Re: [linux-audio-dev] using ext2fs "holes" in files

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] using ext2fs "holes" in files
From: David Olofson (audiality_AT_swipnet.se)
Date: ma loka   18 1999 - 22:48:40 EDT


On Tue, 19 Oct 1999, Paul Barton-Davis wrote:
> the important thing for me is that my program is *not* aimed at the
> kind of HDR that any program with an editlist would do. its intended
> to be the equivalent of, say, a hand-held portable ADAT recorder, or
> better yet, one of those small digital recording consoles that people
> like Yamaha make. i *need* a program like this, and i consider it a
> quite different kind of program. just as you wouldn't use an ADAT
> machine with a mixing console to do non-destructive, non-linear
> editing, you wouldn't use this program for that either. on the other
> hand, if you've got 12 channels of input, 5 of them live and 7 of them
> pre-recorded, and you want a recording of the overall "take", for
> later editing with <insert-editlist-based-soundfile-editor-here>, then
> my "hdr" program is possibly exactly what you want.

Also, a simple design and an uncluttered UI makes a lot of sense in
live situations. It's easier to write a reliable application that
way, and there's less risk of user mistakes. I would never use CuBase
or Cakewalk for that, even if they were available for real OSes...

//David

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