The "hi-this-is-me-and-what-i-do"-thread

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#1

Hey!

First of, I’m sure this isn’t the appropriate section in the forum for this type of thread so please move it if that’s the case.

My thought with this thread was for people to come in and introduce themselves and their use of ardour by a set of questions. I’ve been using ardour for almost a year now with ever increasing skills and I’ve become more and more curious/eager to know how other people use it aswell.

So basically, answer these questions if you feel like it!

Your age
How long you’ve been using ardour
What do you use it for? (tracking, mixing, mastering, audio fx, audio for films etc)
Professionally/semi-pro/hobby?
What type of music do you do with ardour?
What other programs do you use aswell in your linux audio-setup?
What’s your favourite plugins (lets say compressor, eq, delay, reverb and misc) and do you use them internally in ardour or externally using jackrack etc?
What’s the greatest strength in your setup?
What’s the biggest weakness in your setup?

I’ll start myself of course :).

#2

Your age
22

How long you’ve been using ardour
Almost a year

What do you use it for? (tracking, mixing, mastering, audio fx, audio for films etc)
Both tracking and mixing

Professionally/semi-pro/hobby?
Very much a hobby!

What type of music do you do with ardour?
Mostly hiphop and acoustic guitar+song

What other programs do you use aswell in your linux audio-setup?
Seq24 for sequencing (i’m gonna learn Rosegarden asap)
Hydrogen for drums
Qsynth/Qsampler + a few well selected sf2’s and gig’s for virtual instruments
Zynaddsubfx for synths
Jamin for spectral analysis + general “premaster”

What’s your favourite plugins (lets say compressor, eq, delay, reverb and misc) and do you use them internally in ardour or externally using jackrack etc?
Compressor: Calf Compressor LV2
EQ: Calf 12band EQ LV2
Delay: Calf Vintage Delay LV2
Reverb: Calf Reverb LV2
Misc: Barrys Satan Maximizer and some FreeVerb

I use them all internally in ardour, but I’m looking at trying some with jackrack and patchage

What’s the greatest strength in your setup?
The ability to rewire everything the way I want with jack and the fact that everything I use is completely free

What’s the biggest weakness in your setup?
Besides not actually owning a control surface I’m guessing it would be having to use a RT-kernel that messes with alot of other stuff that the generic one does not.

#3

Your age

34

How long you’ve been using ardour

5 years

What do you use it for? (tracking, mixing, mastering, audio fx, audio for films etc)

Recording and mixing of music

Professionally/semi-pro/hobby?

hobby / semi-pro

What type of music do you do with ardour?

Real music :wink:

What other programs do you use aswell in your linux audio-setup?

Linux sampler, jamin, jkmeter, and a few others on occasion

What’s your favourite plugins (lets say compressor, eq, delay, reverb and misc) and do you use them internally in ardour or externally using jackrack etc?

Internally - LinuxDSP plugs (LV2) Calf (LV2) - Whatever sounds best on the project in question. No specific favs

What’s the greatest strength in your setup?

I can do everything I want to do.

What’s the biggest weakness in your setup?

I need to rebuild my audition room in the next 3 months…

#4

Your age

44

How long you’ve been using ardour

3 years

What do you use it for? (tracking, mixing, mastering, audio fx, audio for films etc)

Recording editing mixing mastering

Professionally/semi-pro/hobby?

professionnal hobby !

What type of music do you do with ardour?

blues reggae dub rock pop

What other programs do you use aswell in your linux audio-setup?

Linux sampler, Jamin, TapeUtape, Rosegarden, Fluidsynth, DSPplugins, Ardours’ plugin, QJackCtrl, Jconv, Guitarix,

What’s your favourite plugins (lets say compressor, eq, delay, reverb and misc) and do you use them internally in ardour or externally using jackrack etc?

most Internally - LinuxDSP plugs (LV2) Calf (LV2) - Jconv - LinuxDSP SR2A & co - preamp sim with tone control - barrys maximiser - sc4 comp - 10ch EQ - 3ch EQ+shelve - flanger and chorus

What’s the greatest strength in your setup?

can do almost everything wanted. QJack is the definitive patchbay.

