=head1 NAME

Nama - Ecasound-based recorder, mixer and mastering system

=head1 About 

This distribution provides B<Nama> an Ecasound-based recorder/mixer
with many DAW-like functions.

Nama has both graphic and command-line and graphic interfaces.

The graphic interface uses the Tk widget set, with buttons
and sliders. However it lacks a graphic display 
of audio waveforms. 

The command-line interface executes internal commands,
Ecasound commands, perl code, and shell commands. It
includes history, help, and autocompletion.

'Nama' is Japanese for 'live', describing live performances,
raw fish and draft beer.

=head1 INSTALLATION

To install this module type the following:

   perl Makefile.PL
   make
   make test
   make install

=head1 DEPENDENCIES

=head2 Perl Modules

Most Perl dependencies are pulled in automatically
when installing via CPAN. The following will
meet most users' needs.

    cpan Tk Time::HiRes Audio::Ecasound::Multitrack 

=head2 Libraries

The Ecasound audio processing libraries must be
installed. Ecasound may be obtained from
http://ecasound.seul.org/ecasound/ or as precompiled binary
packages for your Un*x distribution.

The LADSPA SDK is required to autosense LADSPA plugins and
scaling hints.  It is available at:

http://www.ladspa.org/ladspa_sdk/download.html  

In particular the utility program 'analyseplugin' must be
installed in a directory in your execution PATH.  

'file', a BSD utility program that detects file formats must
be installed for Nama to correctly identify stereo files.

Nama's mastering mode uses a number of LADSPA plugins.
These specified in the configuration file .namarc. 

=head1 BUILD INSTRUCTIONS

You may decide to clone the Nama's github repository and
from source rather than installing from CPAN.  It is much
easier to browse or hack on Nama this way. Functionality is
separated into a number of files, and you will see
C<$::package_var> instead of
C<$Audio::Ecasound::Multitrack::package_var>.

You can get also updates more quickly and can share patches
with other developers.

=head2 Procedure

For typical build and test:

	cpan Text::Template
	git-clone git://github.com/bolangi/nama.git
	cd nama/src
	./build
    ./ui

To install the module, do as usual:

    cd ..
	perl Makefile.PL
    make && make test && make install
    
=head2 Description 

The F<build> script creates the perl modules for the
distribution under the F<nama/lib> directory using F<*.p>,
F<*.pl>, F<*.t> and other files in the F<nama/src> directory.

F<build> looks into the F<*.p> files for lines that look
like:

    [% somefile.pl %]

This notation is analogous to the C-preprocessor #include
directive: F<somefile.pl> gets included in the source
at that point. Some of these include lines are more complicated:

    [% qx(./strip_comments ./grammar_body) %]

Here the preprocessor runs the script F<strip_comments> on
F<grammar_body>, removing text that would choke the parser
generator.

F<Build> provides a few parameters to the preprocessing
script F<preproc>, which uses the Text::Template to perform
most of the required substitutions.

To see the names of the files and scripts used to build the
modules type:

	ls *.p        
	grep '\[%' *  # shows all include directives

=head1 LICENSE

This software is licensed for use under the terms of the GNU
Public License version 2. The text of this license is
provided in the file COPYING that is included in this
distribution.

This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.