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title: Isn't This A Really Complicated Program?
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<p>
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There is no point in pretending that Ardour is a simple, easy to use
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program. The development group has worked hard to try to make simple
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things reasonably easy, common tasks quick, and hard and/or uncommon
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things possible. There is no doubt that we have more to do in this
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area, as well as polishing the user interface to improve its
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intuitiveness and work flow characteristics.
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</p>
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<p>
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At the same time, multi-track, multi-channel, non-linear,
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non-destructive audio editing is a far from simple process. Doing it
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right requires not only a good ear, but a solid appreciation of
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basic audio concepts and a robust mental model/metaphor of what you
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are doing. Ardour is not a simple "audio recorder" - you can
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certainly use it to record stereo (or even mono) material in a
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single track, but the program has been designed around much richer
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capabilities than this.
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</p>
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<p>
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Some people complain that Ardour is not "intuitive" to use — its
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lead developer has
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<a href="https://community.ardour.org/node/3322">some thoughts on that</a>.
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</p>
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