Hallo, mawali@xxxxxxxxxxxxx hat gesagt: // mawali@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Sorry for not posting to ardour list, but I know all of them are > here too. I am trying to make my son use ardour for his recording > and mixing. I have no prior experience in anything like this, I have > always used ecasound for all my previous needs, but it may be too > much for a kid. You didn't say how old or how computer literate you kid is? I'm asking because Ardour is a really very complex piece of software in its *usage* patterns. I'm currently writing an article on Ardour (not in english, though) targeted at computer users who normally don't use pro-audio software and I find myself constantly explaining things that just are different in Ardour compared to 'normal' applications. For example, 'normal' users would expect a completly other way to opening soundfiles than how it is done in Ardour. They expect something like "File->Open" and instead they have to create a session, add a certain kind of Track - and avoid a Bus whatever that is - they have to fill a soundfile db, have to convert the content of the soundfile db to finally being able to add it to the track. And then they cannot even just save the file, they have to *export* it. I understand why it is done this way in Ardour and I also understand that Ardour isn't a *soundfile* editor, but this is just one of those things you will have to cope with when explaining Ardour to someone else and probably to your son. To make things short: maybe Audacity is a better choice here? ciao -- Frank Barknecht _ ______footils.org__
