I wouldn’t say its quiet round here but the dust bunnies have moved out looking for somewhere with a more atmosphere

The reason is simply that everyone has been busy hacking. Its the predictable answer but is also true, there have been 200 checkins since our last blog post.

So to rectify this problem I have borrowed the keys to Jokosher Towers (”go to Amundsen-Scott station, head south, you cant miss it, dont break anything, remember to feed he cat”) and can now reveal whats going on and what the plan is:

The next release will be 14th March, a date chosen because it fits the rough 5-6 month release cycle we want to maintain, its realistic target for the features we wanted, and allows us to be included in the repositories for Ubuntu Feisty Fawn which freeze shortly afterwards.

This release will be 0.9 or possibly 1.0 (to be decided nearer the date), depending very much on wether the features planned for 1.0 are ready and release quality.

This feature list is:-

• Multi channel support to allow recording of several instruments at once.
• Mix down profiles, a way to pre-program several actions to perform when exporting a project.
• Changes to enable the user to make alter the project while its playing and hear the results imediately allowing a more “try it and see if it works” approach.
• New extensions
• A whole bunch of tidying ups, tightening ups, bug fixes, and general improvements that are too numerous to list in detail but actually turn Jokosher from a rough and ready work in progress to a solidly usable fully featured audio editor perfect for all your recording and podcasting needs.

Feature freeze is planned for the 1st Febuary and after that it’ll be a race to apply the polish, translate, and find and squash the bugs before release.

So thats the plan. If you want to help (and we *always* need help) get the latest version of the code, check out the list of bugs, and add anything you’ve noticed, or pick one and fix it, or look at the documentation wiki and add your hints, tips and howtos, or help the translation team localize Jokosher into your locale (were still missing that all important Linear B translation), or maybe head over to the forums to chat with other jokosher users and brag about your audio 1337ness.

Oh and remember to check back here for the latest updates on whats going on, and we’ll try to the news reasonably…erm new!

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