Nama - Ecasound-based recorder/mixer
Nama is a text-based application for multitrack recording, mixing and mastering using the Ecasound audio engine developed by Kai Vehmanen.
Features include tracks, buses, effects, presets, sends, inserts, marks and regions. Nama runs under JACK and ALSA audio frameworks, automatically detects LADSPA plugins, and supports Ladish Level 1 session handling.
The following command will install Nama, automatically pulling in all Perl modules required to run Nama in text mode:
PERL_MM_USE_DEFAULT=1 cpan Audio::Nama
To use the GUI, you will need to install Tk:
cpan Tk
You may optionally install Audio::Ecasound to run Ecasound via libecasoundc:
cpan Audio::Ecasound
You can browse the sources or download a tarball via:
http://search.cpan.org/dist/Audio-Nama
Soon you should be able to install from Debian by typing:
apt-get install nama
If you want to inspect or modify Nama's internals, you can pull the source code as follows:
git clone git://github.com/bolangi/nama.git
Consult the BUILD file for build instructions.
(These dependencies are pulled in automatically if you install Nama using apt-get in a Debian system.)
The Ecasound audio processing libraries should be installed. Ecasound should be compiled with support for LADSPA, libsndfile, libsamplerate and JACK. Ecasound may be obtained from http://ecasound.seul.org/ecasound/ or as precompiled binary package 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.
Nama's mastering mode uses a number of LADSPA plugins. Defaults are specified in the configuration file .namarc.
To install Audio::Nama, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Audio::Nama
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Audio::Nama
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.