At 7:07 PM +1100 10/13/09, Paul Jacobson wrote:
>On 13/10/2009, at 2:55 PM, Rob Danielson wrote:
>
>> Paul--
>> I think the terminology was confusing me. The "layers" are "stacked"
>> plugs in one stereo track and the settings used to output a file can
>> be saved as as .wedt doc. Being able to go back later and tweak plug
>> setting is very useful.
>>
>> The kind of editing and mixing I was referring to does require
>> working with a good number of stereo tracks, "sliding" them around in
>> time, inserting effects plugs and volume/pan settings on each track
>> and then mixing out to stereo or surround.
>
>Hi Rob,
>
>The difficulty seems to be that Wave Editor visualises data using
>Photoshop style layers vs the more usual mixing desk schema.
>
>The best way I can think to explain the layers is that the base
>channels - a stereo pair in this case but could be 24 channel if you
>had the need - are the equivalent of the master output bus in a "mixer
>style" audio app. The layers are roughly the equivalent of stereo
>tracks (you can insert multichannel audio into layers) but they are
>stacked above the base channels rather than being laid out like as
>parallel "lanes". In the end you are looking at the similar types of
>information presented in quite different ways.
>
>The content of the WE layers can be slid around in time and with a
>plug like Sonalksis's Free G
><http://www.sonalksis.com/index.php?section_id=99>http://www.sonalksis.com/index.php?section_id=99
>you can add volume/pan functionality to Wave Editor's layers. I do
>admit this is probably bending Wave Editor to a task it wasn't really
>intended to do.
>
>cheers
>Paul
>
Hi Paul--
Indeed that would be a creative approach to mixing :-). I like the
challenge of imagining the time structure of my mix entirely in my
head! I think your comment that its best designed for mastering and
format conversion is a good one. Plug "stacking" is pretty common. I
believe its been in Peak for years, but the ability to save all the
plug settings in a doc file seems unique among other lower cost apps
I can think of at the moment.
I've used the (SE3-like) version of Cubase and it was stable and easy
to use on Mac. I bet one could find that on eBay for a song or even
get it free with an audio interface. Rob D.
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