[Ardour-Dev] a3: Various feedback

[Patrick Shirkey]

On Mon, November 1, 2010 10:21 pm, Patrick Shirkey wrote:
> On Mon, November 1, 2010 9:40 pm, Patrick Shirkey wrote:
>> 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.

12: I have seen several crashes caused by resizing the selected area with
the white box in the regions display panel. It is most likely to happen
when the width and the height of the box changes.



>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>
>
> I forgot to add. There are a few features which I miss that would assist
> with my personal workflow in the latest ardour3.
>
> 1: Master waveform display
> 2: Region/selection specific automation settings.
> 3: Group selected area. Similar to the group button in inkscape.
>
>
>
> Cheers.
>
>
> --
> Patrick Shirkey
> Boost Hardware Ltd.
>
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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."