Thu Sep 27 13:23:21 2001  Tim Janik  <timj@gtk.org>

        * lots of project shuffeling. blib got removed. we're
        depending on just glib-2.0, gtk+-2.0 and libart_lgpl+libgnomecanvas
        now.

        * beast-gtk/*: lots of adaptions to new gtk code. many new canvas
        workarounds <urgl>.
        new widgets got added as views to new BSE core objects.
        also, there're starts at sample editing and preview GUIs.

Thu Sep 27 13:10:43 2001  Tim Janik  <timj@gtk.org>

        * MANY fixes, new APIs and cleanups.

        * we're now using GSL, a common sound stuff backend for, at this
        point, at least aRts and BSE. GSL comes with an abstraction to
        sound file handles, file caches (that're designed for asyncronous
        prereading), wavechunk looping, multi-sample waves and a flow
        module operation engine. there're little docs on this yet, however
        for the engine, the public guts are in engine.h and gsl-mplan.txt
        gives a conceptual overview of the engine.
        the core rationale for GSL is code sharing between BSE and aRts
        to reduce required effords by both projects, and for the engine
        specifically, the need to process modules of huge networks and
        cycles tehreof, asyncronously and efficiently with full support
        for multi processor systems.

        * rough summary:
        - we're using GSL now for data file caching, format conversion
          and similar things and filter calculation.
        - we're just having GObject and GLib as BSE dependancy again,
          as the GObject move is completed now and remains of blib got
          backmerged into BSE.
        - we're using the GSL engine at the core now. most things work
          again or better, except for songs. songs have to be implemented
          a whole lot differently using engine concepts, the exact outcome
          of this is not yet clear.
        - a basic midi backend is supplied now
        - BSE objects now just generally serve as templates for GSL module
          networks to be created. this allowes for the same synthesis network
          object to be plugged into different contexts and be realized
          multiple times.
        - instead of BseSample, samples are now gotten from BseWaveRepo
          and BseWave now, which deals with samples, multi-samples and
          collection thereof via GSL.


Thu Sep 27 13:08:53 2001  Tim Janik  <timj@gtk.org>

        * lots of adaptions to BSE changes, fixes and new plugins.

        * a few dav*.[hc] plugins still remain unported, help apprechiated.

        * davxtalstrings.[hc]: ported this to new BSE APIs, GSL engine and
        floats processing.
        * bsenoise.[hc] bsegenosc.[hc] bsemixer.[hc] bsemult.[hc] bseadder.[hc]:
        likewise.

        * bseconstant.[hc]: constant value plugin.

        * bsesimpleosc.[hc]: new simple osciallator taking freq as input signal.

        * bsesnooper.[hc]: new debugging module.

        * bsesimpleadsr.[hc]: simple envelope generator.

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