[LAD] automation on Linux (modular approach)

[Ralf Mardorf]

fons at kokkinizita.net wrote:
> 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,
>   

Full ACK and IMO it's not up to the audio engineer to fade, but it's the 
task of the musician to play the instrument dynamically. In most cases 
an audio engineer makes a mix that is kept for a whole song, loud and 
silent passages are done by the artist, not by the technician.