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Subject: Re: New open source DAW software
From: "Rob Danielson" danielson_rob
Date: Wed Mar 28, 2007 10:41 am ((PDT))
At 2:12 PM +0200 3/28/07, Derek Holzer wrote:
>Hi Rob,
>
>Rob Danielson wrote:
>
>>  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.
>>
>
>I've been a supporter of Ardour from the get-go. It's one of the most
>important open source audio projects out there right now (besides Pure
>Data, of course!). It's also an interesting example of how dot.com
>capital can be put to good use, rather then to just generate more
>capital, as the author made the money to support himself and his family
>while coding Ardour by developing the system behind Amazon.com.
>
>LADSPA (Linux Audio Developer's Simple Plugin API) is it's own
>framework, ported over form the Linux world to OS X and existing
>independent of Core Audio or Steinberg VST.
>
>Incidentally, Ardour should support VSTs in some way, although that
>could be the Windows VSTs can be used under Linux. I'd ask on the Ardour
>lists for more details on that. But they are looking to support what
>they can, so long as the source code of the API is open to them.
>
>The best EQs are in Jamin, which has a parametric EQ with up to 1024 bands=
:
>
>http://jamin.sourceforge.net/en/about.html
>http://jamin.sourceforge.net/en/about/scr02.png
>
>But as I mentioned it's a bit tricky to get running on OS X right now
>since there's not a package:
>
>http://ardour.org/node/352
>
>The CAPS library contains some EQs, including a 10-band  'analogue' one,
>there's the TAP Equalizer from the TAP library, a Triple band parametric
>with shelves and a Multiband EQ from another plugin set, or you could
>stack several Single band parametric EQs. All of these should install
>from DMG files found on the Ardour site, or at Plugin.org.uk.
>
>http://www.ladspa.org/
>http://plugin.org.uk/
>
>best,
>derek

Working together to realize the tools we want is the way I'd like to
see things go. The computer is a large part of production. Most of us
are not likely to contribute coding, but there are ways everyone can
help lay the foundation.

Re: Jamin. The notes say, "To manipulate the parametric controls you
merely left-click on the handle of choice, drag it to the location
you want and then release it. " How would you rate the interface in
terms of hearing the affect of the parametric EQ adjustments-- the
accuracy and finesse of the real time monitoring? Rob D.


--
Rob Danielson
Peck School of the Arts
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
http://www.uwm.edu/~type/audio-art-tech-gallery/







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