On 3/29/2012 3:40 PM, geoff wrote:
Actually the mixer view is a paradigm I actively avoid, as is unnecessary in
these apps.
I'm afraid that I don't have the imagination or discipline
to mix without something that looks like a mixing console.
But then I only work with actual played-and-recorded music
which is less than perfect, and I want the mix to end up
that way (less than perfect).
Multiple montiors is just about essential in any DAW ( with undockable
windows).
It sure seems like it's getting that way. On one hand you
are able to preserve the views you're accustomed to working
with and have enough space to actually work within them. On
the other hand, it blows away the concept of a portable
workstation, which, otherwise, is completely feasible with a
modern laptop computer. Sure, you can capture tracks easily
enough with a single monitor, unless of course you also want
to have the interface's application open for low latency
monitoring and metering, for example, but editing and mixing
becomes a separate operation. You can't really work with
both functions at once very conveniently, with most DAW
programs, on a single screen.
Your arguments are as valid as mine so it's not necessarily
to name your own personal DAW and say that's not true.
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