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NAME

       BSE - Better Sound Engine File Format

SYNOPSIS

       filename.bse

DESCRIPTION

       The bse file format is used by the BSE library and dependent programs to save BSE projects, songs, instruments and sample collections.  The
       BSE scheme shell bsescm(1) is able to play back bse files directly.

FORMAT

       BSE files start out with a special magic string "; BseProject0 and then contain	nested	expressions  in  scheme  syntax  using	the  ASCII
       charset.   Binary  data may be appended to a .bse file if it is seperated from the preceeding ASCII test by one or more literal NUL charac-
       ters (' ').  This mechanism is used to store arbitrary binary data like .WAV or Ogg/Vorbis files in BSE projects, while keeping the actuall
       content user editable (text editors that preserve binary sections have to be used, such as vi(1) or emacs(1)).

COMPATIBILITY

       The exact format and sets of objects and properties used in a bse file depend highly on the library version that was used to save the file.
       Compatibility functions are supplied by the library itself, so old bse files can be converted when the file  is	loaded.   To  enable  this
       mechanism, all bse files contain a "bse-version" directive which indicates the bse file format version of the supplied content.

SEE ALSO

       beast(1), bsescm(1), BSE Object Reference (http://beast.testbit.eu/bse-objects)

beast-0.7.3						     2011-04-08 02:30:18 +0200							    BSE(5)