What’s the biggest weakness in your setup?

own talent ! and maybe miss something like Addictive Drums

#5

Your age

24

How long you’ve been using ardour

2 years

What do you use it for? (tracking, mixing, mastering, audio fx, audio for films etc)

Recording, live performances, editing, mixing

Professionally/semi-pro/hobby?

Hobby turning to semi-pro

What type of music do you do with ardour?

Dark ambient, industrial

What other programs do you use aswell in your linux audio-setup?

Pure Data, Muse, Yoshimi, amSynth, Hydrogen, LMMS, Bristol, Audacity, Seq24, Patchage

What’s your favourite plugins (lets say compressor, eq, delay, reverb and misc) and do you use them internally in ardour or externally using jackrack etc?

I use mostly filters, overdrives and delays, preferably internally

What’s the greatest strength in your setup?

Modularity and flexibility

What’s the biggest weakness in your setup?

I am not still able to get rid of Windows

#6

Your age

28

How long you’ve been using ardour

2 years

What do you use it for? (tracking, mixing, mastering, audio fx, audio for films etc)

Recording and mixing of music

Professionally/semi-pro/hobby?

hobby

What type of music do you do with ardour?

post-punk, electropunk

What other programs do you use as well in your linux audio-setup?

Bristol, Hydrogen, seq24, guitarix. I force myself to use just a few ones to stimulate creativity. So far it’s not really working :slight_smile:

What’s your favourite plugins (lets say compressor, eq, delay, reverb and misc) and do you use them internally in ardour or externally using jackrack etc?

I use Calf and Invada LV2 mostly. I’m planning to look at jconv and find a good EQ.

What’s the greatest strength in your setup?

Flexibility and the ability to do things much more “organically” then what i did on Windows. It’s much more natural to me.

What’s the biggest weakness in your setup?

My computer is prone to xruns. I’ve tried many setups but so far, didn’t find the perfect one. Also my chain of recording sucks (cheap senheinser mic + Maudio MobilePre USB). I’ll probably invest a bit next year. Ah and also I’m still learning how to use Ardour… :wink:

#7

Your age

40

How long you’ve been using ardour

5 Years+

What do you use it for? (tracking, mixing, mastering, audio fx, audio for films etc)

Tracking and mixing music and testing my plugins

Professionally/semi-pro/hobby?

Professional

What type of music do you do with ardour?

Whatever comes to mind

What other programs do you use as well in your linux audio-setup?

linuxDSP JACK plugins, some VSTs (using custom built linux - windowsVST host)

What’s your favourite plugins (lets say compressor, eq, delay, reverb and misc) and do you use them internally in ardour or externally using jackrack etc?

My own linuxDSP plugins - LV2 and JACK versions - Although I’ve tried and tested most of the alternative (LV2) plugins, regrettably I couldn’t find any that would reliably do what I needed, which is partly what prompted me to create my own.

What’s the greatest strength in your setup?

JACK

What’s the biggest weakness in your setup?

Lack of supported pro-audio soundcards - although many are supported by ALSA and the excellent FFADO project we could really do with more manufacturers being a bit more supportive of linux audio. If anyone finds a soundcard they would like to use but which isn’t supported by linux, send the manufacturers a polite email telling them why they’ve lost a sale. They need to be aware how many sales are being lost due to lack of linux support to hopefully prompt better support.

