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| Developers | Stefan Sauer and others |
| Stable release | 0.10.2 / 6 January 2016 |
| Operating system | Linux |
| Type | Music tracker |
| License | GNU Lesser General Public License |
| Website | http://www.buzztrax.org/ |
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Buzztrax is afree software project designed to create a clone of theBuzz music composer. Its functionality is to preserve the playability of the compositions made with Buzz. Songs are made by addingvirtual sound generators and effects, connecting them, recording short musical phrases and arranging them in thesequencer. For distribution, songs can be exported to common audio formats such asOGG,MP3,WAV and many others.
In the middle of 2002, the main developer, Stefan Kost, lost a song during a Buzz session because of a software error. As the sources of Buzz were known to be lost, they started a new project calledBuzztard, and they registered on SourceForge. The name was chosen "for two reasons: the Buzztard.org domain was available, and we liked the mix of Buzz and bastard (it's not a tracker, and it's not a classical sequencer)."[1]
A first version was released in October 2006. A demo was presented at Linux Audio Conference (LAC) 2007.[2] Several releases have followed since. Starting with version 0.5Linux distributions (such asDebian,Ubuntu andArch Linux) have picked up the project and provide ready to install packages. In 2013 the project was renamed to Buzztrax afterGoogle rejected the project for itsSummer of Code program due to the name.[3]
The software is based on theGStreamer media framework. As it is the only music composer built on GStreamer it serves as a test-bed for related features.[4] The graphical editor usesGTK+ for its GUI. It integrated with theGNOME desktop, but does not require it. The editor extensively supports copy and paste and unlimited undo and redo. A notable feature of version 0.6 is the editing journal that helps to prevent loss of data in the case of a crash.
Buzz users and the Linux press like the modernized look, but familiar layout.[5][6]
The component architecture supports song import modules. Buzztrax can open songs both in its native and Buzz's format. A wrapper component allows using the existing Buzz-machine binaries under x86 Linux and open-source Buzz-machines on all platforms. A GStreamer bridge plugin makes them available to all GStreamer applications. Another GStreamer plugin enables the playback of buzztrax songs in each GStreamer based media-player. An interaction controller framework allows the use ofMIDI devices and any input devices (such asjoysticks orWii Remotes) to be used to control parameters of sounds in real-time.
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