22 Mar
2010
22 Mar
'10
12:19 p.m.
Hi,
Some questions about qtractor:
- You can't render the midi track to wav? How do you get an whole session
into an audio file?
- Why are there no new audio tracks showing up in Jack when you add a new
audio track, like ardour has? Wouldn't this make it more easy to use it with
other apps (for example ardour)?
So far so good... all though apps like non-sequencer and epichord have a
point when they talk about the disadvantages in workflow if you have to open
a new windows to edit midi imho...
Regards,
\r
22 Mar
22 Mar
3:46 p.m.
On 03/22/2010 10:07 AM, rosea grammostola wrote:
Some questions about qtractor:
* You can't render the midi track to wav? How do you get an whole
session into an audio file?
midi is meant to be rendered by a sound generator module, a synth, a
sampler, a stand-alone or an instrument plugin (dssi, vsti or lv2); you
can drive external midi outboard equipment as well, which in fact was
and still is the primordial goal of a midi sequencer like qtractor.
qtractor does not include/integrate any midi sound generator per se, so
you cannot render midi tracks directly to audio files. but you can
record/bound the sound modules output back into qtractor, ardour or any
other jack enabled hard-disk recorder if you prefer.
qtractor exports audio tracks as audio files; similarly it exports midi
tracks as standard midi files, nothing else ;)
* Why are there no new audio tracks showing up in Jack when you add
a new audio track, like ardour has? Wouldn't this make it more
easy to use it with other apps (for example ardour)?
qtractor is not ardour (tm) -- internal signal flow models are not the
same, not even close ;)
re. qtractor, each "input bus" feeds a track on recording; each track
feeds an "output bus" for mixdown/merging on playback; it is these
"bus"
devices that are exposed as jack audio ports or alsa-seq ports (midi)
from or to the outside world.
again, buses in qtractor are not the same as buses in ardour. in
qtractor, buses are what you ever see in the jack graph. you never see
tracks ;)
So far so good... all though apps like non-sequencer and epichord have a
point when they talk about the disadvantages in workflow if you have to
open a new windows to edit midi imho...
you'll have to open something haven't you? qtractor lets you edit midi
clips as if you were editing a midi file in a stand-alone window; if you
look closer you can have one of these windows open for each and every
midi clip you have in session.
cheers
--
rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela
rncbc(a)rncbc.org
4:18 p.m.
On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 7:50 PM, Rui Nuno Capela <rncbc(a)rncbc.org> wrote:
On 03/22/2010 10:07 AM, rosea grammostola wrote:
I don't understand it totally. Let assume I have to midi tracks in qtractor
and I want to record those to two audio tracks in qtractor. But there is
only master_in1 and master_in2.
When I add an audio track, I can only choose for master_in. Also for new
audio track number two, master_in. How to route output of synth 1 to track1
and synth 2 to track 2?
\r
Some questions about qtractor:
* You can't render the midi track to wav? How do you get an whole
session into an audio file?
midi is meant to be rendered by a sound generator module, a synth, a
sampler, a stand-alone or an instrument plugin (dssi, vsti or lv2); you
can drive external midi outboard equipment as well, which in fact was
and still is the primordial goal of a midi sequencer like qtractor.
qtractor does not include/integrate any midi sound generator per se, so
you cannot render midi tracks directly to audio files. but you can
record/bound the sound modules output back into qtractor, ardour or any
other jack enabled hard-disk recorder if you prefer.
qtractor exports audio tracks as audio files; similarly it exports midi
tracks as standard midi files, nothing else ;)
* Why are there no new audio tracks showing up in Jack when you add
a new audio track, like ardour has? Wouldn't this make it more
easy to use it with other apps (for example ardour)?
qtractor is not ardour (tm) -- internal signal flow models are not the
same, not even close ;)
re. qtractor, each "input bus" feeds a track on recording; each track
feeds an "output bus" for mixdown/merging on playback; it is these
"bus"
devices that are exposed as jack audio ports or alsa-seq ports (midi)
from or to the outside world.
again, buses in qtractor are not the same as buses in ardour. in
qtractor, buses are what you ever see in the jack graph. you never see
tracks ;)
4:43 p.m.
On 03/22/2010 07:18 PM, rosea grammostola wrote:
On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 7:50 PM, Rui Nuno Capela <rncbc(a)rncbc.org
<mailto:rncbc@rncbc.org>> wrote:
On 03/22/2010 10:07 AM, rosea grammostola wrote:
you create more buses. at least one more in addition to master which is
indeed stereo (2channels) and created by default ootb. you can setup
your workspace as with many ins and outs you need and make it a template
for all your future new blank/scratch sessions.
