Yeah, you can have as many as you can stand open on screen at a time. Jan On Sun, 2004-02-22 at 13:27, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Sun, 2004-02-22 at 11:02, Jan Depner wrote: > > On Sun, 2004-02-22 at 12:43, Mark Knecht wrote: > > > On Sun, 2004-02-22 at 09:23, Steve Harris wrote: > > > > > > The only real advantage of a Channel Strip is that everything you need > > > is there in a single screen. You don't have to call up 3-4 different > > > plugins to look at the things you want to work on. It also allows side > > > chain control in ways that aren't very easy using separate plugins. > > > > > > > That's a good point. It *is* a PITA to drag all those plugin parameter > > windows around. > > > > It's not even that good in Pro Tools. I'm only allowed to have one > plugin window open at a time, so I cannot see what's going on in the > compressor plugin when I'm trying to do real-time automation recording > in the EQ. > > I don't know what you guys are doing with plugin display in Ardour so > maybe you can see multiple plugins at the same time? I cannot, so a > Channel Strip under Pro Tools means I can watch the automation of one > control while writing the automation of another control. I can make my > moves on EQ automation while watching compressor threshold playback > automation. > > - Mark >