Hi Paul! I'm happy to be the first to congratulate and thank you and you're co-developers. Not only for this excellent piece of software to use, but also to have the source code available to learn how to write such a beast.
Just because I'm one of the long time LAD list lurkers doesn't mean it has escaped my notice how much devotion and effort you poured into this. Thanx a lot! matthias On Tuesday 01 May 2007 00:04, Paul Davis wrote: > FOR IMMMEDIATE RELEASE > > Contact: Paul Davis, Founder & Lead Developer > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > +1 610 667 4807 > > > ARDOUR 2.0 RELEASED FOR OS X AND LINUX > > Philadelphia, USA April 30th, 2007 > > The developers of Ardour are happy to announce the release of version > 2.0 of the award winning digital audio workstation. Ardour transforms > any computer running Linux or OS X into a tool to record, edit and mix > multi-track audio. You can produce CDs, mix video soundtracks, or just > experiment with new ideas about music and sound. Version 2.0 is > available as an OS X (10.4) universal package > (http://ardour.org/files/releases/Ardour-2.0.dmg) and also as source > code (http://ardour.org/files/releases/ardour-2.0.tar.bz2). Linux > distributions will have prebuilt binaries available in the near future. > > Nearly 2 years of work have gone into this new version. Along the way > a huge number of bugs were fixed, performance and workflow were > improved, and many new features were added. Highlights of version 2.0 > compared to the last stable release (0.99) include: > > * new user interface featuring: > - more accessible menus > - improved overall GUI design > - instant accelerator key rebinding direct from menus > * destructive recording ("dubbing") capabilities (as used by > the new Harrison Xdubber) > * undo/redo across program startup/shutdown > * redesigned and more stable support for VST > * support for 24 bit integer native files in addition to > 32 bit float as in 0.99 > * modular support for hardware control surfaces, including the > Frontier Designs Tranzport and Mackie Control Protocol devices > > In addition there are literally hundreds of minor fixes and smaller > features that have accumulated during the work on 2.0. This new > version is fully backward-compatible with older releases of Ardour, > and can be installed in parallel with them. Please note that older > versions cannot load sessions saved by Ardour 2.0. > > With the release of 2.0, the project's development will accelerate as > it returns to focusing on major features and workflow. We also look > forward to the results of this summer's Google Summer of Code projects > involving MIDI editing and surround panning. We expect to release > version 2.1 within a few months, containing new features that have > been under development but were not merged into this release. > > Ardour is available for free download from the ardour.org website. We > encourage users to support the development of the software through > subscriptions and donations. The software itself is available free of > charge. > > ABOUT ARDOUR > > Ardour capabilities include: multichannel recording, non-destructive > editing with unlimited undo/redo, full automation support, a powerful > mixer, unlimited tracks/busses/plugins, `persistent undo', > multi-language support, destructive track punching modes, timecode > synchronization, and hardware control from surfaces like the Mackie > Control Universal. The program has a completely flexible "anything to > anywhere" routing system, and will allow as many physical I/O ports as > your system allows. Ardour supports a wide range of audio-for-video > features such as video-synced playback and pullup/pulldown sample > rates. > > Started in 2000 by one of the founding programmers at Amazon.com, > Ardour is developed by a worldwide group of programmers with testing > and feedback from a widely distributed network of musicians and audio > engineers. Running on Linux and OS X, it strives to meet the needs of > professional users. Ardour has received commercial sponsorship from > major console manufacturers, Google and others. Many of Ardour's > developers have also participated in the development of JACK, the de > facto standard for inter-application audio routing on OS X and Linux. > > Ardour is released under the GNU Public License (GPL), providing its > users the ability to freely modify, redistribute and learn. > > For more information, please visit www.ardour.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/linux-audio-dev _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/linux-audio-dev
