My sentiments, exactly, Raymond, and I've tried them all--Reason, Sonar, Pro Tools, even Garage Band. I've decided Sound Forge is as big a digital audio workstation as I'll ever need, want, or use. Neither do I sing nor play an instrument that requires a microphone to capture its performances.
On Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:54:21 -0500, you wrote: >Hi, >Well, I have my ideas. For someone like me who is only decent at music and >midi stuff, and not what the common DAW terms are, using one is no easy >task, especially when they tend to be big and sometimes slow as you said. >Plus, for me, QWS and Gold Wave click perfectly. As soon as I opened both >for the first time, I could do things with them, and I only had to use the >manual when I needed it. but if I have a program like a DAW that isn't so >easy to just start and record with, and I have to look through a hundred >page PDF to figure out why, I simply get discouraged. >DAWs are just big and scary things that I'm not well rehearsed at. Of course >we can't expect QWS to cover that. If QWS were to evolve into any audio >form, I'd think the most it would need to do is be able to load, and or >record audio files, and be able to mix, edit and have effects, even if it's >just VST effect support. Then you could chop audio up with some basic >splicing features, and perform audio edits like you would in midi, by >selecting the part you want to modify in beats and ticks. And then mix >tracks and have all of the QWS midi functions for midi editing. That's the >utmost I could ever expect a program like QWS to do. But will it ever >happen? Probably not. There's no real strong need for it and it would >probably need to be almost completely recoded, which takes up way too much >energy especially for one person. I can use audio editors for my audio >recording and mixing needs and QWS for the midi stuff. It's more primitive >and it probably takes longer, but I've grown used to it. Then again I am >only a hobbiest. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Nicole Massey" <[email protected]> >To: "QWS list" <[email protected]> >Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 9:31 AM >Subject: RE: QWS List QWS and Audio? > > >> Why does everyone want to turn every program into a DAW? I've heard people >> refer to Reason as a DAW recently, which it isn't, and now the desire to >> turn QWS into a DAW? >> >> If QWS starts adding a bunch of DAW features like audio and the like I'll >> stop using it. This application bloat philosophy drives me nuts. No one >> tries to talk Craftsman or Snap-on into making a tool that is a hammer, >> screwdriver, pliers, adjustable wrench, drill, sander, and tape measure. >> Every time you increase the functions of code you slow the code. If I want >> to use loops or some such in QWS I'd just get a VST sampler and use MIDI >> Yoke or another program to access it if I needed extra connections. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >> Alexander Westphal >> Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 8:13 AM >> To: QWS list >> Subject: Re: QWS List QWS and Audio? >> >> Wow! Great! As I said, that would be a reason to pay for it! Don't get >> me wrong, QWS is awesome, but at this time I think it is the most stable >> Sequencer and maybe in the future a little, but fine DAW. Don't know! >> There are so many unfinished projects, like ReaAccess and that stuff, >> and QWS is so simple and already powerful, like it is now. I think it >> could only get better! I hope my Opinion is clear to understand. Sorry >> again for my miserable language. >> To unsubscribe or change list options, see http://lists.andrelouis.com >> >> for archived list posts, see >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] >> >> To unsubscribe or change list options, see http://lists.andrelouis.com >> >> for archived list posts, see >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > >To unsubscribe or change list options, see http://lists.andrelouis.com > >for archived list posts, see http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] To unsubscribe or change list options, see http://lists.andrelouis.com for archived list posts, see http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
