Qtractor!

* **liblilv**, Lightweight LV2 implementation stack




* **NSM**, Non Session Management
**Qtractor**'s already in some kind of _beta_ stage of development and hence fully functional. Though, the _bleeding-edge_ development source tree is readily available from the sourceforge's public Git repository #Git. 2016-11-21 _The Snobbiest Graviton Beta_ **qtractor-0.8.0.tar.gz http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.8.0.tar.gz**
* MIDI clip tools redo/undo processing refactored as much to avoid replication over multi

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