On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 11:58 PM, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano <nando@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I would like to point out that Qtractor is oriented to stereo output. The 'View->Buses..." menu allows configuration of multiple channels of audio beyond two. I just configured a 12 channel track, for example. There is a bug related to this issue, and it may indicate that it has been tested more with stereo output and non-multichannel cards. The gui itself permits configuration of up to 99 channels. > A while back I tried to use for something simple, and that stopped me - I > don't think I could get it to change the number of channels in the > master output. You can get it to change the number of channels, but it may crash jackd in the process. Requiring a qtractor restart after you save the file/template with the multichannel audio bus. This is a known bug: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=733076&aid=3021645&group_id=135501 that is still present in subversion. After jackd crashed, I was able to save the qtractor template with a 12-channel audio template and it correctly setup that 12 channel template next time I restarted qjackctl and restarted qtractor. Qjackctl indicated 12 audio inputs (Master/in_*) and outputs (Master/out_*) available in qtractor, in addition to the 2 channels of monitor (Player/out_*). The mixer shows 12-channel metering, etc. Clearly there is support for multichannel audio. The bug only seems to be invoked on bus creation with multichannel sound cards. And not stereo cards. > Ardour is more complex but you get a return from the investment of > learning it (as usual). I don't think it's fair to compare a bug in an "alpha" (<0.5) opensource software package with a many-years-old project nearing 3.0... But yes, ardour is very comprehensive -- and totally confusing and overwhelming to the novice. > Qtractor used to be in Planet CCRMA, I stopped offering it when it > appeared in rpmfusion. Makes sense. No point in duplicating effort. -- Niels http://nielsmayer.com _______________________________________________ music mailing list music@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/music
