Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] ardour & snd: the saga begins
From: Paul Barton-Davis (pbd_AT_Op.Net)
Date: Mon May 15 2000 - 01:03:58 EEST
>> Snd already supports this. People use to windows/MacOS apps might find
>> the way its done a little strange,
>
>Or they might not find it at all!
>What do you do, type scheme into the Listener? I can't find any
>mention of nondestructive editing, or edit decision lists, in the
>Snd docs...
1) non-destructive editing: all editing in snd is non-destructive.
However, saving the result in a non-destructive way is not so
obvious (as you, and I, have discovered). Its the 'save state'
option.
2) edit decision lists: this essentially what gets saved when
you save a non-destructive edit. it may need tweaking to
have exactly the same semantics as the EDL's you're familiar with.
>In fact I feel like there's a lot more to snd than I can figure out,
>in general. I wish there was a comprehensive tutorial. I'd write one
>if I understood it better. :)
Yes, its a deep, deep program. My goal right now (other than the
multichannel and SND_AS_WIDGET stuff) is to create a long, shallow
beach in which many people can play with realizing they are standing
on the edge of the Marinas Trench :)
>So if you save an EDL from Snd, you save a text file containing
>scheme code?
yep.
>can control volume, pan, filtering, and plugins, you have the basis
>for a complete virtual studio. I know you're focusing on the
>recording end and using your Mackie for mixing & effects, but many
>of us don't have much gear. :)
somebody else (again, i'll them them speak up they want to) has talked
about writing a mixer app that could also be incorporated into
ardour.
also, despite my mackie, i *do* want to have ladspa support, so we
will definitely have some plugin support.
>OK, how about the ability to use snd-in-ardour to create a new
>"track" on "tape"? That would at least allow you to work around lack
>of support for "external" files in ardour, at the expense of using
>more disk space than accessing the "external" files...
Nope. Tapes get created via an interface in ardour. Their size (# of
files/tracks) remains constant. At least for now. Its not that its
hairy to add this kind of stuff, but it threatens the assumptions that
everything has been written with so far, and thats dangerous to do.
But don't worry, you'll be able to do what I think you want to do
pretty easily when the dust settles.
--p
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