Re: New open source DAW software

["Rob Danielson" danielson_rob]

At 5:26 PM +0200 3/27/07, Derek Holzer wrote:
>I've been using Ardour on OS X and Linux both for years. It was a bit
>scary (i.e. unstable) at the start, but that was five years ago. Now
>it's the core of my editing tools, together with Jamin (mastering tool),
>LADSPA (system of plugins) and ReZound (sample editor), using JackOSX as
>a sound server to link them all together.
>
>...
>Of them, JACK, Ardour and some of the LADSPA plugins are available as
>DMG installers for OS X. The others require a bit too much Unix know-how
>for me to recommend them to non-hackers right now.
>
>

Hi Derek--
Its admirable that by your use, you are helping to develop Ardour.
My questions are admittedly selfish:  Is LADSPA  fully independent of
existing Mac Core Audio plugs?  Are there 5 or more band LADSPA
parametric EQ plugs?  Rob D.