On Sun, 2010-07-11 at 01:44 -0700, Niels Mayer wrote:
On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 11:58 PM, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano
<nando(a)ccrma.stanford.edu> wrote:
> I would like to point out that Qtractor is oriented to stereo output.
The 'View->Buses..." menu allows configuration of multiple channels of
audio beyond two. I just configured a 12 channel track, for example.
There is a bug related to this issue, and it may indicate that it has
been tested more with stereo output and non-multichannel cards. The
gui itself permits configuration of up to 99 channels.
> A while back I tried to use for something simple, and that stopped me - I
> don't think I could get it to change the number of channels in the
> master output.
You can get it to change the number of channels, but it may crash
jackd in the process. Requiring a qtractor restart after you save the
file/template with the multichannel audio bus. This is a known bug:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=733076&aid=30216...
that is still present in subversion.
After jackd crashed, I was able to save the qtractor template with a
12-channel audio template and it correctly setup that 12 channel
template next time I restarted qjackctl and restarted qtractor.
Qjackctl indicated 12 audio inputs (Master/in_*) and outputs
(Master/out_*) available in qtractor, in addition to the 2 channels of
monitor (Player/out_*). The mixer shows 12-channel metering, etc.
Clearly there is support for multichannel audio.
The bug only seems to be invoked on bus creation with multichannel
sound cards. And not stereo cards.
> Ardour is more complex but you get a return from the investment of
> learning it (as usual).
I don't think it's fair to compare a bug in an "alpha" (<0.5)
opensource software package with a many-years-old project nearing
3.0... But yes, ardour is very comprehensive -- and totally confusing
and overwhelming to the novice.
I'm not comparing a bug to a non-bug. When I tested qtractor a while
back I could _not_ do that (as far as I can remember). BTW, if qtractor
(insert smilie here) is sooo alpha - and I don't think it is - then I
would not recommend it for novices for that very same reason :-)
Which one to use depends on you long term goals and your needs.
-- Fernando