@jy_moustache: If you’re looking for a good EQ then there are several you could try on my site:

http://www.linuxdsp.co.uk

#8

Your age: 29
How long you’ve been using ardour: have toyed with Ardour since 2003, did my first full length album in 2005, and have been using Ardour exclusively since 2008.
What do you use it for? (tracking, mixing, mastering, audio fx, audio for films etc): Tracking, Mixing, Mastering, Live Mixing, Editing (my favorite editor EVER), Audio for films, and development for my home-made distribution: Dream Studio (dream.dickmacinnis.com)
Professionally/semi-pro/hobby?: Professional
What type of music do you do with ardour?: Rock, Country, Hip-Hop, Ambient, Heavy Metal, Folk, Blues…whatever I or the customer feels like doing that day.
What other programs do you use aswell in your linux audio-setup?: Hydrogen, Qtractor, SooperLooper, Zynaddsubfx, Bristol, Jamin, linuxdsp jack plugins, Meterbridge, ac3jack, NetJACK, Mixxx, TerminatorX, Rbd2midi, LiveMix, etc., etc., etc.
What’s your favourite plugins (lets say compressor, eq, delay, reverb and misc) and do you use them internally in ardour or externally using jackrack etc?: SC4 compressor, C* 7 band graphic EQ, autotalent, vocproc - I use all these internally (and whatever tickles my fancy as far as reverbs, delays, chorus, phaser, etc.), and I use linuxdsp jack plugins with Jamin for mastering externally. And although I don’t own a lot of outboard gear, I use anything I can get my hands on in that regard (friends, rentals, clients, etc.). Nothing beats running a direct recorded guitar track through every amp/speaker combo available and picking the best ones for the final mix.
What’s the greatest strength in your setup?: JACK. I can route absolutely anywhere, including to other machines on my network(like my ibook for AU plugins or NI synths, or a separate room for monitoring; all without the need to run extra cables), and I can record from any audio source with or without a microphone. JACK is like rewire on steroids with a laser beam mounted on its forehead.
What’s the biggest weakness in your setup?: None of my machines have more than one core, so I’m constantly using the aforementioned routing capabilities creatively to keep things running smoothly (Synths on one machine ->Ardour on tracking machine->Mastering in control room machine), but I’ll say it again: JACK rules. Without it, half the stuff I do would be impossible, and the other half would take 10 times as long while I wait for things to print.

#9

Your age

  • 42

How long you’ve been using ardour

  • About 3 years

What do you use it for? (tracking, mixing, mastering, audio fx, audio for films etc)

  • Multi-track studio and live recording and mastering, I also distribute it within the AV Linux distro along with most of it’s contemporaries.

Professionally/semi-pro/hobby?

  • Semi pro, I take the odd paying job when time and opportunity allows.

What type of music do you do with ardour?

  • Pretty “linear” stuff without much in the way of Looping, Synths and Effects. Rootsy stuff like Rock, Blues and Soul influenced Music.

What other programs do you use as well in your linux audio-setup?

  • Mostly Qsynth for Electric Piano and Hammond Organ patches and Hydrogen for programmed Drums

What’s your favourite plugins (lets say compressor, eq, delay, reverb and misc) and do you use them internally in ardour or externally using jackrack etc?

  • Pretty much all the linuxDSP stuff, Barry’s Satan Maximizer, I also have some pet Windows VST’s I can’t part with like Ericsound UniQ and ANWIDASoft DX Reverb Lite.

What’s the greatest strength in your setup?

  • An efficient Desktop Environment (LXDE) giving quick performance even on aging Single core P4/Athlon@1.8Ghz+. I would have to say the ability to back up my system to ISO and re-install it EXACTLY as it was in case of trouble with Remastersys. Also a reliable and full featured -RT Kernel that supports all my hardware including 2 M-Audio Delta 1010LT’s wired together and used with PCM_multi giving 16 channels +4 SPDIF for less that $400.00 USD.

What’s the biggest weakness in your setup?

  • Vulnerabilities caused by the temptation to constantly be upgrading and changing things around with the seemingly endless and daily Program/Kernel updates in the current Linux climate. To quote linuxDSP “If it ain’t broke it doesn’t have enough features yet!”
#10

Your age
38

How long you’ve been using ardour
5 years

What do you use it for? (tracking, mixing, mastering, audio fx, audio for films etc)
Recording jam sessions. :slight_smile:

Professionally/semi-pro/hobby?
Hobby

What type of music do you do with ardour?
Blues/rock/punk/etc

What other programs do you use aswell in your linux audio-setup?
Audacity

What’s your favourite plugins (lets say compressor, eq, delay, reverb and misc) and do you use them internally in ardour or externally using jackrack etc?
Compressor…don’t use a lot of effects.

