On Wed, 2014-09-03 at 21:06 +0000, Fons Adriaensen wrote: > On Wed, Sep 03, 2014 at 10:43:35PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > On Wed, 2014-09-03 at 20:38 +0000, Fons Adriaensen wrote: > > > > > Which, if true, would only mean that Qtractor does its latency > > > compensation the wrong way. Note the 'if true'. > > > > For the versions of Qtractor I used it is true. An issue for me, because > > I like to be able to use different latencies, at different work stages. > > I'm aware that Ardour's latency compensation is smarter. But IMO it's > > important, that Linux users who prefer session managers, at least get > > informed about such issues, what ever applications they use. > > There's nothing smart about it, it's not rocket science. > > If Li and Lo are the current input and output latencies, then > > * When recording a track, adjust the logical postion (the start offset > relative to whatever the session uses as reference) of the data by Li. > * When playing a track, adjust its logical position by Lo. > > This will do the right thing, even when period sizes etc. change. > > And a session manager should not try to compensate for design errors > in applications. Once you start to do that, there is no end to the > amount of misery you will cause. > > Ciao, Rui likely should know more about Qtractor's current abilities, than I do. OT: Jimi Hendrix's post death release of The Cry of Love IMO used much un-synced tape affects and I bet a lot of amateur audio engineers nowadays use the pan pot to emulate funny phasing panning effects. I suspect nowadays sync anyway is out of stile. At least lip-sync died out. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
