[linux-audio-user] Re: Mastering app

[Patrick Shirkey]

Jesse Chappell wrote:
> Mark Knecht wrote on Tue, 08-Apr-2003:
> 
>  >    That said, I will spend some time perusing there again, or if you want to
>  > point me to one that you think does cover these things, like fades between
>  > two separate wave files, intergap & inter-track spacing, track points
>  > defined within one wave file (used for defining the start of a track inside
>  > of a single long performance, like a live take), track names, I'd certainly
>  > be interested.
>  
> There are several that can do everything you mentioned with regard
> to spacing and track points (gcdmaster w/cdrdao is one), but I
> haven't run across one that will do actual audio processing like
> complex fades or cross-fades as well.   
> 
> There are also a few features of such a proposed tool that would
> be nice for CD mastering:
>  * quick-jump auditioning between several points to get a feel for perceived 
>    relative levels on different tracks (ideally, with very low latency switching)
> 

erhm... alsaplayer?

>  * integration with Steve's mastering toolkit (JAM) to make this *the*
>    tool.  I think that JAM should be implemented plugin-based,
>    so that a GUI/diskIO tool such as this could encapsulate all
>    the mastering needs, *but* other tools can still make use of
>    it.
> 

You want it to be a sound editor too?


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