Re: [linux-audio-user] Count-in in Ardour

On Tuesday 14 June 2005 10:58, Peder Hedlund wrote:
> A nice feature in most (all?) sequencers that I really miss in Ardour is
> the count-in. Sure I can start my recordings at bar #2 and have the first
> one as count-in but then I have to remember to make an empty pattern in
> Hydrogen and/or drag tracks backwards/forwards in time or remember that
> "no bar #7 isn't the start of the secod verse, it's bar #8".
> Perhaps a bar #0 that does record (in case I'm a bit early on "one") but
> doesn't send any jack transport info and can be hidden once I've recorded
> everything that needs to start on the first beat.
> Or should I be doing things differently?

I don't think a hidable 0th bar is the right solution. It would be better to
have the number of the starting bar configurable so one can start at bar -2
and sees the bar in the window. Still someone would have to tell hydrogen to
start playing on bar 1...

Arnold

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