Re: [linux-audio-dev] multi-track audio files - what format ?

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] multi-track audio files - what format ?
From: Paul Barton-Davis (pbd_AT_Op.Net)
Date: pe loka   08 1999 - 19:38:11 EDT


>There was talk of supporting this on linux-fsdevel. They were going to
>make it so you can read() and write() a directory, like a normal file.
>Ted T'so called them "albods", from memory.
>I don't know what came of this.

over on linux-kernel, many people hate albods. the hate was so
profound that my reading of the debate was that they would die before
even being born.

>> I'm a little confused. Actually a lot confused. Isn't the default and
>> most often used case to read and write all tracks at once?
>
>Depends. In a studio, each track is usually recorded separately, while
>all of the previously recorded tracks are played to the performer, to
>keep everything in sync.

Precisely. Or as a variant, one track is re-recorded, while leaving
all others untouched (and played back to the performer).

Remember: we're not talking about editing here - thats an entirely
different process. This is multitrack *recording*.

I think that Juhana has convinced me that separate files are the way
to go. I think that perhaps even multiple channels in any one file
might be a mistake too.

--p


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