so, recipe is: create one additional bus, call it master_2 for instance
and assign it as input for audio track_2; audio track_1 stays on Master
for input. now you connect synth_1/outs to Master/ins and synth_2/outs
to master_2/ins. voilá :)
remember now that qtractor session templates may get very handy here,
for not having to be doing this all the time, as it also includes
connection recall. alas, it won't start your external synths
automatically, you'll have to do that manually, business as usual,
qtractor will wait for them appearing on the radar to reconnect. yep,
qtractor is not a full-blown session manager, i know. let's leave that
for someone else ;)
cheers
--
rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela
rncbc(a)rncbc.org
Some questions about qtractor:
* You can't render the midi track to wav? How do you get an whole
session into an audio file?
midi is meant to be rendered by a sound generator module, a synth, a
sampler, a stand-alone or an instrument plugin (dssi, vsti or lv2); you
can drive external midi outboard equipment as well, which in fact was
and still is the primordial goal of a midi sequencer like qtractor.
qtractor does not include/integrate any midi sound generator per se, so
you cannot render midi tracks directly to audio files. but you can
record/bound the sound modules output back into qtractor, ardour or any
other jack enabled hard-disk recorder if you prefer.
qtractor exports audio tracks as audio files; similarly it exports midi
tracks as standard midi files, nothing else ;)
* Why are there no new audio tracks showing up in Jack when
you add
a new audio track, like ardour has?
Wouldn't this make it more
easy to use it with other apps (for example ardour)?
qtractor is not ardour (tm) -- internal signal flow models are not the
same, not even close ;)
re. qtractor, each "input bus" feeds a track on recording; each track
feeds an "output bus" for mixdown/merging on playback; it is these
"bus"
devices that are exposed as jack audio ports or alsa-seq ports (midi)
from or to the outside world.
again, buses in qtractor are not the same as buses in ardour. in
qtractor, buses are what you ever see in the jack graph. you never see
tracks ;)
I don't understand it totally. Let assume I have to midi tracks in
qtractor and I want to record those to two audio tracks in qtractor. But
there is only master_in1 and master_in2.
When I add an audio track, I can only choose for master_in. Also for new
audio track number two, master_in. How to route output of synth 1 to
track1 and synth 2 to track 2?
4:55 p.m.
On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 8:47 PM, Rui Nuno Capela <rncbc(a)rncbc.org> wrote:
On 03/22/2010 07:18 PM, rosea grammostola wrote:
you
the
Mmh I tried to do what you said, but I get an segmentation fault now, and
can't restart the session (just an test session, nothing important)...
bash: line 1: 6175 Segmentation fault qtractor
/home/user/linuxaudio/qtractor/firsttake.qtr
\r
On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 7:50 PM, Rui Nuno Capela <rncbc(a)rncbc.org
<mailto:rncbc@rncbc.org>> wrote:
On 03/22/2010 10:07 AM, rosea grammostola wrote:
>
> Some questions about qtractor:
>
> * You can't render the midi track to wav? How do you get an
whole
session into an audio file?
midi is meant to be rendered by a sound generator module, a synth, a
sampler, a stand-alone or an instrument plugin (dssi, vsti or lv2); can drive external midi outboard equipment as
well, which in fact was
and still is the primordial goal of a midi sequencer like qtractor.
qtractor does not include/integrate any midi sound generator per se,
so
you cannot render midi tracks directly to
audio files. but you can
record/bound the sound modules output back into qtractor, ardour or
any
other jack enabled hard-disk recorder if you
prefer.
qtractor exports audio tracks as audio files; similarly it exports
midi
tracks as standard midi files, nothing else
;)
more
* Why are there no new audio tracks showing up in Jack when
you add
> a new audio track, like ardour has? Wouldn't this make it
easy to use it with other apps (for example ardour)?
qtractor is not ardour (tm) -- internal signal flow models are not same, not even close ;)
re. qtractor, each "input bus" feeds a track on recording; each track
feeds an "output bus" for mixdown/merging on playback; it is these
"bus"
devices that are exposed as jack audio ports
or alsa-seq ports (midi)
from or to the outside world.
again, buses in qtractor are not the same as buses in ardour. in
qtractor, buses are what you ever see in the jack graph. you never
see
tracks ;)
I don't understand it totally. Let assume I have to midi tracks in
qtractor and I want to record those to two audio tracks in qtractor. But
there is only master_in1 and master_in2.
When I add an audio track, I can only choose for master_in. Also for new
audio track number two, master_in. How to route output of synth 1 to
track1 and synth 2 to track 2?
you create more buses. at least one more in addition to master which is
indeed stereo (2channels) and created by default ootb. you can setup
your workspace as with many ins and outs you need and make it a template
for all your future new blank/scratch sessions.
so, recipe is: create one additional bus, call it master_2 for instance
and assign it as input for audio track_2; audio track_1 stays on Master
for input. now you connect synth_1/outs to Master/ins and synth_2/outs
to master_2/ins. voilá :)
remember now that qtractor session templates may get very handy here,
for not having to be doing this all the time, as it also includes
connection recall. alas, it won't start your external synths
automatically, you'll have to do that manually, business as usual,
qtractor will wait for them appearing on the radar to reconnect. yep,
qtractor is not a full-blown session manager, i know. let's leave that
for someone else ;)
5:38 p.m.
