ChangeLog:

• Fixed: Selecting whole Waveform and cutting made TAON exit
  with a MEMORY error.
• Fixed: When starting with an empty file and using some generator
  plugin, undo didn't work
• Fixed: Starting with empty file and using SampleGen had the same prob
• Changed: Due to the changes, doing an undo after opening a file
  restores the Application to the state right after starting
  I am not sure, if I like this or not :-)
• Fixed: When using gtk+ themes, the whole display got badly screwed
  seems Myth^PNR didn't properly read the GTK+ docs and stuff.
  There's still tiny problems with a view themes, but this is usually
  a design problem in the themes, just give it a try
• Added: Myth^PNR did some SID Reader as Plugin
  You can find it in the Plugins Menu, though it got a nasty bug
  (Am wondering who will be the first mailing me, which Error I mean)

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Information:

What is TAON ?
 
TAON stands for: "The Art Of Noise" and is a project that was in the first place meant for a class at university. Afterall, we thought we needed a project bringing fun and as the whole team is kinda audiophil, we decided to write a soundeditor for Linux. You might think, hey, what the heck, thereīs tons out there. Well, this is just partly true. There are not much REAL Audio Editors for Linux, and I donīt know of any supporting plugins. So hereīs the deal. We tried to provide you with an easy to use, fun bringing tool, enjoy it !

How do I install it
 
Well, first of all, you will have to download it. Then put the archive in the place you want to install it, letīs say, /usr/local/taon, then do a "gunzip -c taon-0.6b.rel.gz|tar xf -" or "tar xzvf taon-0.6b.rel.tgz"and you should be basicly done. You can now run the program. On the frst startup a config file is created and standard parameters are set. After that, if the plugin directory is set up properly and you restarted TAON, all Plugins will be available.

Preliminarities:
 
Here is what you will need to run TAON on your computer:

• A running Linux system, x86 for now, I dunno about alpha
• Kernel 2.2.x Generation is expected, to guarantee hazzle free operation
• As TAON has a nice GUI, you will need X installed
• A 3 Button Mouse is recommended, if not available, make sure you emulate middle button, by chording the two buttons.
• As we did not write a GUI toolkit, we built up on gtk+ v1.2.x, you will need that (and of course an up to date glib)
• Of course, to hear what you are doing, you need a working soundcard, using OSS, in other words, we insist on /dev/dsp0
• And a fast Processor would be a great thing :-)=)
• Oooh, and you will of course need libc6 (glibc2)
• If you want the online help, kdehelp is needed.

Form of distribution:
 
The program is provided as is, we give no warranty of any kind, and are not responsible for any possible damage or data loss. We just provide precompiled binaries, and some source for plugins, as well as needed include files. All source is respective property of the writers, as well as the Plugin API design. No changes are allowed and no reverse engineering. You can write plugins, and do with them, what you want, they always stay property of their writer, or whatever his/her plans are.

Contacts:
 
Feel free to contact us, if you run into problems, got additional ideas, questions on upcoming work etc. We plan to provide a better Web page in the future, with a complete user manual online, currently, you will have to play around and use the built in help.

• Myth^PNR, main head and coder, GUI, effects, main app, maintainer of code (currently)
• THE BPH^MW, GUI, Plugins, Noise generator plugin, web maintainer, for now project leader.
• Arthus, GUI design, undo code, some effects code
• Matze, Little GUI stuff, Online HTML Help, other internal docs
• Jury Master of Docs, author of user manual and specification