[linux-audio-user] Help neede with ardour

[Frank Barknecht]

Hallo,
mawali at news.icns.com hat gesagt: // mawali at news.icns.com wrote:

> Sorry for not posting to ardour list, but I know all of them are
> here too.  I am trying to make my son use ardour for his recording
> and mixing. I have no prior experience in anything like this, I have
> always used ecasound for all my previous needs, but it may be too
> much for a kid.

You didn't say how old or how computer literate you kid is? I'm asking
because Ardour is a really very complex piece of software in its
*usage* patterns. I'm currently writing an article on Ardour (not in
english, though) targeted at computer users who normally don't use
pro-audio software and I find myself constantly explaining things that
just are different in Ardour compared to 'normal' applications. 

For example, 'normal' users would expect a completly other way to
opening soundfiles than how it is done in Ardour. They expect
something like "File->Open" and instead they have to create a session,
add a certain kind of Track - and avoid a Bus whatever that is - they
have to fill a soundfile db, have to convert the content of the
soundfile db to finally being able to add it to the track. And then
they cannot even just save the file, they have to *export* it. 

I understand why it is done this way in Ardour and I also understand
that Ardour isn't a *soundfile* editor, but this is just one of those
things you will have to cope with when explaining Ardour to someone
else and probably to your son. 

To make things short: maybe Audacity is a better choice here?

ciao
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 Frank Barknecht                               _ ______footils.org__