Ecasound is a software package designed for multitrack audio processing. It can be used for simple tasks like audio playback, recording and format conversions, as well as for multitrack effect processing, mixing, recording and signal recycling. Ecasound supports a wide range of audio inputs, outputs and effect algorithms. Effects and audio objects can be combined in various ways, and their parameters can be controlled by operator objects like oscillators and MIDI-CCs. A versatile console mode user-interface is included in the package. Optional compile-time dependency: - lilv - used for LV2 plugin support. Optional runtime dependencies: - lame - required for mp3 output. - TiMidity++ - required for MIDI .mid file input. - libmikmod - required for tracker file support (such as .mod files). - set_rlimits - used to run ecasound with realtime priority (but see the jack-audio-connection-kit README for an alternative) This package uses POSIX filesystem capabilities to execute with elevated privileges (required for realtime audio processing). This may be considered a security/stability risk. Please read http://www.slackbuilds.org/caps/ for more information. To disable capabilities, pass SETCAP=no to the script.