[Ardour-Users] A3: Silence and session load weirdness after re-open

[Axel 'the C.L.A.' Müller]

On Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:52:02 +0000
John Rigg <au2 at jrigg.co.uk> wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 01:28:31PM +0100, Q wrote:
> > From the experience I had, I don't see how the feature could prevent  
> > damage: I had the session open for hours with the Feedback light merrily  
> > flashing away and audio working normally.
> 
> I take it you don't exchange session files with anyone else. If someone
> sent me a session with an active feedback loop set up it might prove
> expensive if I was in a rush and neglected to mute the monitors before
> loading it.

It's in mantis: http://tracker.ardour.org/view.php?id=5457

> What's the problem with deactivating the feedback loop to get audio
> working again? It's a much more unusual situation than wanting to
> avoid blown speakers. Personally I think this is an improvement over
> A2's behaviour.

In my opinion it's a real big regression as long as it is not possible
to deactivate it. And I think I'm not alone with that.