Guys, this is a really interesting dialogue. Well, I like qtractor because of its simplicity and ease of use. My favourite audio/midi software of all time was emagic LOGIC. simply because of the screens, event lists, and pluggable instruments that reflected the real world in a studio. I even used it once to record a 26 episode animation tv series with vocal tracks of 20 actors and hundreds of characters. But music production was my main game. Ardour is cumbersome and almost bloated, reminding me of ProTools. OK, i appreciate a lot needs to get done in a studio, but sometimes simplicity is the best approach. So many things need to be working together that it needs to be easy to troubleshoot, especially when studio time is costing money. Emagic got bought over by apple and Steinberg have gone their own way, but ease of use and linking to devices in a more graphical way using virtual instruments that have some connection with the real world makes life easier for engineers who have to do retakes, drop-ins, edits, and easily find files, clips and pieces in a heated, speeded-up environment with no daylight, lots of insulation (for sound spill) and possibly working in tropical places like India, for example, where I once did a job. Think about how real people might use the software in real life situations and can't spend hours trying to work out what the developers mean when they name a function or tool or assign it to a less-than-logical drop-down menu. GNU/Linux offers a lot of alternatives to many people and has the potential of being at the forefront of innovation, just try to think of the tired burnt out audio professionals who might want to use your software.
Guys, this is a really interesting dialogue. Well, I like qtractor because of its simplicity and ease of use. My favourite audio/midi software of all time was emagic LOGIC. simply because of the screens, event lists, and pluggable instruments that reflected the real world in a studio. I even used it once to record a 26 episode animation tv series with vocal tracks of 20 actors and hundreds of characters. But music production was my main game. Ardour is cumbersome and almost bloated, reminding me of ProTools. OK, i appreciate a lot needs to get done in a studio, but sometimes simplicity is the best approach. So many things need to be working together that it needs to be easy to troubleshoot, especially when studio time is costing money. Emagic got bought over by apple and Steinberg have gone their own way, but ease of use and linking to devices in a more graphical way using virtual instruments that have some connection with the real world makes life easier for engineers who have to do retakes, drop-ins, edits, and easily find files, clips and pieces in a heated, speeded-up environment with no daylight, lots of insulation (for sound spill) and possibly working in tropical places like India, for example, where I once did a job. Think about how real people might use the software in real life situations and can't spend hours trying to work out what the developers mean when they name a function or tool or assign it to a less-than-logical drop-down menu. GNU/Linux offers a lot of alternatives to many people and has the potential of being at the forefront of innovation, just try to think of the tired burnt out audio professionals who might want to use your software.