Ardour2 is a native-running Mac OSX Digital Audio Workstation (DAW). I can attest that it can run with the big boys. Until yesterday, I considered my best DAW software to be Adobe Audition, but unfortunately it only runs on Windows. So, in order to use my firewire interface from my mixer, I have to run Boot Camp which then eliminates the use of all my other Mac OS X resources. Yuck. I have used Soundtrack Pro, Audition, Tracktion, Audacity and now Ardour2. The latter is quickly becoming my favorite although it’s biggest downfall to me is the learning curve it requires.
Either way, yesterday I put it into action. I was actually able to record all of the parts for Naomi and Town Women in the book of RUTH for the Nyakyusa language. This is a huge step forward for me as I have longed to have a good DAW I could run natively on my Mac. I’ve found it and I think most of the recording for RUTH and JONAH in Nyakyusa should be complete by the end of the week! (barring NAC… Normal African Circumstances)
February 17th, 2009 at 10:22 am
[...] Jonathan’s McBlog added an interesting post today on Ardour2 did me wellHere’s a small readingArdour2 is a native-running Mac OSX Digital Audio Workstation (DAW). I can attest that it can run with the big boys. Until yesterday, I considered my best DAW software to be Adobe Audition, but unfortunately it only runs on Windows. So, in order to use my firewire interface from my mixer, I have to run Boot Camp which then eliminates the use of all my other Mac OS X resources. Yuck. I have used Soundtrack Pro, Audition, Tracktion, Audacity and now Ardour2. The latter is quickly becoming my [...]