[LAU] Audacity: not good for making loops

[Emiliano Grilli]

Dave Phillips <dlphillips at woh.rr.com> writes:

> Emiliano Grilli wrote:
>> I don't like audacity very much either. Its popularity comes maybe
>> from the fact of being cross platform, and relatively simple to use
>> (simpler than snd at least ;) Its multitrack facilities make it an
>> ideal tool for podcasters, too.
>>   
>
> Audacity is very popular here at Studio Dave. I recommend it to all my 
> students, it has some exceptional features for practicing musicians.

Sure, when I have to suggest an audio editor to people I have
converted to GNU/linux "audacity" is almost always the advice I give.

Many of them don't have/doesn't care for JACK or low latency so ardour
would be impossible. Other editors have less features or are too
difficult to configure via phone :) For example the monitoring
section I use to tell if the signal is there... etc..

> However, I use ReZound to do most of my touch-up edits to my own work.

How do you manage to use it with JACK in a stable way?  I'm sure that
at Studio Dave, as here at cricketstudios JACK is "always on" :)

> re: Wavosaur - Indeed, some Windows users are more likely to use it than 
> Audacity, primarily because of its support for VST and ASIO. I use it 
> with Reaper under WINE, performance is very good there.

I don't know of wavosaur... I was using goldwave long long time ago on
windows.. I tend to avoid wine if I can, now.

> Best,
>
> dp

Cheers :)

BTW, compliments for the lightning/zebra jacket ;)

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Emiliano Grilli
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