What’s the greatest strength in your setup?
Bits and pieces setup - and have 2 friends with assorted gear so between the three of us we can get together and generally have something decent

What’s the biggest weakness in your setup?
Not permanent, so without my friends it’s a bit thin.

#11

Your age
62

How long you’ve been using ardour

  • Less than 2 years

What do you use it for? (tracking, mixing, mastering, audio fx, audio for films etc)

  • Multi-track studio, remix, voice recording, mastering, radio broadcasting.

Professionally/semi-pro/hobby?

  • Semi pro - would just love to be paid once in a while :slight_smile:

What type of music do you do with ardour?

  • Classical for background, occasional vocal.

What other programs do you use as well in your linux audio-setup?

  • JACK, Gnormalize & other utilities, Liquidsoap

What’s your favourite plugins (lets say compressor, eq, delay, reverb and misc) and do you use them internally in ardour or externally using jackrack etc?

  • not much need for them, so far - limited use of internals

What’s the greatest strength in your setup?

  • JACK with M-Audio Delta 1010LT with HPxw4200 single 3.2GHz with 1TB work drive and a 10K Raptor drive dedicated to Ardour. Zoom H4n digital recorder

What’s the biggest weakness in your setup?

  • Me. Single core - looking to add 2nd setup with HP6400 2x Dual Core for production
#12

Your age
25

How long you’ve been using ardour
2 years

What do you use it for? (tracking, mixing, mastering, audio fx, audio for films etc)

  • Recording, Mixing

Professionally/semi-pro/hobby?

  • Hobby. Though, I’ve started working on a setup for live performance.

What type of music do you do with ardour?

  • Electronica, lots of stuff based around sound design also some minimal techno

What other programs do you use as well in your linux audio-setup?

  • JACK, Supercollider

What’s your favourite plugins (lets say compressor, eq, delay, reverb and misc) and do you use them internally in ardour or externally using jackrack etc?

  • I really like the linux dsp plugins I’ve got. I use them internally.

What’s the greatest strength in your setup?

  • My own supercollider code and libraries. Also, the flexibility of routing through JACK.

What’s the biggest weakness in your setup?

  • Lack of midi support for Ardour. But I’ve compiled 3 recently and the design of midi it fits perfectly with my work flow and some of my supercollider code. I’m very excited about it.
#13

Your Age:
18

How long you’ve been usign Ardour
About 2 or 3 years.

What do you it for?
Mainly recording but editing audio and mixing too

Professionally/semi-pro/hobby?
Hobby at the moment, but I’m going to university next year and hope to turn composition into a career and I will stick with Ardour and Musescore thankyou very much! Love it.

What type of music do you do with ardour?
All sorts. A lot of rock/ska but also my own compositions, neoclassical etc…

What other programs do you use as well in your linux audio-setup?
JACK, Musescore, Hydrogen, Phasex, just about anything I like…

What’s your favourite plugins (lets say compressor, eq, delay, reverb and misc) and do you use them internally in ardour or externally using jackrack etc?
CALF LV2 plugins are awesome, use them internally.

What’s the greatest strength in your setup?
Speed, even without a realtime kernel JACK reports a 5.33ms latency. I could probably get it lower too.

What’s the biggest weakness in your setup?
Not running a realtime kernel… ahah :stuck_out_tongue:

Can we start including pictures of our set ups?

Full size: http://i.imgur.com/Xj2rZ.jpg (couldn’t work out how to make it into a link)

Going to get a second monitor and need somewhere proper to put my monitors, apart from that it works quite well. My band uses it for recording everybody at once and it works really nicely.