[Ardour-Dev] Ardour conversation on CEC

[Thomas Vecchione]

Yea I believe that was you Hector IIRC, but don't have the bug open right
now to double check.

         Seablade

On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 12:38 AM, Hector Centeno <hcengar at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I guess that other individual was me. It was about adding an
> "automation follows region" option. This was added to the unreleased
> Ardour3 (I tested it and found it working properly). I also encourage
> others to try the bounty system through Ardours's mantis:
> http://tracker.ardour.org
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Hector
>
>
> 2009/3/31 Thomas Vecchione <seablaede at gmail.com>:
> > Max-
> >
> >   Actually the one complaint I see listed there is already being
> addressed I
> > believe in Ardour3.  I haven't tested it myself yet, but myself and one
> > other individual put a bounty on the issue which was subsequently patched
> in
> > Ardour3.  So it is a known issue, but if you could forward that along,
> along
> > with information about the ability to put a financial bounty on issues
> they
> > would like to see fixed/improved/introduced I won't complain.
> >
> >        Seablade
> >
> > 2009/3/31 Max Stein <maxwell.stein at gmail.com>
> >>
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> Ardour has been brought up as a topic of discussion on the Canadian
> >> Electroacoustic Community listserv. There have been two comments about
> >> difficulties in working with automation (copying/pasting). The entire
> >> conversation can be read below.
> >>
> >> Best,
> >> Max
> >>
> >> Forwarded conversation
> >> Subject: Ardour
> >> ------------------------
> >>
> >> From: Hinkle-Turner, Elizabeth <ehinkle at unt.edu>
> >> Date: Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 3:44 PM
> >> To: "cec-conference at concordia.ca" <cec-conference at concordia.ca>
> >>
> >>
> >> Has anyone out there used Ardour (in my case for Mac OS X Tiger or
> >> Leopard)?  What think you of it? (esp. when compared to Pro Tools or
> Logic )
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Thank you!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Elizabeth H-T
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Dr. Elizabeth Hinkle-Turner
> >>
> >> Asst. Director - Academic Computing and User Services
> >>
> >> The University of North Texas
> >>
> >> ehinkle at unt.edu
> >>
> >> 940-565-4808   / 940-453-6938
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ----------
> >> From: Magnus Alexanderson <magnus.alexanderson at telia.com>
> >> Date: Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 4:22 PM
> >> To: cec-conference at concordia.ca
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi.
> >> If I remember correctly, Kim Cascone and a few others has tried it and
> >> said good things about it. Some prefered it compared to Pro Tools. So
> >> perhaps worth checking...
> >> best,
> >> Magnus Alexanderson (composer/improviser) in Sweden
> >>
> >> ----------
> >> From: Michal Seta <mis at artengine.ca>
> >> Date: Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 12:35 AM
> >> To: cec-conference at concordia.ca
> >>
> >>
> >> Ardour has matured a lot in the past 3 years or so.  I have not tried
> >> it on MaxOSX, my understanding is that setup requires a little bit of
> >> getting used to (you need JACK Audio Connection Kit) and it probably
> >> does not support your Wave plugins. It does come with a handful (a
> >> little over 100) of LADSPA plugins and you should be able to use your
> >> AudioUnit plugins (I have no clue, off the top of my head, what about
> >> VST plugins on that platform).  MIDI is coming with version 3.
> >>
> >> In terms of multitracking functionality it certainly offers as much as
> >> the tools you mention.  I do not know Logic but a couple of things
> >> come to mind in comparison with ProTools:  you can use it with ANY
> >> audio hardware and you have no limit on number of plugins, busses or
> >> tracks.  That also means that you can mix for as many channels as you
> >> wish (whether they are physically available or not!).  There are
> >> certainly other advantages, Ardour website covers features in more
> >> depth.  Ardour's documentation is probably not as well polished and
> >> complete as ProTools or other similar software.  Oh, and if you do try
> >> Ardour, get a 3-button mouse because Ardour takes advantage of all 3
> >> buttons in combination with various keyboard shortcuts.
> >>
> >> Hope that helps
> >>
> >> ./MiS
> >>
> >> ----------
> >> From: peiman khosravi <peimankhosravi at gmail.com>
> >> Date: Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 6:55 AM
> >> To: cec-conference at concordia.ca
> >>
> >>
> >> Some issues with ardour. Editing the automation is not very easy
> >> (particularly copy and paste). Grouping tracks does not include the
> >> automation editing wich is a nighmare as there is no easy way to copy
> >> an automation from one track and paste it exactly on the same time
> >> spot on another track. So ot os particularly difficult to deal with
> >> multiple mono files.
> >>
> >> If it was not for this problem I would use it.
> >>
> >> It seems that ardour is not so good when it comes to editing but for
> >> recording and general mixing it is fine.
> >>
> >> Best
> >> Peiman
> >>
> >> 2009/3/31 Michal Seta <mis at artengine.ca>:
> >>
> >> ----------
> >> From: Ivo Tobin Lippold <it at goodnightnobody.ca>
> >> Date: Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 2:36 PM
> >> To: cec-conference at concordia.ca
> >>
> >>
> >> I second this. In every aspect but this one Ardour seems as capable as
> >> either ProTools or Logic, and has the distinct advantage of being free.
> >> Perhaps if enough people were to post to the Ardour forums complaining,
> they
> >> would work to fix this issue? It is a serious problem for
> electroacoustic
> >> composition, given the degree to which we often rely on automation.
> >> I Tobin
> >>
> >>
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