Hello: I'm coming from win to linux, and I'm very interested about your comments. Now, Cd Architect, isn't a plugin; now it have issues like insert plugin in master fader, normalization of regions with a switch, effects for each region, two (stereo) channels for mix,... for me is the best what I saw for making audio cds. The problem of to do JAM after master of mix is the normalization: what happens with compression? the best form is with a normalized mix not? Using L1-ultramaximizer from Waves I have that problem with Vegas, and changing one instrument in the mix can change the maximum value. I consider a nascent one in masterization (english too), but I have something of experience. Regrettably, I'm not a programmer. I have not proven Ardour, but I guess that Sonic Foundry products do audio regions which contains peak value (relative to maximum), thus normalization switch sums to that region this volume value before mixing. Felipe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Knecht" <mknecht@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Patrick Shirkey" <pshirkey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 10:43 AM Subject: RE: [linux-audio-user] Re: Mastering app > > Is there anyone else who wants to work on this? > > Steve, > I'm still very willing to do comparisons between what Pressgang (now > JAM?) and other tools like those from Waves sound like. > > Is anyone working on the other half of this Mastering equation? The other > tool I cannot find in Linux is something like "CD Architect" from Sonic > Foundry. This tools lets you take multiple finished tracks and arrange how > you want them on the CD. It allows you to do fades between tracks, time the > spacing between tracks, add track names that show up on your CD player LCD, > etc. > > If there's a good GUI programmer out there that wants to get technical > with how CDs get made, this would be a wonderful area to make a > contribution. > > Cheers, > Mark > >