BEAST

Windows · Linux

Freedom report

No signalScore 5.1

BEAST is ranked #20 of 30 in audio mixing software on Freedom251. It runs on Linux, Windows.

Compared on audio mixing software

Product: BEAST is a digital synthesizer and music creation system.
Editing and synthesis: It supports multi-track editing, unlimited undo, real-time synthesis, and MIDI automation.
Plugins: It supports Linux Audio Plugins (LADSPA).
Audio formats: It supports WAV, AIFF, Vorbis, Soundfont 2, Gus Patch, FLAC, and MP3 files.
Audio processing: The site lists 32-bit rendering, full duplex support, multi-core rendering, SIMD utilization, sample-granularity timing, and FFT spectrograms.
Linux support: The project is primarily developed on Linux and supports 32-bit and 64-bit platforms.
Windows support: A Windows port has been started, and the site says it is looking for volunteers.
Downloads and license: Releases are available as source code tarballs and binary packages, and the source code is licensed under LGPL-2.1+.
Audio driver: The 0.15.0 release announcement says BEAST supports JACK as a PCM driver.
Support: The site lists a mailing list, email, IRC chat, and GitHub issue reporting for support and bug reports.
New interface: The site says a new UI based on web technologies and Electron is in development.
Project status: The latest release listed on the site is version 0.15.0, dated November 5, 2019.

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