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           The IRCAM Signal Editor (SE) is a general-purpose digital
sound editor that runs on NeXT computers. SE is particularly
optimized for rapid display and editing of large sound files, which SE
calls signal documents. Unlike other sound editors, opening and
editing large documents takes no more time than small documents.
Signal document navigation is flexible in SE. The program supports
an unusually wide range of scrolling and zooming behaviors,
including continuous scrolling and continuous zooming, as well as
precise and repeatable incremental scrolling and zooming.
           Another unique feature of SE is its capacity for "unlimited
undo." SE keeps a history of all editing operations so you can go back
to an earlier point in the editing at any time during a session, and even
across sessions.
           SE is supplied with a Scheme interpreter called Elk as its
extension language (Laumann 1990). This is to allows developers and
users to extend the functionality of the editor, particularly with respect
to signal processing operations and the undo facility.
           SE is distributed with the IRCAM Musical Workstation (IMW)
software package. However, it is not necessary to have the IMW
hardware in order to run SE, since Release 0.9 SE runs on the NeXT's
680X0 microprocessor with no assistance from the Ariel IMW signal
processor board.
     SE is available free, via anonymous ftp (pub/ircam/.tar.Z at
ccrma-ftp.stanford.edu).