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+Status:
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+              *** PRE ALPHA QUALITY!                         ***
+              *** The messy build system is the biggest prob ***
+              *** right now, but the session and sample-ing  ***
+              *** works for me, all the unit tests pass      ***
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+
 Design:
 
 1 - Jacks code should run in lock-step with jack callbacks.