[Ardour-Dev] a3: Various feedback

[Patrick Shirkey]

On Mon, November 1, 2010 9:17 pm, Patrick Shirkey wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Here's some feedback from using the latest svn version of ardour3. You
> probably are aware of most of these already but I'm not sure how many
> people are reporting these issues atm.
>
> 1: Ogg export doesn't work for me. Causes segv
> 2: Saving a preset caused the export dialog to segv. Deleting it solved
> the problem. Formats are working though.
> 3: Normalise does weird things to the middle-high end. Definitely boosts
> the lower end.
> 4: Cannot copy and paste multiple regions without them getting overlapped.
> 5: Can drag and drop multiple regions with no problem.
> 6: Have seen some of my automation settings get dropped between crashes.
> Results in some wasted time but not a major hassle as it is pretty obvious
> when they are missing. The actual result is the curve gets set to zero for
> some reason. Would be a major hassle on fiddly sections with a lot of work
> done on them. Suggest this could be a priority bug.
> 7: Accidentally duplicating a very large number of regions caused some
> strange behaviour after the duplication process was finished. Restarting
> then deleting the regions fixed the issue.
> 8: Start and End points are not always saved between crashes. Minor
> hassle.
> 9: Cannot stretched and already stretched region. That one was a little
> confusing. Maybe a popup would help there.
> 10: Had some funky behaviour with the select/copy tool which doesn't seem
> to have any real logic. Comes and goes between sessions. Hard to replicate
> and confusing to workaround.
>

11: Sometimes the track heights get modified without my intentional
action. I'm not sure if it is between restarts or after a period of not
using it but it is kind of strange behaviour.

> I haven't done any work with the midi features. Otherwise my overall
> experience is very positive and I have been able to get a lot done over
> the past week and had fun while doing it. So BIGUPS!!!! for the team.
>
> FYI, I have had ardour3 running 24 hours/day for the past week and have
> only experienced a couple of issues with jack and a few with PA. They seem
> to be related to switching between workspaces. Restarting jack/PA or the
> whole stack immediately resolves the problem and I have not had to reboot
> once.
>
>
>
> Cheers.
>
> --
> Patrick Shirkey
> Boost Hardware Ltd.
>
> "ZPE is not about creating something from nothing: It is about using the
> zero point of a wave as a means to transform other forms of potential
> energy like magnetic flux, heat, or particle spin into usable energy in
> such a way that entropy appears to be reversed."
>
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-- 
Patrick Shirkey
Boost Hardware Ltd.

"ZPE is not about creating something from nothing: It is about using the
zero point of a wave as a means to transform other forms of potential
energy like magnetic flux, heat, or particle spin into usable energy in
such a way that entropy appears to be reversed."