[LAU] [ANN] Qtractor 0.5.1 - The Bravo Yankee return!

[Alexandre Prokoudine]

On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 5:16 PM, Paul Coccoli wrote:

>> To detach a clip from its siblings by giving it a new name makes perfect
>> sense to me still.... it would be nice to have some automatism that simply
>> iterates the filename. Some people feel a disturbance in the force, if they
>> have to switch from editing notes in a pianoroll to typing filenames ;-)
>
> Yes yes yes.  This is the worst "feature" of QTractor.  I don't give a
> $%^& what the filename of an individual clip is, and I don't want to
> be interrupted to think about where on disk the file should be stored.
>  Stash it in a per-session directory, or a "clip library" or whatever.
>  Don't make me think about that mess I call my home directory.
>
> DISCLAIMER: I haven't used qtractor in a while; I assume it still
> works this way.  If not, someone tell me to shut up.

Unfortunately it still does it. Turns me off every time I try doing
anything there. Given the need to write SMF files along with audio to
separate files, the Ardour approach would be preferable. Just my 2c.

Alexandre Prokoudine
http://libregraphicsworld.org