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-libcm is a C application development framework with an emphasis on audio signal processing.
+_libcm_ is a C application development framework with an emphasis on audio signal processing.
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+There's a lot that could be said about this framework.  The first is that it is quite large.
+More than 150k lines at last count. The best way to get a sense of what is in it
+is to browse the documentation files [here](https://currawongproject.org/static/doc/libcm/libcm.html).
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