[linux-audio-user] Re: Tracktion - Linux-audio-user

18 Dec 2004

On Friday 17 December 2004 23:19, linux-audio-user-request(a)music.columbia.edu 
wrote:
...
   This is being offered gratis till the end of december
by Mackie. This
 one 
 might just be coaxed into running under Wine which would be quite an
 achievement.

 Kudos: 1. The program, though free, needs be
registered to a "machine 
 number". Did this under Windows, did not get that far using Wine. Might
 need a second copy just for the Linux runs. 
 was able to do all this with only the latest version of wine - no
 windows partition involved. If the dialogs work, registration should work. My
concern is being able to use 
one copy alternatively in Windows AND in Linux once that works. I will 
request a second key once I have the dialogs up.

...

  2. The
program searches for all its own VST dlls and any on the VST 
 directory. Might have problems doing this in Wine. Some VST demos bring
 up an error box saying please register, limited trial, etc. Such things
 may be disruptive in Wine. (Other VST hosts let you manually find them
 when you want them, avoiding this problem in most cases)

 Anyway, the thing appeared to hang up but I was
able to get out. No
 crash, no 
 bebug offer. Clean. 
 it scanned all the vst plugins in my vst directory (which is in my fake
 windows drive) except for one steinberg grm tools one, which crashed it,
 but on next boot, it said it had disabled it due to a problem :)   all
 the vst's that it successfully scanned are available from within an open
 project - and all their gui's display correctly in tracktion ... 
Yes, it does. When I ran from the windows directory, it scanned them but hung 
on those with the warnings. They were disabled the next run which is normal 
Tracktion functionality I suppose.

...

  The main problem is that any UI pop-up, i.e. to
choose files, etc., does
 not come up visibly. This is the apparent hangup. Alt-F4 dismisses the
 invisible dialog box. 
 this is not a problem for me - all dialogue boxes work as expected. in
 fact, Now .. what do you do which is different? I have a dual boot system with
Win98 
and Linux partitions. I am running Debian, Wine from Sid.

...
   It audio
output device is listed as "direct sound" (under Windows, the
 card's ASIO drivers would be listed).

 But .. one would not get anywhere near this far with Sonar. 
 everything seems to work EXACTLY as required, except for a working sound
 device ... i too get "directsound" listed in the audio setup, but no
 sound devices are listed ... i might try messing with the sound settings
 in winecfg to see if i can get a wine audio device listed ... I have only had audio
play with the OSS selected in Wine's config. Plays 
through ALSA's OSS compatibility layer, I suppose. Selection ALSA or Jack has 
not worked for me.

...

 when i was using windows, i used tracktion quite a bit, and was really
 impressed by its interface and usability - plus it's got an interesting
 approach to layout/structure .. 
Yes, this program looks interesting. Interface is eccentric. Does it do 
mix-automation--I like Sonar's graphical controur control fo this since 
moused mixer panels just do not cut it. 
...

 anyone else want to test this as well, see if they can get it going? Keep us all
posted :-)