<s>
Beast	O
is	O
a	O
music	O
composition	O
and	O
modular	O
synthesis	O
application	O
released	O
as	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
GPL	I-License
and	O
GNU	B-Application
LGPL	I-Application
licenses	O
,	O
that	O
runs	O
under	O
Unix	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
MIDI	O
,	O
WAV/AIFF/MP3/OggVorbis/etc	O
audio	O
files	O
and	O
LADSPA	B-Language
modules	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
capable	O
of	O
multitrack	O
editing	O
,	O
unlimited	O
undo/redo	O
support	O
,	O
real-time	O
synthesis	O
support	O
,	O
32-bit	O
audio	O
rendering	O
,	O
full	O
duplex	O
support	O
,	O
multiprocessor	O
support	O
,	O
conditional	O
MMX/SSE	O
utilisation	O
for	O
plugins	B-Application
,	O
precise	O
timing	O
down	O
to	O
sample	O
granularity	O
,	O
on-demand	O
and	O
partial	O
loading	O
of	O
wave	O
files	O
,	O
on	O
the	O
fly	O
decoding	O
,	O
stereo	O
mixing	O
,	O
FFT	O
scopes	O
,	O
MIDI	O
automation	B-Application
and	O
full	O
scriptability	B-Language
in	O
Scheme	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
plugins	B-Application
,	O
synthesis	O
core	O
and	O
the	O
user	O
interface	O
are	O
actively	O
being	O
developed	O
and	O
translated	O
into	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
languages	O
,	O
regularly	O
assimilating	O
user	O
feedback	O
such	O
as	O
from	O
the	O
Beast_Feature_Requests	O
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BSE	O
is	O
an	O
abbreviation	O
for	O
Better	O
Sound	O
Engine	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
implements	O
all	O
the	O
necessary	O
music	O
processing	O
logic	O
required	O
by	O
BEAST	O
in	O
a	O
separate	O
reusable	B-Library
library	I-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2013	O
,	O
the	O
Beast	O
code	O
base	O
has	O
been	O
migrated	O
to	O
LGPL	B-Application
and	O
is	O
mostly	O
written	O
in	O
C++	O
,	O
notable	O
release	O
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
2	O
September	O
2002	O
:	O
Version	O
0.4.1	O
(	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
extension	B-Language
language	I-Language
GNU	B-Application
Guile	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
