[LAU] FOSS DAW recommendations

[Len Ovens]

On Fri, 17 Nov 2017, David Kastrup wrote:

> I don't have a problem with the workflow.  Merely with that it's
> completely undiscoverable since it says "make mono regions" instead of
> "create mono reagions" (which would clarify that _new_ regions are
> created), because of not having any mouse-over hint over the menu,

Make/create? Sorry, I'm laughing here. For many people make = create. 
English is stupid, but it is what everyone uses... some of us in N America 
are too stupid, arrogant or whatever to have learned a second language. 
(and most people who use English as a second Language have better spelling 
and gramer than native speakers)

> because of not highlighting or raising the region list in any manner,
> because of not giving any notification or clue of what it actually does.

I can see that much.

> Of _course_ everybody and his dog will chime in and say "boy, are you
> stupid, it's like with any other DAW you should already have used, and
> you can just do this and that".

Nope, not going there, I wouldn't have known that either. I probably would 
have changed the pin connections on those two channels, unplugged the bad 
side and used it as if it was mono... or something like that. Perhaps 
routed the two good channels into a bus to deal with things as a stereo 
channel. Making four mono regions and using two sounds better.

> I was not complaining that Ardour is useless for expert workflows.  I
> was complaining that it makes it much harder than necessary to discover
> said workflows.

General rule, feature change takes some time, gui change to make that 
feature visible takes 10 times as long or more.


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Len Ovens
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