Buzztard
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| Developed by | Stefan Kost and others |
| Latest release | 0.3.1 / Apr 12 2008 |
| OS | Linux |
| Genre | Tracker |
| License | LGPL |
| Website | http://www.buzztard.org/ |
Buzztard is a free software project to create a clone of the Buzz music composer. The driving motivation is to preserve the playability of the compositions made with Buzz. Songs are made by adding virtual sound generators and effects, connecting them, recording short musical phrases and arranging them in the sequencer. For distribution songs can be mixed down to a sample (in OGG, MP3, WAV and many other formats).
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[edit] History and Roadmap
In the middle of 2002 the main-developers lost a song during a buzz session as the result of a software-error. As the sources of Buzz where known to be lost, they decided to start a new project. The project name Buzztard was chosen to link to its origin and also underline that the software is based on a mix of concepts. Development started between 2003-2004. A first version was released in October 2006. A demo was presented at LAC 2007[1]. Several releases have followed since. A monthly newsletter informs of progress (available through a mailing list or as an rss feed).
Current releases run on GNU/Linux only. The target for this is to resemble the functionality of the original Buzz tracker.
[edit] Features
The software is based on the GStreamer media frame-work. As its the only music composer built on GStreamer it serves as a test-bed for related features.[2]. The graphical editor uses Gtk for its GUI. It integrated with the GNOME desktop, but does not require it. Buzz users like the modernised look, but familiar layout [3]
The component-architecture supports song import modules. Besides the own native format, Buzz songs can be loaded already. A wrapper-component allows to use the existing buzz-machine binaries under x86 linux and opensource buzz-machines on all platforms. A GStreamer bridge plugin makes them available to all GStreamer applications. A controller framework allows to use midi-devices and any input devices (such as joysticks) to be used to control sounds in realtime.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Buzztard Music Production Environment - Presentation at Linux Audio Conference 2007
- ^ Gnome Journal Article - Fun with GStreamer Audio Effects
- ^ Buzzchurch user forum - Buzz releated user discussion forum
