[linux-audio-user] DAW Dillema -- Seeking Advice

[LinuxMedia]

> ...does no one else see ecasound as an alternative for 
> getting work done?

For me it's the only alternative. It has everything you need. I once 
recorded using the metronome "preset". I imported the resulting WAV into 
muse and it ran *perfectly* in sync with the midi clock.

I'm not about to go into all the features. But here is a quick list...

- Multi-Track recording
- Built in real-time effects
- Supports LADSPA-effect plugins
- Channel Mixing / Routing
- Jack transport functionality (to sync up
   with other apps that have jack transport
   functionality)
- A "Preset System" were you input your (user defined)
   effects (or combination of effects) in a file and
   access them with  -->  -pn:NameOfPreset

There's "interactive mode" accesed by simply adding "-c" in the ecasound 
command line. Once running, control your tracks with simple commands like...

't' .............. Play
's' .............. Stop
'rw (n)' ......... Rewind (n) seconds
'fw (n)' ......... Fast Forward (n) seconds
'setpos (n)' ..... Puts you (n) seconds into the song

Create .ecs files (they're simply ecasound commands put in a file and 
ran by running the command --> ecasound -s:NameOfFile.ecs) and build 
multi-track set-ups in one easy (plain text) file. You can even control 
the .ecs file using interactive mode commands.

Rocco