Max-<br><br> 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.<br>
<br> Seablade<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/3/31 Max Stein <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:maxwell.stein@gmail.com">maxwell.stein@gmail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hello,<br><br>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.<br>
<br>Best,<br>Max<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">Forwarded conversation</span><br>Subject: <b class="gmail_sendername">Ardour</b><br>------------------------<br><br><span><font color="#000000">From: <b>Hinkle-Turner, Elizabeth</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ehinkle@unt.edu" target="_blank">ehinkle@unt.edu</a>></span><br>
Date: Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 3:44 PM<br>To: "<a href="mailto:cec-conference@concordia.ca" target="_blank">cec-conference@concordia.ca</a>" <<a href="mailto:cec-conference@concordia.ca" target="_blank">cec-conference@concordia.ca</a>><br>
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<p>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 )</p>
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<p>Thank you!</p>
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<p>Elizabeth H-T</p>
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<br>----------<br><span><font color="#000000">From: <b>Magnus Alexanderson</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:magnus.alexanderson@telia.com" target="_blank">magnus.alexanderson@telia.com</a>></span><br>
Date: Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 4:22 PM<br>To: <a href="mailto:cec-conference@concordia.ca" target="_blank">cec-conference@concordia.ca</a><br></font><br></span><br><div>
<br><div><div>Hi.</div><div><br></div><div>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...</div><div>
<br></div><div>best,</div><div><br></div><font color="#888888"><div>Magnus Alexanderson (composer/improviser) in Sweden</div></font><div><div></div></div></div><br></div><br>----------<br><span><font color="#000000">From: <b>Michal Seta</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mis@artengine.ca" target="_blank">mis@artengine.ca</a>></span><br>
Date: Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 12:35 AM<br>To: <a href="mailto:cec-conference@concordia.ca" target="_blank">cec-conference@concordia.ca</a><br></font><br></span><br>Ardour has matured a lot in the past 3 years or so. I have not tried<br>
it on MaxOSX, my understanding is that setup requires a little bit of<br>
getting used to (you need JACK Audio Connection Kit) and it probably<br>
does not support your Wave plugins. It does come with a handful (a<br>
little over 100) of LADSPA plugins and you should be able to use your<br>
AudioUnit plugins (I have no clue, off the top of my head, what about<br>
VST plugins on that platform). MIDI is coming with version 3.<br>
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In terms of multitracking functionality it certainly offers as much as<br>
the tools you mention. I do not know Logic but a couple of things<br>
come to mind in comparison with ProTools: you can use it with ANY<br>
audio hardware and you have no limit on number of plugins, busses or<br>
tracks. That also means that you can mix for as many channels as you<br>
wish (whether they are physically available or not!). There are<br>
certainly other advantages, Ardour website covers features in more<br>
depth. Ardour's documentation is probably not as well polished and<br>
complete as ProTools or other similar software. Oh, and if you do try<br>
Ardour, get a 3-button mouse because Ardour takes advantage of all 3<br>
buttons in combination with various keyboard shortcuts.<br>
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Hope that helps<br>
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./MiS<br>
<div><div></div></div><br>----------<br><span><font color="#000000">From: <b>peiman khosravi</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:peimankhosravi@gmail.com" target="_blank">peimankhosravi@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
Date: Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 6:55 AM<br>To: <a href="mailto:cec-conference@concordia.ca" target="_blank">cec-conference@concordia.ca</a><br></font><br></span><br>Some issues with ardour. Editing the automation is not very easy<br>
(particularly copy and paste). Grouping tracks does not include the<br>
automation editing wich is a nighmare as there is no easy way to copy<br>
an automation from one track and paste it exactly on the same time<br>
spot on another track. So ot os particularly difficult to deal with<br>
multiple mono files.<br>
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If it was not for this problem I would use it.<br>
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It seems that ardour is not so good when it comes to editing but for<br>
recording and general mixing it is fine.<br>
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Best<br>
Peiman<br>
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2009/3/31 Michal Seta <<a href="mailto:mis@artengine.ca" target="_blank">mis@artengine.ca</a>>:<br>
<div><div></div></div><br>----------<br><span><font color="#000000">From: <b>Ivo Tobin Lippold</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:it@goodnightnobody.ca" target="_blank">it@goodnightnobody.ca</a>></span><br>
Date: Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 2:36 PM<br>To: <a href="mailto:cec-conference@concordia.ca" target="_blank">cec-conference@concordia.ca</a><br></font><br></span><br><div>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.<br>
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<div>I Tobin</div><div><div></div></div><br></div><br>
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