Re: [orca-list] audio editing and recording in linux?

["Alex Midence" <alex midence gmail com>]

Hi, Julien,

I looked at a few cli things once.  Bristol?  I think it was called Bristol.  Apparently, there's also an 
Emacs interface to ecasound I ran across once.  Other than that, I'm quite clueless about music software for 
the cli.  For instance, I'm a guitar player.  How does one manipulate the software while playing one's 
instrument?  Can you set up single key functionality for stuff like stop, record, rewind, fastforward and the 
like?  With the gui, I figure you get like a gamer's mouse with multiple buttons on it and configure each 
button to do one thing and then you use the thing like a remote control.  Any time I think of the cli, I 
think of all the commands and switches you have to key in and I just can't wrap my head around a tool for 
recording music that works that way which I oculd use efficiently since I don't sing and I don't podcast.  My 
instrument requires the use of both hands at all times.  Let me know.  I find it all immensely interesting.

Alex M





-----Original Message-----
From: Julien Claassen [mailto:julien mail upb de] 
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2012 3:41 PM
To: Alex Midence
Cc: Dave Hunt; orca-list gnome org
Subject: Re: [orca-list] audio editing and recording in linux?

Hey Alex1
   Have you ever looked at the CLI alternatives? Nama is definitely far from Ardour, but especially, where 
accessibility is concerned, it might be the closest thing. We definitely try to go for the odd Ardour feature 
of five, when there's a possibility. Oh sorry, Joel does, we just poke him.
   From a colleague from the Linux Audio Users' list, who has used windwows, Mac OSX and Linux, I heard, that 
at the moment he sees Linux as the easiest alternative, though probably not the most powerful. Windows as of 
course a lot of software and there are some bundles designed for blind people, don't remember the name. Mac 
is getting lots better - everyday it seems - in ther accessibility, but it too isn't satisfactory. Linux has 
superb accessibility in the CLI and you know about the GUI, better than I would. :-) CLI apps are limited in 
variety, at least, when you're looking for the more powerful interactive programs.
   Just some idle remarks.
   Best wishes
           Julien

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