The manual for automation modes says that right-clicking the header of an automation lane gives you the option to choose between linear and descrete mode. I want to use descrete mode but there is no option for modes, there are only options for “State” and “Interpolation”. “State” is a completely different setting and “Interpolation”, which I thought might be a new naming for “Mode” gives me the option “Linear” and “Logarithmic”, also not what I’m searching for.
Where are these settings gone?
They are still there, nothing has changed, but this depends on the parameter.
MIDI CCs which are separate events, can either be discrete events or Ardour can linearly interpolate and generate new events when the value changes (CC values are integers).
This does not apply for plugin parameters. Those with a log-scale (freq) can be log-scale, those with a dB range (zero crossing) can be exponentially interpolated. Discrete changes are not possible for plugin controls since they would be discontinuous (a knob or fader cannot jump to a new value).
I’m not a fan Reaper at all, in fact I really dislike it and avoid it as much as I can but unfortunatelly I have to get back to it from time to time because the editing part is so much more advanced.
Also, in Ardour splitting a region and pulling down the trim on one region a lot doesn’t produce audio artifacts.
Oh my god, how did I never know this exists in Ardour?! This is so great. That was actually exactly what I was searching for, when I tried to mimic that behaviour with the descrete interpolation.
Big thanks
One of my favourite things about Ardour is that whenever you find yourself thinking “I wish there was a way could do XYZ in Ardour”, you often find that XYZ or something similar/close is already there, you just need to click shit and investigate
This is the same thing I believe after switching between ECAD tools in my day job. Someone probably already solved the very thing you want to do, and you only need to know how to access it.
From my experience, being one who just can’t find the time to really explore Ardour well nor record my music sadly, the few times I did, I realized it’s packed with goodies, but they keep the interface uncluttered best they can, and it’s all there! It takes some exploring and reading or watching videos on Ardour, but once you know where things are, it makes for a much better workflow than I ever had in Cubase. Never tried Reaper though, nor do I want to learn yet another DAW given how great Ardour is, but for the most part it’s a well liked program and at a great price in comparison to Cubase, ProTools… and many are switching to it because they love that it is easier to use and nowhere near as cluttered; well it was last time I used it in the early 2000nds before I switched to Linux.
Too bad many of them still haven’t tried using it on a great OS that respects them and doesn’t abuse them or interfere at the worse possible time.
