1GNU GTick - The Metronome
2Copyright (c) 1999 Alex Roberts <bse@dial.pipex.com>
3Copyright (c) 2003, 2004 Roland Stigge <stigge@antcom.de>
4This software is part of the GNU Project.
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6Welcome to GTick, a metronome application written using the GTK+ widget set.
7This application was written because of a need for a Linux (or UN*X) based
8metronome program.
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10Having seen similar programs for Win95 (not really seen but at least noticed
11links to on various search engines), and not seen any for Linux/Un*x, Alex
12decided to go for it and wrote his own. Since then, many changes have been made
13to GTick, most importantly a more robust timing engine was added in 2003.
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15GTick has a BPM (Beats Per Minute) scale of 30bpm to 250bpm, catering for
16almost any need; and it is known to work on Linux (Kernel 2.2.x to 2.6.x) and
17FreeBSD.  It was initially developed using GTK+ 1.1.14, but moved to GTK+ 2.x.
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19This is still in development, so there are likely to be bugs; So use it at your
20own risk, I can't be held responsible for anything bad happening to your
21computer or your life.
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23To use external ticking sounds you need libsndfile, at least version 1.
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25If you find a bug, have any comments or ideas, then email me,
26stigge@antcom.de or preferably the GTick development mailing list at
27gtick-devel@gnu.org.
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29I "hijacked" this package because Alex doesn't respond to any mail and the
30package needed urgent work to be useable at all. Later, I got an email from
31him. He is fine and is still tracking GTick's progress.
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33Visit the GTick homepage at http://www.antcom.de/gtick/ for the latest release
34of GTick. And don't forget, the most important thing, HAVE FUN!!!
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36Thanks
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38--
39Roland Stigge <stigge@antcom.de> (current maintainer)
40Alex Roberts <bse@dial.pipex.com> (initial maintainer)
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