004-09-06 09:05 - ReZound
It has been a while since the last release. The major changes include: libSoundTouch support (pitch and tempo change actions added), Adaptive Normalize, new audio output code (towards JACK correctness), some speed optimizations, more status bars, stability fixes, Spanish translation, and other fixes. See a complete list of changes at: http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=254346
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0.9.0beta Release   2003-11-11 13:43 - ReZound
This is a major new feature release. Mainly: LADSPA, floating point as internal type, morphing arbitrary FIR filter, burn to CD and more. See a complete list of changes at: http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=196907
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— G o a l s   f o r   R e Z o u n d —
(to state some of the obvious)

• Linux Platform
• Open Source
• Fast Editing
• Efficient Undo/Redo
• Easy Ability to Create New Actions
• Feature Rich (eventually)
• Make up for the Weaknesses of Other Linux Editors
• Possibly Multitrack Editing in the Future

— C u r r e n t   F e a t u r e s —
(checked into SVN)

- File Formats:
	- Native ReZound
	- WAVE				(libaudiofile)
	- AIFF/AIFF-C			(libaudiofile)
	- NeXT/Sun 			(libaudiofile)
	- Berkeley/IRCAM/CARL		(libaudiofile)
	- raw				(libaudiofile)
	- Ogg Vorbis			(libogg and libvorbis)
	- MPEG Layer-3,2,1		(lame)
	- FLAC (preliminary)		(libFLAC LIBFLAC++)
	- MIDI Sample Dump Standard	(/dev/midi)

- Audio I/O Interfaces
	- OSS (default)
	- ALSA
	- PortAudio ( http://www.portaudio.com )
	- JACK ( http://jackit.sourceforge.net )

- File Operations
	- Standard: New, Open, Save, Save As, Close, Revert
	- Reopen History
	- Save Selection As
	- Save As Multiple Files (according to cue positions)
	- Burn to CD

- Either 16bit integer or 32bit floating point can be chosen as the interal sample format

- Fast Editing of Large Files

- Undo

- Labeled Cue Positions
	- Cues can be dragged

- Automatic Crossfading of Selection Edges on All Applicable Actions to Create Smooth Transitions

- Ability to Save User Notes on Formats that Support them

- Macros Allow a User To Record a Sequence of Changes to a File and Repeat Those Actions on Other Files Later.

- User-Definable Key Bindings to Actions

- Recording
	- Realtime Level Meters (display also when not recording)
	- Record Time Limit Setting
	- Record can Actually Start when a Given Audio Threshold is Met
	- Start and Pause Recording
	- Can Reset the Record Position to the Beginning While Recording
	- Add Cue Positions While Recording
	- Compensation for DC Offset in Recording Hardware

- Play Controls
	- Play All Once
	- Play All Looped
	- Play Selection Once
	- Play Selection to End
	- Play Selection Looped
	- Play Selection Looped and Skip Most of the Middle
	- Play Selection Looped but Add a Gap Before Repeating
	- Stop
	- Pause
	- Jump to Beginning
	- Jump to Selection Start
	- Jump to Previous Cue
	- Jump to Next Cue
	- Shuttle Play Position Control
	- Play from Mouse Cursor (hold ctrl and use left and right mouse buttons)

- Playback Meters
	- Toggle-able
	- Audio Level Meters
	- Balance Meter
	- Stereo Phase Meters 
	- Frequency Analyzer

- Full Featured Editing Tools
	- Copy
	- Copy to New
	- Cut
	- Cut to New
	- Delete
	- Crop
	- Paste (all types allow for a "Repeat Count" or "Repeat Time" when pasting)
		- Insert
		- Replace
		- Overwrite
		- Limited Overwrite
		- Mix
		- Limited Mix
		- Fit Mix
		- Paste to New
	- Insert Silence
	- Mute
	- Add Channels
	- Duplicate Channel
	- Remove Channels
	- Swap Channels
	- Rotate Selection Left
	- Rotate Selection Right
	- Various Selection Tools

- LADSPA Plugin Support

- Various Effects/Manipulations
	- Reverse
	- Change Volume
	- Gain (by constant or curve)
	- Change Rate (by constant or curve)
	- Flange
	- Delay (Echo)
	- Quantize
	- Distortion (by a curve)
	- Varied Repeat

- Convolution
	- For Various Effects Like Reverb and Applying Room Characteristics

- Arbitrary FIR Filter (the user can draw their own frequency response)
- Morphing Arbitrary FIR Filter (the user can draw two frequency responses and have it morph between them)

- IIR Single Pole Filters
	- Lowpass
	- Highpass
	- Bandpass
	- Notch

- Biquad Resonant Filters
	- Lowpass
	- Highpass
	- Bandpass

- Looping Tools (much more to come)
	- Make Selection Symetric
	- Add N Equally Spaced Cues
	- Add a Cue Every X Seconds

- Mastering/Remastering Tools (more to come)
	- Balance/Pan (by constant or curve)
	- Monoize (mix down channels or make all the channels the same)
	- Noise Gate
	- Dynamic Range Compression
	- Normalization
	- Adaptive Normalize
	- Mark Quiet Areas (with cues)
	- Shorten Quiet Areas
	- Resample
	- Change Pitch
	- Change Tempo
	- Remove DC Component
	- Invert Phase

- Generate Various Colors of Noise
- Generate Various Timbres of a frequency

- Selectable LFO Shapes for Actions that Use an LFO (more to come)

- Dynamic Menu Layout (no frontend interface for easy user-defining yet)

- gettext support (i18n, internationalization)
	- Russian
	- German
	- Spanish
	- Finnish

- Tested Platforms
	Mandrake 9.1(and upwards)/x86
	RH9/x86
	RH7.3/x86
	BSD/x86
	Debian/alpha
	Debian/x86
	Solaris/Sun