Eric Dantan Rzewnicki wrote:
> (disclaimer: take this all with a grain of salt. I've been a bit giddy
> all week. 8) -edrz)
>
> On Wed, Sep 29, 2004 at 06:02:34PM -0400, Peter Lutek wrote:
>
>>thanks for your thoughts, greg!
>>i am in a very similar position to you, and agree with most of what you
>>have to say. irrespective of ardour's current status, it IS a shame that
>>there is not at least one other viable professional
>>multitracking/editing package nearing completion.
>
>
> Am I just a complete nut? (which I'm ready to admit is entirely
> possible ;) ) or does no one else see ecasound as an alternative for
> getting work done? it is stable and fairly complete, reasonably well
> documented ... it's just different ... Why is it that having a "viable
> professional <foo> package" means having a GUI that looks like something
> from the commercial world? Just because it's the dominant paradigm for
> 96, or whatever, % of computer users doesn't have to mean it has to be a
> requirement for "professional" use. I much prefer mutt to any lookout
> clone, for example.
>
> Paul himself has repeatedly said that the ardour gui is easily twice as
> much of the codebase as the engine. ecasound has been available to do
> much of what ardour makes possible for far longer with greater stability
> in large part specifically because Kai has not burdened himself with
> providing a gui.
Erik,
I can only speak for myself, but when I work with audio, I'd say
about 50% of my work is decising what piece of audio goes where. What
take of a certain bridge as played by which bass player is going to
during the second bridge in a song, etc. three's a lot that starts
happening when you mix togther 50-100 different pieces of audio in a
song. Being able to see it in the GUI is important. Being able to
visualize the mixing, the crossfades, etc. is important and helps me
work faster. This stuff I use all the time and I just cannot imagine how
I'd do all of this in a text based application.
I'm not saying it cannot be done. I just don't know how I'd do it.
<SNIP>
>
> yes! yes!! yes!!! woohoo! I am not alone. thank goodness! :)
>
> /me began to doubt his own sanity.
>
Don't. You may be the only sane one. After all. You're happy!
- Mark
