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Get Involved
Opportunity for Power Users
If you are in the IT industry or are just a technology
enthusiast, you might find just what you're
looking for in Soundsoft.
You can participate in the Megamix project on many levels, from
simply giving advice to fellow Megamix users to
becoming a maintainer of core software. We welcome
new drive and ideas and any contributions to
improve Megamix and other Soundsoft software.
Anyone who has made significant contributions to
the Megamix project can be recognized as a
Soundsoft Power User Member, giving you the right
to vote on defining the goals and vision that
drive us.
Join and contribute to one or more of the many
different projects of Soundsoft listed
below:
Soundsoft Project List
·Reporting
Bugs
·Advocacy
and Support
·Ideas
and feedback
·Documentation
·Artwork
·Translation
and Localization
·Programming
·Testing
New Versions
Reporting Bugs
Software contains flaws, called bugs.
Megamix, like any piece of software, needs good
testers. You can contribute to Megamix simply by
running the latest version and reporting bugs and
helping follow those bugs until they are fixed.
To file a bug report, please use the
'file a bug
report' board of the Megamix forum.
Before submitting a bug, you'll want to search
through the existing bug reports and
release notes to ensure. If the bug has not
already been reported, then you may create a
new bug report.
When filing out the bug report, It is better to
have more information than too little - Try to be
as descriptive as possible.
After you've filed a bug report, you'll most
likely find that a developer or a member of the
Soundsoft team will request more detailed information to
help the development team in debugging and
correcting the issue.
Advocacy and Support
The easiest way to give back to the Soundsoft
community is by telling others about Megamix and
become a Soundsoft advocate:
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Join or start a local Team and get involved in
Soundsoft advocacy, activities, talks, help
install Megamix on new users' computers and
provide friendly support in your local community
and language.
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Order DEMO DVDs from Soundsoft and distribute them
to people as part of larger groups or on your own.
Drop them off at local radios, Internet Cafes
etc...
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Assist in the promotion and advocacy efforts to
help promote Megamix.
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In general, you should show your friends the power
of Megamix Software, spread the word and raise
general awareness around Soundsoft!
Ideas and feedback
Help steer the direction we take Megamix, by
describing your vision and ideas for better
Megamix applications.
·
Participate in discussions and brainstorming on
Megamix where we work on the
fastest-moving documents before they are ready for
publication on the main web site.
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Add your ideas to the
Idea Pool
for
features you'd like to see in Megamix, products,
marketing suggestions or any other ideas you'd
like to add here.
Documentation
If you get stumped by a problem, chances are good
that many other people will be frustrated by it as
well. If you are not in a position to write code
to change the situation -- for whatever reason --
you can help everyone else out by writing up your
experience and documenting the solution! Some of
the most constructive ways to get involved in the
Megamix documentation community might be:
· Take notes as you puzzle through a problem and
then document the solution. Check to see if
documentation already exists first. If it does,
augment or improve existing documentation. If it
doesn't go ahead and add a page. Rather than
answer a question two or more times, write up the
answer and make it available to everyone.
·
Read through the HOWTOs and other documentation in
the Soundsoft forums, read them over and check
them for accuracy. If you are interested in
working on the official Megamix manual send us an
e-mail to:
tech@soundsoft.com.
·
Help clean, proof read, and test the instructions
in the Megamix manuals.
Artwork
If you are more artistic than literary, you can
express that talent and improve the style and feel
of the Megamix desktop by contributing artwork and
helping design the next release of Megamix.
If you have skills with wallpapers, icons and
themes you should contribute to the Art team.
You can create and share Megamix backgrounds and
other artwork.
Share you ideas on the
“Art Talk” section of the Megamix
forum.
Translation
and Localization
If your home language is not English but you
happen to have really good English skills and are
comfortable using software in English, you can
make a huge contribution by helping to translate
the Megamix applications into your home language.
Even if you just translate a few lines you may
make all the difference to someone in your own
country who is just starting to learn about
computers and Megamix Software.
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Translate applications that are included in
Megamix into your language.
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Translate documents written by the
documentation team.
Programming
The final way to make an impact in Soundsoft is by
getting your hands on the code. You can make
technical contributions to Soundsoft by writing
new software, by packaging additional software,
and by fixing bugs in software. If you're
interested in hacking on Megamix:
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Write a brand new software for Soundsoft. We can
get new software into Megamix so that people can
try it out and give you feedback, and in time it
may become part of the Megamix Main portfolio of
applications that are available to all Megamix
users by default.
Testing New
Versions
Every month, a new version of Megamix is released.
To ensure the quality of this new version, it
needs to be tested and the results need to be
reported. Do note that it is generally not
recommended to install an unreleased version of
Megamix on machines running on air!
Contributing to the development of new features
and functionality for Megamix opens the door to a
wide variety of technical and business resources
and services:
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Free Megamix subscription
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Latest development tools
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Immediate access to the last innovations,
to all new software updates
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Access to all Soundsoft BETAs
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Comprehensive online documentation library
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An extensive searchable online support
knowledge base
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Global team of world-class technical support
experts
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Join a community of interest
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