If you haven't heard, Paul Davis and friends have just released the second version of Ardour - a free open-source multitrack recorder for Linux and now for OSX. The intro on the site gives a good summary:
"Ardour capabilities include: multichannel recording, non-destructive editing with unlimited undo/redo, full automation support, a powerful mixer, unlimited tracks/busses/plugins, timecode synchronization, and hardware control from surfaces like the Mackie Control Universal. If you've been looking for a tool similar to ProTools, Nuendo, Pyramix, or Sequoia, you might have found it."
2 years in the making, Paul lists some of the new features for this version:
* new user interface featuring:
- more accessible menus
- improved overall GUI design
- instant accelerator key rebinding direct from menus
* destructive recording ("dubbing") capabilities (as used by the new Harrison Xdubber)
* undo/redo across program startup/shutdown
* redesigned and more stable support for VST
* support for 24 bit integer native files in addition to 32 bit float as in 0.99
* modular support for hardware control surfaces, including the Frontier Designs Tranzport and Mackie Control Protocol devices
If you're not familiar with the product, you should read the features. Why not download it and try it out? I've always found it to be easy to use and rock solid. Paul and his team have done a great job. I'm excited about diving into the upgraded VST support.
If you need help, try the forums on their site. Or, join the Linux Audio User group mailing list.
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Read More Entries by Brad Fuller.
I have a Home Recording Studio and would like to ameliorate the sound in my recordings.
Users of Ardour might be interested in this new handbook put together by a leading digital arts organization.
folly have announced the completion of the first edition of an important new project, the Digital Artists Handbook:
The Digital Artists Handbook is a new, up to date, reliable and accessible source of information that introduces artists to different tools, resources and ways of working related to digital art. The touchstone of this new compendium is free/libre open source software (FLOSS) and technologies.
The Handbook has been edited by Marloes de Valk and Aymeric Mansoux of GOTO10, a collective of international artists and programmers.
Creative Director Kathryn Lambert said "folly are very excited to announce our Digital Artists Handbook, which we hope will be an indispensable resource for artists seeking an introduction to the world of free and open source technologies. folly strongly believe that FLOSS is an empowering, cost-effective and democratic way to introduce digital art technologies to artists".
Building on the collaborative and accumulative nature of the web, the Digital Artists Handbook will always be a work-in-progress, with new articles being commissioned on an ongoing basis, and new fields explored.
The goal of the Handbook is to be a signpost, a source of practical information and content that bridges the gap between new users and the platforms and resources that are available, but not always very accessible. The Handbook will be slowly filled with articles written by invited artists and specialists, talking about their tools and ways of working
Kathryn Lambert said "We're especially pleased that folly has worked with a range of international artists and specialists who have shared insight into their areas of expertise".
The digital artist handbook is brought to you by folly and has developed out of ongoing consultation with artists working with technology, which has shown a need for removing the barriers for artists to use digital tools. The project is supported by Arts Council England.
The artists and practitioners who participated in the first stage of writing the Handbook are: Kristina Andersen, Frank Barknecht, Tom Betts, Florian Cramer, Phil Chandler, Olga Goriunova, Kathryn Lambert, Olivier Laruelle, Thor Magnusson, Nicolas Malevé, Aymeric Mansoux, Iman Moradi, Jon Phillips, Tom Schouten, Marloes de Valk, Peter Westenberg, and Simon Yuill
To find out more information then please click here. Thank you
Alastair Ball
...and don't forget its major open competitor Traverso that is multiplatform too (Linux, Mac OS X and Windows).
;)