On Sun, 2010-07-11 at 01:44 -0700, Niels Mayer wrote: > 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. I'm not comparing a bug to a non-bug. When I tested qtractor a while back I could _not_ do that (as far as I can remember). BTW, if qtractor (insert smilie here) is sooo alpha - and I don't think it is - then I would not recommend it for novices for that very same reason :-) Which one to use depends on you long term goals and your needs. -- Fernando _______________________________________________ music mailing list music@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/music
