[LAD] automation on Linux (modular approach)

[fons at kokkinizita.net]

On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 03:16:14PM -0400, Tim E. Real wrote:

> Automation, especially audio automation, is extremely important.
> Some examples:
> When recording real musicians playing real instruments, you don't just
>  record one take, you record several takes, then pick the best one and 
>  use the others to patch up the odd mistakes within the best take.
> Without automation, it is impossible to do this.

Others have already pointed out that you can do all
of this in Ardour without automation. There is more:
it's non-destructive, and *much faster* than any 
form of automation could ever be. 

And don't forget that 90% of all music that is still
popular today has been produced without any form of
automation, and even without the editing facilities
that e.g. Ardour provides - just using 16 or 24-track
tapes (and in many cases even less). If you can't do
a decent fade-out manually you just have to learn and
do it. Agreed, it's easier with a real P&G fader than
with one you have to move by mouse. 

Ciao,

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