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>This manual is intended to provide comprehensive documentation on <SPAN
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users at different skill levels. Depending on whether you are a casual user of
multimedia applications that make use of <SPAN
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developer, you may want to take different paths through the manual.</P
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>It is suggested that you first read the <A
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to get <SPAN
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system, likely bundled with your operating system distribution, you may choose
to skip this section.</P
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>You should then read the sections in the <A
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Tools</A
> chapter, especially <SPAN
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<SPAN
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>artscontrol</SPAN
>, <SPAN
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and <SPAN
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effective use of <SPAN
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>If you are interested in going further with <SPAN
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should give you an appreciation of the powerful capabilities of <SPAN
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provided modules that can be used without the need to be a programmer.</P
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>If you want to know more about the internals of <SPAN
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multimedia applications or extend <SPAN
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understanding of all of the concepts that are prerequisites to <SPAN
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development.</P
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>If you are interested specifically in the <SPAN
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capabilities of <SPAN
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>aRts</SPAN
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>If you want to develop <SPAN
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covers the different <SPAN
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>If you want to extend <SPAN
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>If you are modifying an existing application to run under <SPAN
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chapter on <A
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>You you can find out how to help contribute to the <SPAN
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> chapter, read about
upcoming <SPAN
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> development in the chapter on <A
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>Future
Work</A
>, and find links to more information in the <A
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>We have also rounded out the manual with some additional material,
including <A
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>answers to frequently asked questions</A
>, a
<A
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>list of contributors</A
>, the details on aRts
<A
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>copyright and licensing</A
>, and some
background material on <A
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>digital audio</A
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and <A
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