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Eh, it's pretty good, but as another commentor noted, Ardour has tended to lag behind other DAWs. For example: Ardour didn't get full Midi support until 2013,

by s_kilk 10y ago

Eh, it's pretty good, but as another commentor noted, Ardour has tended to lag behind other DAWs. For example: Ardour didn't get full Midi support until 2013, approximately twenty years after Pro Tools 1.0 launched with MIDI support from the start.

dawhead 10y ago
Do you seriously want me to list all the features that Ardour had for 10 years before they showed up in ProTools? This is a recent list of PT user's most-wanted features. http://www.pro-tools-expert.com/home-page/2016/6/21/which-of-the-top-20-ideascale-ideas-is-your-priority http://www.pro-tools-expert.com/home-page/2016/6/21/which-of... Every single one of the 7 completed items out of the 20 existed in Ardour for years before they were in ProTools. We were the first DAW to provide anything-to-anything routing. We were the first DAW to have sub-sample accurate timecode lock. We were the first DAW to have sample-accurate automation. We were the first DAW to allow in-track mixing (transparent regions). We were the first DAW to offer PFL/AFL solo models in addition to solo-in-place. We were the first DAW to offer a dedicated monitor section in addition to the master outs. We were for a very long time the only DAW that could handle multichannel master outs (used, for example, in ambisonics set ups - 40 channel master bus, anyone?). There are certainly areas where our functionality is behind the current state of one or more other DAWs. That's true for all DAWs. Our MIDI workflow is still weak, but evolving. But the idea that we generally "lag" behind other DAWs is mostly a conception of people who like and use what I term "modern pop production techniques", which has never really been my own personal focus. If there's another DAW out there that works better for you than Ardour, you should use it. But you might also be surprised at how well Ardour works for you, especially if you record people playing instruments.

by s_kilk 10y ago

dawhead 10y ago

Do you seriously want me to list all the features that Ardour had for 10 years before they showed up in ProTools? This is a recent list of PT user's most-wanted features. http://www.pro-tools-expert.com/home-page/2016/6/21/which-of-the-top-20-ideascale-ideas-is-your-priority http://www.pro-tools-expert.com/home-page/2016/6/21/which-of... Every single one of the 7 completed items out of the 20 existed in Ardour for years before they were in ProTools. We were the first DAW to provide anything-to-anything routing. We were the first DAW to have sub-sample accurate timecode lock. We were the first DAW to have sample-accurate automation. We were the first DAW to allow in-track mixing (transparent regions). We were the first DAW to offer PFL/AFL solo models in addition to solo-in-place. We were the first DAW to offer a dedicated monitor section in addition to the master outs. We were for a very long time the only DAW that could handle multichannel master outs (used, for example, in ambisonics set ups - 40 channel master bus, anyone?). There are certainly areas where our functionality is behind the current state of one or more other DAWs. That's true for all DAWs. Our MIDI workflow is still weak, but evolving. But the idea that we generally "lag" behind other DAWs is mostly a conception of people who like and use what I term "modern pop production techniques", which has never really been my own personal focus. If there's another DAW out there that works better for you than Ardour, you should use it. But you might also be surprised at how well Ardour works for you, especially if you record people playing instruments.