Re: [LAU] FOSS DAW recommendations

On Thu, 16 Nov 2017, David W. Jones wrote: If you don't want to hire an engineer, I am guessing you need to do their job. Just as with physical mixers and tape machines, someone needs to decide which physical input goes to which channel, what level and Eq that signal has, etc. etc. I guess there are some artists like the famous opra singer who announced that she did not _need_ a microphone as her voice was loud enough already, thank you. So she was recorded with the live mic sitting off to the side... by a hired engineer. I can not think of any Daw or Daw like sw that does not expect at least some "plugging in" or routing to be done. and yes, Ardour can be run quite well with a physical UI. Be it a keyboard with black and white keys, a control surface with faders (physical or touch), a keyboard with letters and numbers on it... or even a strange small box with two buttons and a wire (or not) that you slide around on your desk. It seems some people are willing to spend extra money so they can have one of each. Everything has a learning curve, a piano keyboard is not really intuitive, nor the keys of a sax... the trombone might be more such, but a not a trumpet for sure. The more versatile the instrument, the steeper the learning curve. Even with a simple Daw, you have to plug the mic in somewhere. So I fail to see your point, it seems to be "thats not good" but not "compare this to that" or "this way would be easier". The average amplifier made for someone's living room still has an input selector for routing (after the user has physically plugged in all the cords), an eq section (treble and bass... or more), a balance control and a level control... pretty much like each channel in a mixer. -- Len Ovens www.ovenwerks.net