=head1 NAME

Nama - Ecasound-based recorder, mixer and mastering system

=head1 About 

This distribution provides B<Nama> a multitrack
recorder/mixer.  Nama serves as a front end to the Ecasound
audio processing, which is stable, capable and mature.

Nama offers many DAW-like functions, and is especially
suited for console users and headless applications. 

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

The graphic interface uses the Tk widget set, with buttons
and sliders for controlling basic transport, track
and effects processing.
 
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
install dependencies without prompting.

    PERL_MM_USE_DEFAULT=1 cpan Audio::Nama

=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 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.