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Re: Ardour 8.0

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Post by croes »

PaulDavisThe1st wrote: post #83
croes wrote: post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But to get "Just download and run Ardour on your Linux, macOS or Windows computer." I have to click Ready-to-Run Program -> Download Ardour 8.0 for Windows 64 bit -> Download Demo -> Download Ardour 8.0 for Windows 64 bit (Demo) Each on a separate page, a little bit misleading because the first button already suggests a download

When we put it all on one page, too many people failed to understand the process. We can please some of the people all the time, but we can't please all the people all the time.

My point is that three of four download buttons are links not download buttons.

Re: Ardour 8.0

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Post by PaulDavisThe1st »

pilaf wrote: post #64
prokoudine wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> However, I've found that this feature has been worsened a bit since v6 How exactly?

In Ardour 5 I am able to simply slide the playback speed slider ("shuttle speed control") to start playing at >1x speed, and after releasing the mouse button it keeps on playing at that speed. In v6+ the sliding part still works, but upon releasing it the slider springs immediately back to 1x, so I can't easily select a playback speed and keep it going. As a workaround there's the varispeed option, but for me it's no…

Percentage field now in ardour/master branch in git.

Re: Ardour 8.0

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Post by jdfellow »

OliverM wrote: post #8
diggan wrote: post #2

Looks to be a extensive update with lots of new and useful features, thanks as always PaulDavisThe1st :) Especially Arrangement and Quick Groups will be good time savers for me! > For several years, people downloading Ardour for macOS have had to deal with various kinds of messages (from Apple) saying things like "This program comes from an untrusted source" to "The file is damaged". As of Ardour 8, macOS users downl…

I thought Ardour was a commercial product? If you want to download a binary from their site it's either a demo version with injected silence every 10 minutes, or a paid-for option (either a small monthly sub or a larger one-off payment). You can build it locally yourself for free of course, but I don't know if many non-devs would do that.

There's also a distinct commercial DAW based on Ardour called Harrison Mixbus.

https://harrisonconsoles.com/product/mixbus/

Re: Ardour 8.0

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Post by 6581 »

PaulDavisThe1st wrote: post #89
ta8645 wrote: post #85

The What's New page says they support the "Novation Launchpad Pro", but the picture beside that paragraph actually is the much more expensive "Novation Launchpad Pro [MK3]". (Ambiguous product names like this are mildly infuriating) Does anyone know if both the cheaper and more expensive devices are compatible with Ardour 8? https://novationmusic.com/products/launchpad-pro https://novationmusic.com/products/launchpad…

Your first link is to an older version of the Launchpad Pro that Novation no longer sells or makes. The Mk3 is the current version of the Launchpad Pro. As our release notes indicate, we hope/plan to announce support for the cheaper Launchpad X and Mini during the 8.x development process.

> Your first link is to an older version of the Launchpad Pro that Novation no longer sells or makes.

Novation still makes and sells it - see the first link.

Re: Ardour 8.0

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Post by PaulDavisThe1st »

6581 wrote: post #114
PaulDavisThe1st wrote: post #89

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Your first link is to an older version of the Launchpad Pro that Novation no longer sells or makes. The Mk3 is the current version of the Launchpad Pro. As our release notes indicate, we hope/plan to announce support for the cheaper Launchpad X and Mini during the 8.x development process.

> Your first link is to an older version of the Launchpad Pro that Novation no longer sells or makes. Novation still makes and sells it - see the first link.

If you click on the "Add to basket" you will find that it is sold out, and if you dig deeper you will find you can only get refurbished units.

Re: Ardour 8.0

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Post by 6581 »

PaulDavisThe1st wrote: post #115
6581 wrote: post #114

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Your first link is to an older version of the Launchpad Pro that Novation no longer sells or makes. Novation still makes and sells it - see the first link.

If you click on the "Add to basket" you will find that it is sold out, and if you dig deeper you will find you can only get refurbished units.

Not for me. I guess the website forwards you to a different region's shop.

Re: Ardour 8.0

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Post by PaulDavisThe1st »

6581 wrote: post #116
PaulDavisThe1st wrote: post #115

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you click on the "Add to basket" you will find that it is sold out, and if you dig deeper you will find you can only get refurbished units.

Not for me. I guess the website forwards you to a different region's shop.

I would not be surprised if the existing LP Pro support in Ardour 8 works with an older version, but they are fundamentally different devices.

I can check on it whenever I get started on the mini and X versions.

Re: Ardour 8.0

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Post by runiq »

PaulDavisThe1st wrote: post #67

As usual, the lead developer (c'est moi) is happy to answer any questions.

I still feel like track/bus groups, VCAs, and now ad-hoc groups are three different ways of doing roughly the same thing. Are there plans to unify them into a single concept, maybe?

(I know that especially VCAs are different here, but in the end, they are groups of groups if you squint hard enough, are they not?)

Re: Ardour 8.0

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Post by [deleted] »

diggan wrote: post #2

Looks to be a extensive update with lots of new and useful features, thanks as always PaulDavisThe1st :) Especially Arrangement and Quick Groups will be good time savers for me! > For several years, people downloading Ardour for macOS have had to deal with various kinds of messages (from Apple) saying things like "This program comes from an untrusted source" to "The file is damaged". As of Ardour 8, macOS users downl…

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Re: Ardour 8.0

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Post by [deleted] »

nirui wrote: post #50

Maybe it's a bit off topic, but I think there is something on the website we can all take a note of: that is, on the download page, it says download "Ready-To-Run Program". Yep, not download "Binary", "Executable", "Package" or any of that non-sense (from user's perspective), just "Ready-To-Run Program", simple and clear, exactly what user wants when they open that page.

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