[linux-audio-user] Multiplatform Audacity-alike with compressed session files (like Garageband)
13 Feb
2007
13 Feb
'07
2:38 p.m.
Hey all,
I'm working with some guys, and we're looking for a way to
collaboratively record remotely. The application I'm looking for is:
1. Multitracking
2. Cross-platform, at least Win/Mac (I use Win and Linux, some use
Mac, some use Windows.)
3. Compressed audio files so we can send it easily.
Does anyone have any ideas?
Audacity is close, and I would prefer not to have to use JACK on the
Windows/Mac clients. But something that's a pain to set up is better
than something that's a pain to work with. :-)
Thanks,
Nathan
13 Feb
13 Feb
6:13 p.m.
Audacity doesn't require Jack at all. If that is the only reason you
are staying away from it, then it is a non-issue.
Seablade
9:52 p.m.
Sorry, I meant that Audacity is close, for the very fact that it's
very easy to install on all platforms. What is missing is the
compressed audio files, I think. Or does someone know how to do that
in Audacity?
-Nathan
On 2/13/07, Thomas Vecchione <seablaede(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Audacity doesn't require Jack at all. If that is
the only reason you
are staying away from it, then it is a non-issue.
Seablade
10:36 p.m.
On Tue Feb 13, 2007 at 02:37:00PM -0500, Nathan Curry wrote:
Hey all,
I'm working with some guys, and we're looking for a way to
collaboratively record remotely. The application I'm looking for is:
1. Multitracking
2. Cross-platform, at least Win/Mac (I use Win and Linux, some use
Mac, some use Windows.)
3. Compressed audio files so we can send it easily.
Does anyone have any ideas?
im going to go out on a limb and say nothing. please correct me if something has popped up
recently that changes the situation.
ardour, with a libsndfile version that supports flac+ogg might work, providing it can
write back to compressed formats as transparently as it can read from them.
...but ardour doesn't work on MSFT
samplitude allows the setting of the default format to any ACM codec. this means you can
record straight to flac, in theory
...last i tried this, the fLAC ACM codec was causing samplitude to freeze, and it was
being blamed on FLAC not being a properly written ACm codec
...plus samplitude only runs on windows
...plus flac doesnt support 32bit float format, so you'll get some truncation, if you
care
ableton is out
...as it decodes flacs to tempfiles on disk, and afaik can't record straight to them
cubase
...doubt it. unless it changed in 4
not sure exactly why you asked the list if you want it to run on mac and win and dont
really care if it runs on linux...
iow, maybe you want to just share your drives over NFS/samba and use transport or fs-layer
compression. or zip up the projects...~
Audacity is close, and I would prefer not to have to
use JACK on the
Windows/Mac clients. But something that's a pain to set up is better
than something that's a pain to work with. :-)
Thanks,
Nathan
11:44 p.m.
carmen wrote:
ardour, with a libsndfile version that supports
flac+ogg might
Current libsndfile (1.0.17) does support flac and the next version
1.0.18 will even ship with a version of the flac sources known to
work with libsndfile (wasn't a problem with Linux but was a problem
with other less sane platforms).
libsndfile currently doesn't support any format in an Ogg container
(not even OggFlac). Someone did start work on supporting Ogg
Vorbis and Speex, but it was never completed. There are some issues
with Ogg being a streaming format which makes it difficult to shoe
horm into libsndfile.
work, providing it can write back to compressed
formats as
transparently as it can read from them.
...but ardour doesn't work on MSFT
Someone is working on getting Ardour running on 'doze. Tim, you here?
Erik
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14 Feb
14 Feb
8:46 a.m.
Thanks for the input, everybody. I may end up using a manual
compression method pre-send. I also may just mix the crap down before
we share, since we're just sketching for the most part. I was looking
for ideal, and I realize I may not get it.
not sure exactly why you asked the list if you want it
to run on
mac and win and dont really care if it runs on linux...
I thought that might come up. I'd prefer it to run on Linux, and I'm
primarily a Linux user. Plus, Linux people think a lot more about
interoperability in my experience: Mac people just blame Windows for
any faults, and Windows people say, why interoperate?
But then, yesterday I found it seems the Mac guy may be out, so
indeed, why interoperate? :-)
-Nathan
PS: Other than, grrrr, I get frustrated using Windows. Nothing works! I swear!
15 Feb
15 Feb
7 p.m.
I'm working with some guys, and we're looking
for a way to
collaboratively record remotely. The application I'm looking for is:
1. Multitracking
2. Cross-platform, at least Win/Mac (I use Win and Linux, some use
Mac, some use Windows.)
3. Compressed audio files so we can send it easily.
Does anyone have any ideas?
Audacity is close, and I would prefer not to have to use JACK on the
Windows/Mac clients. But something that's a pain to set up is better
than something that's a pain to work with. :-)
Thanks,
Nathan
I think ecasound fulfills those requirements. I (think) it builds on
Windows and I know I've seen posts about it building on Mac, but not
sure how easily.
Rocco
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