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Overview of Changes in BEAST/BSE 0.3.3:

* Fixed font specification in pattern editor
* GNOME Canvas redrawing workarounds
* Libart hang workaround
* Libtool update

Overview of Changes in BEAST/BSE 0.3.2:

* Songs have a pattern play list now that can be altered
* Major overhaul of the mixing engine which is now agressively
  optimized and contains all necessary means for effect
  implementations
* Synthesis tools palette for the synthesis network router and
  many other GUI improvements
* Enabled procedure support for the pattern editor to supply
  spreadsheet like editing facilities
* New synthesis modules:
  BseMixer       - mix 4->1 channels with adjustable volumes
  DavOrgan       - a modifiable Additive Organ Synthesizer
  DavSynDrum     - a synthesized drum generator
  DavCanyonDelay - adds deep, long delay echo effects
  DavBassFilter  - TB-303 low-pass resonant filter clone
* Pattern editor keytable display
* Simple sample views for samples used in a project
* More test files in the test/ subdirectory ;)
* Vast amounts of code cleanups and bug fixes ;)

Overview of Changes in BEAST/BSE 0.3.1:

* Fixed a dumb major bug in the ALSA backend that could prevent
  it from playing at all
* Preferences dialog contains BEAST preferences as well now
* Keytable caching to avoid XKB bug triggering
* Stringified enum and flags support in plugins (autogenerated)
  and in GUI
* Made the driver hirarchy of objects more modular in preparation
  for MIDI devices integration
* New synthesis object: BseCompressor
* Runtime display of FAQ ;)
* Random GUI improvements
* ALSA 0.5.0 support
* Miscellaneous minor bugfixes

What's new in BEAST/BSE 0.3.0:

* Synthesis networks implemented, plugins currently imlemented:
  - noise generator
  - generic oscillator for various wave forms, such as
    sine, saw, triangle...
  - FIR filter with lowpass and highpass mode
  - multiplier
  - adder (can also run in subtract mode)
  - recording source
* BseIcon support for C-source inlined RLE-encoded RGB(A) images
* Envelopes and polyphony for song instruments
* Incremental keytable patch mechanism
* Good overall stability
* Preferences dialog
* Device Monitor for latency settings
* New BseHeart object with new PCM device syncronization/mixing model
* Procedure types
* Improved .bse file format
* Bunch of exciting things that i forgot about ;)