Thanks everyone for the help... some of you who responded both on and
off-list had some really helpful ideas. I'm sorry I opened up a
can of worms... please forgive the newbie. <br>
<br>
Although I disagree that a DAW has no business 'exporting' a lossy
format... While it's main goal is quality sound, it's not
inconcievable that an mp3 be generated every now and then. For
now I will use an external converter. I was just trying to keep
the whole process simple, since there are some in our shop that aren't
familiar with linux, and could be dangerous at the command line. <br>
<br>
tomAto ... tomaato <br>
<br>
Thanks again,<br>
<br>
great gorup BTW<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/13/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Paul Roberts</b> <<a href="mailto:raulpoberts@gmail.com">raulpoberts@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I agree with Paul about the functionality of a DAW not including lossy
compression since the objectives of those two elements are very
different and there are so many quality applications that already exist
for that purpose. <br>
<br>
I disagree with perspective that compressed audio formats are an
artifact with a shelf life of 3-8 years. However this is not the forum
for that topic...<br><span class="sg">
<br>
Paul</span><div><span class="e" id="q_1065212cc5a647fd_2"><br>
<br>
<br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/13/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Paul Davis</b> <<a href="mailto:paul@linuxaudiosystems.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">paul@linuxaudiosystems.com
</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 03:39 +0200, Esben Stien wrote:<br>> Andy Joslin <<a href="mailto:andy.joslin@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">andy.joslin@gmail.com</a>> writes:
<br>><br>> > I see that there is not an option (out of the box) to export to an
<br>> > mp3 format.<br>><br>> This is because of the patent issue.<br><br>no its not, although that is a relevant issue.<br><br>the real problems are:<br><br> 1) converting audio to some kind of compressed format is
<br> an operation with a huge number of parameters that<br> the user may potentially want to control. there are<br> already good interfaces for doing this, and i do not<br> see a lot of point in reimplementing a complex
<br> GUI element within Ardour when this functionality is<br>
available for free, with ongoing development and support,<br> from several other more focused projects. This is not<br>
Windows - one application doesn't have to do everything.<br><br> 2) I am not sure of the role that I think compressed audio<br>
(not FLAC, i mean lossy compression) plays in the operation<br> of a DAW. compressed audio formats are an artifact of<br> inadequate network bandwidth and/or flash memory and/or<br> disk space. this means they have an expected shelf live
<br> of another 3-8 years (at a guess). I prefer to think<br> that the job of a DAW is to produce the best possible<br> audio, presumably in PCM format, and then leave it to<br> more appropriate other tools to convert that when
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