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+# Mezzo
+Old (circa 2004), probably defunct, experimental code.  Mezzo was intended as a new base library for the audio parts of Audacity.  These files are of historic interest, and also of interest from a design perspective.  We would like to separate the audio and GUI parts of Audacity better. This was the beginning of an attempt at doing so.
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+Mezzo was designed with both efficiency and flexibility in mind.  
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+* Not tied to any GUI system. 
+* As few dependencies (on libraries) as possible.
+* Independently useful components.
+* Clear memory semantics.
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+The code written up to when mezzo was abandoned supports Audacity's block file model (many small files for storing audio sequence) and provides an abstraction to allow other methods too.
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+More information about mezzo can be found at http://wiki.audacityteam.org/index.php?title=Mezzo