Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] prof multitrack studio
From: Paul Davis (pbd_AT_Op.Net)
Date: Thu Jul 19 2001 - 17:52:08 EEST
>For me this kind of softwares is a real gift for anyone working with
>audio. A track contains "clips", each of them has vector envelopes
>for volume/pan/whatever parameter automatable. The volume enveloppe
>is generally the one you use the most but you can choose what appears
>in superposition of the wave data. With just one mouse click you
>manage a fade-in or lower the volume of a given clip. It is very
>visual since you constantly see the setting through the enveloppes
>for each clip. This and the fact that you have plenty of tracks, hey
>it is a multitrack editor, give y ou what could be a Gimp for
>audio. A montage tool with effects. (do you see my subliminal
>exhortation toward Glame people ;)
Ardour's new arranger will support all these things, and lots, lots
more besides. The underlying infrastructure is already there for this,
but the GUI side of it is under development right now.
>One of the features I like the most on Samplitude and Wavelab is the
>fact tha t each clip composing a track has a menu allowing to insert
>plugins just for the clip. The plugins are then turned on/off along
>the playing, it saves some cpu power.
I hope to add such a thing to Ardour at some point. Its not very
difficult at all.
--p
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