From: Tim Mayberry (timmay_at_pacific.net.au)
Date: 09/02/03 05:25 EDT
Subject: Re: [Ardour-users] some questions Message-ID: <20030902092525.GA5148@DELLINSP4150> From: Tim Mayberry <timmay@pacific.net.au> Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2003 19:25:25 +1000 On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 05:08:14PM +0100, Nathaniel Virgo wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > I've recently started trying to use ardour again, and I have a few questions: > > 1. Is it worth upgrading to cvs from version 0.9-beta1, or would I risk > getting a less stable version? Ardour is heading towards a stable release, so I imagine each release should have less bugs/be more stable. I was using ardour from cvs over the weekend and it seemed fine. > 2. How do stereo tracks work, exactly? Is it possible to import a stereo > soundfile into a stereo track? When I try this I just get the left channel > of the audio file on both of the track's outputs so I end up using two mono > tracks, which is pretty awkward for the loop-based stuff I'm attempting. This seems to work for me. Did you select "create multi-channel region" in the import dialogue/audio library? and then insert that region in a stereo track? > 3. Is it possible to do a "save as" type operation on sessions? It seems > like quite a stunning ommission if not. There are templates. I'm not sure how to use them sorry. > > 4. How do you remove a single plugin from a track/bus? (I think I've tried > everything - I suspect it's some obfuscated alt-click that gets intercepted > by my window manager. If that's the case can I change it?) Yes you can change the key bindings in the options window under kbd/mouse. To delete a plugin from a mixer strip it should be "delete using" x "+ button" y with x and y being whatever is displayed. shift and button 3 in my case. Pressing key x and clicking with button y on the name of a plugin should remove the plugin. If it doesn't try and change x and y. > 5. Is it possible to remove gain-automation data points? Yes using the same x and y combination as above, although I've found automation editing pretty buggy at the moment. > 6. Is LADSPA parameter automation working yet? If so, can someone give me > step-by-step instructions for using it? Yes it does work although the visualization of it doesn't seem to work properly for me. The points are in the wrong place and the points disappear when you zoom. Add a plugin to a mixer strip/channel and open the edit dialogue for it. Press play/roll or hit spacebar. Click on "arec" next the the control you want to automate. Move control around or whatever. Deselect arec so it isn't red when you want to stop recording the automation. Select "aplay" next to the control you were just recording and also select the "automation" button at the top of the plugin window(next to the bybass button). Stop the transport and return playhead back to the position you started recording the automation at and roll the transport/play. > 7. How do you change the initial tempo, as opposed to adding a new one at > some point after the song starts? I have managed to do this a couple of > times but I'm not sure how. Use the edit key/button combination on the tempo marker at the start of the timeline. For me this is control and button 3. > 8. Is it possible to re-order the tracks/busses in the editor window? (ie. > move a track to the top etc.) Yes it is, I think this might be in the faq. Click and drag the names of the tracks in the track name display to the left of the main edit canvas. > I also have a very minor feature request: It would be really nice if the > Region->Duplicate feature was aware of the "Snap To" option - so if you had a > loop that was a bit longer than a bar because of a reverb tail or something > you could just turn snap to bars, duplicate it a large number of times and > instantly have a loop running through the whole song that was in time. > I think the brush copy mode would be good for what you describe unfortunately it doesn't seem to work at the moment. I haven't been using ardour lately so I'm not sure when it stopped working or if it just something I'm not doing right. I'll have to look into it when I have time. ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Ardour-users mailing list Ardour-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ardour-users
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