<s>
Buzztrax	B-Language
is	O
a	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
project	O
designed	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
clone	O
of	O
the	O
Buzz	O
music	O
composer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
distribution	O
,	O
songs	O
can	O
be	O
exported	O
to	O
common	O
audio	O
formats	O
such	O
as	O
OGG	O
,	O
MP3	B-Application
,	O
WAV	O
and	O
many	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
sources	O
of	O
Buzz	O
were	O
known	O
to	O
be	O
lost	O
,	O
they	O
started	O
a	O
new	O
project	O
called	O
Buzztard	B-Language
,	O
and	O
they	O
registered	O
on	O
SourceForge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
was	O
chosen	O
"	O
for	O
two	O
reasons	O
:	O
the	O
Buzztard.org	O
domain	O
was	O
available	O
,	O
and	O
we	O
liked	O
the	O
mix	O
of	O
Buzz	O
and	O
bastard	O
(	O
it	O
's	O
not	O
a	O
tracker	B-Application
,	O
and	O
it	O
's	O
not	O
a	O
classical	O
sequencer	O
)	O
.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
demo	O
was	O
presented	O
at	O
Linux	B-Application
Audio	O
Conference	O
(	O
LAC	O
)	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
version	O
0.5	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
Debian	O
,	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
and	O
Arch	O
Linux	B-Application
)	O
have	O
picked	O
up	O
the	O
project	O
and	O
provide	O
ready	O
to	O
install	O
packages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
renamed	O
to	O
Buzztrax	B-Language
after	O
Google	B-Application
rejected	O
the	O
project	O
for	O
its	O
Summer	B-Application
of	I-Application
Code	I-Application
program	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
GStreamer	B-Language
media	O
framework	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
it	O
is	O
the	O
only	O
music	O
composer	O
built	O
on	O
GStreamer	B-Language
it	O
serves	O
as	O
a	O
test-bed	O
for	O
related	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
graphical	O
editor	O
uses	O
GTK+	B-Application
for	O
its	O
GUI	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
integrated	O
with	O
the	O
GNOME	B-Application
desktop	I-Application
,	O
but	O
does	O
not	O
require	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Buzz	O
users	O
and	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
press	O
like	O
the	O
modernized	O
look	O
,	O
but	O
familiar	O
layout	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Buzztrax	B-Language
can	O
open	O
songs	O
both	O
in	O
its	O
native	O
and	O
Buzz	O
's	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
wrapper	O
component	O
allows	O
using	O
the	O
existing	O
Buzz-machine	O
binaries	O
under	O
x86	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
open-source	O
Buzz-machines	O
on	O
all	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
GStreamer	B-Language
bridge	O
plugin	O
makes	O
them	O
available	O
to	O
all	O
GStreamer	B-Language
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
GStreamer	B-Language
plugin	O
enables	O
the	O
playback	O
of	O
buzztrax	B-Language
songs	O
in	O
each	O
GStreamer	B-Language
based	O
media-player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
interaction	O
controller	O
framework	O
allows	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
MIDI	O
devices	O
and	O
any	O
input	O
devices	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
joysticks	B-Device
or	O
Wii	B-Device
Remotes	I-Device
)	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
control	O
parameters	O
of	O
sounds	O
in	O
real-time	O
.	O
</s>
