BEAST

Spec sheet

Product

BEAST is a digital synthesizer and music creation system.Read 4 Oct 2026 · beast.testbit.eu

Support

The site lists a mailing list, email, IRC chat, and GitHub issue reporting for support and bug reports.Read 4 Oct 2026 · beast.testbit.eu

Audio driver

The 0.15.0 release announcement says BEAST supports JACK as a PCM driver.Read 4 Oct 2026 · beast.testbit.eu

Audio formats

It supports WAV, AIFF, Vorbis, Soundfont 2, Gus Patch, FLAC, and MP3 files.Read 4 Oct 2026 · beast.testbit.eu

Audio processing

The site lists 32-bit rendering, full duplex support, multi-core rendering, SIMD utilization, sample-granularity timing, and FFT spectrograms.Read 4 Oct 2026 · beast.testbit.eu

Downloads and license

Releases are available as source code tarballs and binary packages, and the source code is licensed under LGPL-2.1+.Read 4 Oct 2026 · beast.testbit.eu

Editing and synthesis

It supports multi-track editing, unlimited undo, real-time synthesis, and MIDI automation.Read 4 Oct 2026 · beast.testbit.eu

Linux support

The project is primarily developed on Linux and supports 32-bit and 64-bit platforms.Read 4 Oct 2026 · beast.testbit.eu

New interface

The site says a new UI based on web technologies and Electron is in development.Read 4 Oct 2026 · beast.testbit.eu

Plugins

It supports Linux Audio Plugins (LADSPA).Read 4 Oct 2026 · beast.testbit.eu

Project status

The latest release listed on the site is version 0.15.0, dated November 5, 2019.Read 4 Oct 2026 · beast.testbit.eu

Windows support

A Windows port has been started, and the site says it is looking for volunteers.Read 4 Oct 2026 · beast.testbit.eu

Where Specifiction places it

• Audio Mixing Software#22 of 287.0