On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 8:55 PM, rosea grammostola <
rosea.grammostola(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 8:47 PM, Rui Nuno Capela <rncbc(a)rncbc.org> wrote:
Which mode should I use for the new bus? Duplex or input (or output)?
\r
On 03/22/2010 07:18 PM, rosea grammostola wrote:
you
the
Mmh I tried to do what you said, but I get an segmentation fault now, and
can't restart the session (just an test session, nothing important)...
bash: line 1: 6175 Segmentation fault qtractor
/home/user/linuxaudio/qtractor/firsttake.qtr
On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 7:50 PM, Rui Nuno Capela <rncbc(a)rncbc.org
<mailto:rncbc@rncbc.org>> wrote:
On 03/22/2010 10:07 AM, rosea grammostola wrote:
>
> Some questions about qtractor:
>
> * You can't render the midi track to wav? How do you get an
whole
session into an audio file?
midi is meant to be rendered by a sound generator module, a synth, a
sampler, a stand-alone or an instrument plugin (dssi, vsti or lv2); can drive external midi outboard equipment as
well, which in fact
was
and still is the primordial goal of a midi
sequencer like qtractor.
qtractor does not include/integrate any midi sound generator per se,
so
you cannot render midi tracks directly to
audio files. but you can
record/bound the sound modules output back into qtractor, ardour or
any
other jack enabled hard-disk recorder if you
prefer.
qtractor exports audio tracks as audio files; similarly it exports
midi
tracks as standard midi files, nothing else
;)
more
* Why are there no new audio tracks showing up in Jack when
you add
> a new audio track, like ardour has? Wouldn't this make it
easy to use it with other apps (for example ardour)?
qtractor is not ardour (tm) -- internal signal flow models are not same, not even close ;)
re. qtractor, each "input bus" feeds a track on recording; each
track
feeds an "output bus" for
mixdown/merging on playback; it is these
"bus"
devices that are exposed as jack audio ports
or alsa-seq ports
(midi)
from or to the outside world.
again, buses in qtractor are not the same as buses in ardour. in
qtractor, buses are what you ever see in the jack graph. you never
see
tracks ;)
I don't understand it totally. Let assume I have to midi tracks in
qtractor and I want to record those to two audio tracks in qtractor. But
there is only master_in1 and master_in2.
When I add an audio track, I can only choose for master_in. Also for new
audio track number two, master_in. How to route output of synth 1 to
track1 and synth 2 to track 2?
you create more buses. at least one more in addition to master which is
indeed stereo (2channels) and created by default ootb. you can setup
your workspace as with many ins and outs you need and make it a template
for all your future new blank/scratch sessions.
so, recipe is: create one additional bus, call it master_2 for instance
and assign it as input for audio track_2; audio track_1 stays on Master
for input. now you connect synth_1/outs to Master/ins and synth_2/outs
to master_2/ins. voilá :)
remember now that qtractor session templates may get very handy here,
for not having to be doing this all the time, as it also includes
connection recall. alas, it won't start your external synths
automatically, you'll have to do that manually, business as usual,
qtractor will wait for them appearing on the radar to reconnect. yep,
qtractor is not a full-blown session manager, i know. let's leave that
for someone else ;)
7:09 p.m.
rosea grammostola wrote:
Rui Nuno Capela wrote:
please, send me that session file off list, let me reproduce the
segfault and squash the little critter.
you create more buses. at least one more in
addition to master
which is indeed stereo (2channels) and created by default ootb. you
can setup your workspace as with many ins and outs you need and
make it a template for all your future new blank/scratch sessions.
so, recipe is: create one additional bus, call it master_2 for
instance and assign it as input for audio track_2; audio track_1
stays on Master for input. now you connect synth_1/outs to
Master/ins and synth_2/outs to master_2/ins. voilá :)
remember now that qtractor session templates may get very handy
here, for not having to be doing this all the time, as it also
includes connection recall. alas, it won't start your external
synths automatically, you'll have to do that manually, business as
usual, qtractor will wait for them appearing on the radar to
reconnect. yep, qtractor is not a full-blown session manager, i
know. let's leave that for someone else ;)
Mmh I tried to do what you said, but I get an segmentation fault now,
and can't restart the session (just an test session, nothing
important)...
bash: line 1: 6175 Segmentation fault qtractor
/home/user/linuxaudio/qtractor/firsttake.qtr
Which mode should I use for the new bus? Duplex or input (or
output)?
an input bus only serves capture/recording. an output one serves as a
mix-down/playback device. duplex serves both ends.
as for your primary goal is about recording from two sources
simultaneously, that additional second bus must be of the input mode but
a duplex one will also do. is that now obvious that an output bus won't
help?
byee
--
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rncbc(a)rncbc.org
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