I agree, jackuser. It does seem difficult to understand and get things working in Linux audio. But I've used Linux for years and I'm more comfortable with it than Windows. Because of the difficulty I have ordered a USB adapter for my iPad Pro. I'm going to give GarageBand a try. Things in the Apple world seem to be made for dummies, they seem work intuitively most of time.
I think a big part of my problems is that I've never worked with audio/midi recording at all. So I don't understand the meaning of the many specialized terms and concepts used to explain how a DAW works. I feel sure a recording engineer would have no problem understanding how programs like Qtractor are supposed to behave and what the items on the various screens mean. But it's a mystery to me. I've never even seen a patch panel for example. Furthermore I don't know how to find out what things mean without asking a million questions on a forum like this one. That can take forever.
I agree, jackuser. It does seem difficult to understand and get things working in Linux audio. But I've used Linux for years and I'm more comfortable with it than Windows. Because of the difficulty I have ordered a USB adapter for my iPad Pro. I'm going to give GarageBand a try. Things in the Apple world seem to be made for dummies, they seem work intuitively most of time.
I think a big part of my problems is that I've never worked with audio/midi recording at all. So I don't understand the meaning of the many specialized terms and concepts used to explain how a DAW works. I feel sure a recording engineer would have no problem understanding how programs like Qtractor are supposed to behave and what the items on the various screens mean. But it's a mystery to me. I've never even seen a patch panel for example. Furthermore I don't know how to find out what things mean without asking a million questions on a forum like this one. That can take forever.
Thanks for your response.