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[ Ecasound Development Items - (edi-x) codes ]
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The Ecasound Development Item concept is used for keeping track of 
bugs, open issues, enhancement proposals, and other similar issues.
Each new EDI item is given a unique number. The resulting
tag '(edi-xxx)' can then be used as a reference in mailing list 
discussions, changelogs, etc. 

To submit a new EDI-item, send a mail the 'ecasound-list' mailing
list. For a full list of EDI items, see 'Documentation/edi-list.txt'.

[ Active development areas ]
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2.4:

- better handling and reporting of errors when parsing chainsetups
- addition of separate modes for 'sum-divide' and 'sum-only' mixing

2.5: 

- improvements to JACK usage; some candidate features to implement:
    - jack_multi object 
    - interactive mode commands like jack-connect, jack-disconnect, 
      see 'edi-35'
- tools for robustness
    - components that help in testing like an internal test
      tone generator
- streamline the ECI C implementation
    - get rid of the ugly static parsing buffers
    - bugfixing and robustness

not roadmapped, but if time permits

- improve support for use-scenarios involving audio file sequencing 
    - improvements to the .ewf file format
- integration with other audio apps
    - LADSPA: RDF plugin metadata, LV2 
    - LASH session management
    - OSC
- core sound processing
    - dithering 
    - logarithmic envelopes

[ Help - developer in trouble ]
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- Please report if Ecasound does not compile out-of-the-box on your 
  system!

- Ecasound compiles on FreeBSD (3.1-4.7), Solaris (2.6-2.8), 
  Mac OS X (10.3-10.4.2) and Cygwin (1.3.20) -- How about other 
  UNIX platforms... other BSDs, IRIX, AIX, HPUX?