![]() ![]() Then came along computers and revolutionised the world of audio production. As you will remember, back in the olden days we used tape machines to record with and a razor blade for editing. The distinction that I'm making is mostly a historical one. I find your distinction between Audacity and Ardour perplexing since many of the pro sound editors I know use Pro Tools as a non-destructive sound editor.there seems to be more sound editors moving from old school destructive 'editors' like Peak, Soundforge to non-destructive editors such as PT for stereo/mono sound file editingĪnd as a sound designer - having the ability to edit and apply effects in real time (in one environment) is crucial when deadlines are looming and you don't have the time to guess whether a single setting on a plug will work when applied to an entire trackĪnd yes I do use Ardour, Jack and Jamin for some of my work - and they are amazingĪlso, on what do you base your statement that many Audacity users still work on MHz machines? is there a poll or something on the forum?Īnechoic wrote:I find your distinction between Audacity and Ardour perplexing I've worked as a sound editor in film and music at Skywalker, Saul Zaentz and Thomas Dolby's Headspace/Beatnik and recorded/composed over 40 albums of electronic music over a 30 year career so I'm making these statements based on observation and not conjecture or speculation ![]() CPU Horsepower: most laptops these days are more than powerful enough to run a sound editing application with plugs - in fact I could run 3 plus on my creaky old Powerbook 1.67GHz G4 without too many dropouts and glitches.my Dell Studio 15 has a Core2 Duo 2GHz CPU and I'm sure it could handle this task without a problemīut in any event - keep up the good work! I've come to really like Audacity and evangelize it Mastering: I was working in Peak on OS X until I went Linux for all my studio and performance work (I do keep a Powerbook with Max/MSP loaded on it).I've used Peak for years and got used to the ability to apply VST's to my material in real-time.I also tried using Amadeus Pro for mastering work but the fact that it also doesn't do real-time audition of effects was a show-stopper for me and I only used it for making sonographs - I would LOVE to be able to use Audacity for an editing/mastering environment on Linux as there is no real tool for this on Linux Audacity can be used as a multi-track environment - example: I use Audacity for doing sketch-pad experiments and quick editing (track splitting in Audacity is my best friend! ) of field recordings on a SDHC card, then layering these sounds together to see how they fit tonally - so it would be great to be able to apply realtime EQ or compression to hear how it sounds.since I am not dealing with 'musical events', being able to listen to minutes+ of something with EQ really makes a difference in how I later approach dealing with that soundfile I would love to see a real-time 3 band parametric Eq added.Īgreed and thanks for the response - two thoughts: ![]() Audacity does have a tiny bit of real-time ability, but it is limited to track "volume" and "pan". In particular I would love to see real-time Eq (tone control). I do however agree that it would be great to have the option of running at least some effects in real time. It is possible to run Audacity and apply dozens of effects to tracks on computers with very modest specifications. Real-time processing requires more processing power from the computer. ![]() There are some advantages to editing rather than real-time manipulation - one of the main advantages is performance. When you "cut" part of a track in a DAW, the track is not really cut - the "cut" samples are simply skipped. This is not so with Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs) such as Ardour. In Audacity, if you cut part of a track, then Audacity does exactly that, it removes the cut section from the track. Audacity is essentially an audio editor and Ardour is not. There may be some underlying technical reasons, but more than that there is a basic difference in concept. This is one of the most requested features. ![]()
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