[LAU] Bitwig: what we can learn from it

[Lorenzo Sutton]

On 02/04/2014 14:01, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 11:23 AM, Lorenzo Sutton wrote:
>
>>>> [*] Assuming JACK is running, which is a precondition for the two
>>>> software
>>>> to be running.
>>>> [**] Assuming the default midi out for individual tracks hasn't
>>>> explicitly
>>>> been changed to something else, e.g. a softsynth. But by default
>>>> Rosegarden
>>>> will use 'General Midi out' for new tracks or for imported midi files
>>>> [***] Qsynth can actually be configured to autoconnect to jack Output. In
>>>> this case this passage isn't necessary
>>>
>>> Yes, this is what I more or less expected to read :)
>>
>> So? Is it really _that_ complicated? How exactly would you like it to be?
>
> In Ardour 3: in the Add Track dialog select an instrument from a
> dropdown list. That is all.
>
> It works just fine for Pianoteq, TAL NoiseMaker, Calf's synths, Loomer
> Aspect etc.

Then I misunderstood. I though you meant e.g. importing a midi file and 
having it play (all tracks) as quickly as possible.

If we're talking about per-track syths, you can very easily do that in 
Rosegarden as well with a dropdown ;-)

Lorenzo

>
> Also, the audio outputs of tracks are automatically routed to the
> master bus, so you don't do any jack plumbing to make a bounce unless
> you specifically want to process some of the data via an extra audio
> bus.
>
> Alexandre
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