[Ardour-Users] Ardour 3 - export bugs

[Paul Davis]

On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 6:02 PM, Kim Cascone <kim at anechoicmedia.com> wrote:

>  I recently upgraded to a new laptop and switched from Ubuntu to Mint -
> *my config is in my sig at the bottom of this post
>
> after my upgrade I bought the linuxDSP plugin bundle since they were being
> offered at a special price
>
> all the LV2 plugs opened in Ardour2 with the old barebones generic UI's
> but it was suggested that I try them in Ardour3 to see the UI in its full
> glory
>
> so I became a monthly subscriber then downloaded/installed Ardour3
> 3.5.380-dbg
>
> not having been keeping up with all the work being done in Ardour3 over
> the past couple of years many of the new features came as a surprise to me
>
> e.g., no more auto-crossfading of regions in a track - this was a very
> handy feature which I realize can be replicated with more mouse-clicks and
> maneuvering but still...
>

The change was based on lots of feedback from many professional audio
editors. This type of xfade (as long as the overlap) is extremely unusual
and basically constitutes "mixing" for which there are other approaches.


>
> and the fact that MIDI now needs a a2jmidid bridge to get my controllers
> to speak to Ardour (thanks to Robin G. for helping me!!)...I see where Jack
> is going and I welcome this - I look forward to the day when Jack becomes
> the CoreAudio/MIDI of Linux Audio
>

You do not need a2jmidid if you use Jack 1.


>
> but the export window in Ardour 3 gave me more trouble and helped me
> decide to stick with Ardour2 until things get fixed
>
> here's what happened:
>

Most (not all) issues with export have been caused by Jack2. Some of them
are fixed with the version you have, but not all.



>
> - I imported a 23 minute piece of stereo audio (44/24 wav) into Ardour 3
> that I generated from Pure Data so I could trim, edit and make fade-in/outs
> - when I clicked on export I fumbled through a hella-confusing export
> panel which kept duplicating tabs as I tried to create a new one
>

It is more confusing because it is VASTLY more powerful. We would welcome
suggestions on how to simplify it/ease its use.

- the expected behavior was that I could simply add a new tab then edit it
> so I could modify that tab to export a file to a format and resolution I
> typically work in -- but this seems to be an inaccurate assumption on my
> part...?
>

the format you want ought to be already available. if not, we should add it.


> - after becoming frustrated with how it behaved I deleted all the tabs in
> the export panel and successfully made one that would export 44/24 .wav
>     - I clicked on the export button
> - then a dialog window/log came up with an error (couldn't copy and paste
> this IIRC) but it looked as though it had rendered out a file in the tabbed
> panel underneath the error/log window but I can't remember if this was the
> case
> - Ardour3 froze
> - and would allow me to close the error/log window
> - and I couldn't quit Ardour3
> - I also couldn't close the export panel
> - so I did a force quit using htop on the command line
> - and rebooted the machine for hygienic purposes
> - I discovered that I lost the directory containing my new Ardour3 session
> (even though I saved it after I created the new session) as well as the
> presumably exported 44/24 wav file - which i'm guessing wasn't actually
> exported at all because of the freezing export panel and app
> - thank goodness I still had the original export from Pure Data
> - so I opened Ardour2 and quickly replicated all my edits and exported it
> without any trouble
> ~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~
> so my questions are:
> - after some Googling I found some old reports about this export bug but
> thought it had been squashed - is this not the case?
> - can some illuminate me as to how the export panel is supposed to work?
> or point me to a RTFM link?
>

the export dialog has not been written up in the manual.

- is the region crossfade coming back? - this allowed me to quickly
audition edits and was a indispensable feature for sound design when using
Ardour as an audio EDITOR and not a multitrack DAW

if you mean "crossfades that automatically span the entire length of an
overlap" ... i have some loose plans to reinstate it as an option after an
initial overlap is created. i have no plans to reinstate tracking the
overlap length and updating the crossfade based on that.
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