----- Lee A. Azzarello <lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > ----- Paul Davis <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, 2006-03-10 at 11:40 +1100, Loki Davison wrote: > > > actually feels like real equipment. Though really, YOU NEED A > > MIXER. > > > No, you can't use one in a program. No. You can't. End of story. > No > > > mixer, in any software allows you to cue properly (listen to > track > > not > > > currently going to master in headphones) or have nice smooth > > > eq/levels. > > > > with all due respect, although you might not consider it the right > > tool > > for the task, ardour will allow precisely that, and via h/w control > > if > > you want it. you just need an audio interface with at least 4 outs. > > Since we're talking about it, has anyone used the MIDI mapping > functionality of QAmix[1]? I use QArecord all the time to record a > quick 16 bit stereo wav file through jack. QAmix supposedley can MIDI > map any CC to any ALSA mixer control. I should probably mention I have one of these: http://freeweb.siol.net/mamamia/PC%201600.JPG I'm thinking there is room for hardware mixer control outside of the current trend of proprietary hardware for each software application. -lee