[LAD] automation on Linux (modular approach)

[Ralf Mardorf]

Paul Davis wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 3:16 PM, Tim E. Real <termtech at rogers.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> I disagree.
>> 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.
>> It is easy to say "just cut and paste the corrected takes into the best take",
>>  but this is not good because you cannot just place the tail end of one
>>  wave up against the beginning of another wave - you will get a 'pop'.
>> (Advanced apps might do the joining for you, with averaging or filtering).
>> With audio automation, you do a quick, but not sudden, fade out of the
>>  best take at the correction point, and simultaneously do a quick,
>>  but not sudden, fade in of the corrected take. Then you do the reverse
>>  when the end of the corrected take arrives.
>> This makes the transitions sound smoother.
>>     
>
> You can do all of this in Ardour *without* automation.
>
> --p

This is my opinion. It's already possible to do what's needed, not only 
for Ardour.