<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div>I guess I messed up replying to the USB mic thread; apologies if this goes through twice:<br><br>I had to deal with prosumer/pro audio Ardour3 needs from several different angles last year and this is the perspective I got:<br>
<br></div>It's
about where Ardour is right now from its original goals, and it's not
'can you do this, but 'can you do this easily and naturally.' You can
already do professional level recording in Ardour3, but when it finishes
coming into its own, it's really gonna be ready to do some damage for
pro level needs. This is a special achievement compared to the first
time I tried Ardour in the early 2000s. For time reasons, and the
excitement of this for many of us in the open source audio community,
this is where Paul and crew should focus their efforts.<br>
<br></div>I was planning on using prosumer cards for pro level needs of
some of my friends because I thought the cards were on the brink of sounding
really good and assumed that Linux support would become dominant;
neither happened. I am admitting that I'ts time to buy the entire RME
suite for those needs with Linux. After some tantrums, I've decided to
excite myself that this level of recording is possible instead of being
pissed that pro prosumer didn't come about. RME is not overpriced for
its quality level.<br>
<br></div>I recently helped an uber geek who does a lot of presentations at conferences put together a plan for him<em>
with a Sampson CO1U USB mic that works fine for his purposes, and we
found a linux app that is easy for him to use. However, if you used
this for a singer used to mics plugged into real preamp(that start at
$500) it wouldn't fly. Or these kids who really go at this mixing and
matching with sampling recorded inputs etc use so many effects that they
need a really good sound to start with or the sound would be mush by
the final mix.<br>
<br></em></div><em>When I had to figure out how the next generation were
recording, I found out I had friends doing professional recordings who
were using a Linux computer in their homes for networking n such that
didn't know Linux had ANY serious contender apps for pro recording.<br>
<br></em></div><em>Rounding out Ardour3 for that crowd is such an
achievement that expanding features for the prosumer world IMHO is
wonderful, but is a focus for after the peak of Ardour's first mountain
is reached. That level of audiophile has enough of if not the geek
gene, the puttering gene that they'll start using Ardour, maybe not for
all their needs, but as an app they take seriously, and many of them who
are pissed off at Microsoft, and think Apple is overpriced will use it
because they like Linux if they see it as just comparable to what
they're now using.<span class=""><font color="#888888"><br><br></font></span></em><span class=""><font color="#888888">Will</font></span></div>