Wed Oct 30 2002 -- Version 0.5.10
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New features in this release include vertical zoom with a draggable dB scale
and mouse wheel control, and some basic channel operations: Duplicate to
stereo/multichannel, Swap left and right, Remove left/right, Mix down to
mono, and Add/Remove channels.

This release also includes compile fixes for Solaris, and a bug fix for
first-time file 'save'.

A new section for screenshots contributed by users was recently added to the
screenshot tour:

    http://www.metadecks.org/software/sweep/screenshots/


Wed Oct 23 2002 -- Version 0.5.9
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Sweep now supports Speex, a special purpose speech codec designed for
efficient Voice over IP (VoIP) and file-based compression. Speex is free,
open and unpatented; more information is available at http://www.speex.org/.

This release also includes improved handling of the main volume and pitch
sliders, contributed by Zenaan Harkness.


Thu Oct 17 2002 -- Version 0.5.8
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MP3 import is now supported. Minor bugs have been fixed in rendering of
record position and playback mixing.

There is a new page of audio demos made with Sweep. These demonstrate the
sounds of Scrubby, a tool which allows vinyl-like manipulation of digital
audio:

    http://www.metadecks.org/software/sweep/demos.html


Fri Oct 11 2002 -- Version 0.5.7
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This version includes support for Ogg Vorbis import and export, including
both variable and average bitrate encoding modes. There are many other
user interface updates, including new input controls for sample rates and
channels, and question, information and system error dialogs.

There is a new Screenshot tour of Sweep, including many screenshots of
the new dialogs and general editing:

    http://www.metadecks.org/software/sweep/screenshots/


Wed Sep 25 2002 -- Version 0.5.6 and Sweep Demo at SLUG
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Changes in this version include monitoring of file modification, "are you
sure" dialogs, file revert, and many minor bug fixes.

There will be a demo of the latest Sweep features, including live DJing and
experimental music techniques and the Sydney LUG meeting on Sep. 27 2002;
see http://www.slug.org.au/ for details. 

Fri Sep 20 2002 -- Version 0.5.5
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Changes since version 0.5.4 include major bugfixes for LADSPA plugin
handling and improvements in scrubbing usability.

Wed Sep 11 2002 -- Version 0.5.4
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Changes since version 0.5.3 (September 5 2002) include bug fixes for
playback during destructive operations and for edits of tiny regions,
and improvements in configuration checks for libsndfile-1.0.0.

Additionally, scrubbing is now working for reverse playback, and has been
tuned for responsiveness independent of sample rate.

There is now a web page introducing Scrubby and outlining a few simple 
editing and live performance techniques:

    http://www.metadecks.org/software/sweep/scrub.html


Thu Sep  5 2002 -- Version 0.5.3
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This release incorporates robust configuration checking to help new users  
compile from source. After a long period of quiet development we are now
beginning to roll this out for general public usage, and your testing and
feedback is very welcome!

Changes since 0.1.1 (October 2000) include interactive scrubbing, recording,
support for LADSPA 1.1 effects plugins and multichannel sound files,
multithreaded background rendering, unlimited undo/redo, mouse wheel zooming,
reverse playback and overall stability and usability improvements.

Changes since version 0.5.0 (August 12 2002) include preferences saving and
support for libsndfile 1.0.0.

Changes since version 0.5.1 (August 29 2002) include improved configure
checks and porting fixes. Additionally, Sweep now remembers the last used
file load and save directories between sessions.

Changes since version 0.5.2 (September 4 2002) include the fixing of a bug
in "save as", and (NEW) audible scrubbing when selecting regions.

Mon, 1 May 2000
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Mark Taylor writes:

        sweep was used to document some decoder bugs in winamp:

        http://www.sulaco.org/mp3/winamp/winamp.html

(Screenshots on this page show sweep version 0.0.6).

