Re: [ecasound] multitrack file format?

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Subject: Re: [ecasound] multitrack file format?
From: Luis Pablo Gasparotto (luispagasparotto_AT_yahoo.com)
Date: Fri Oct 19 2001 - 04:05:28 EEST

I think this could be great. I'm convinced that more people will choose Ecasound.

El Jue 18 Oct 2001 08:45, escribiste:
> What if ecasound could understand the following file format:
>
> file "my_next_big_hit.emt"
> --cut--
> [globals]
> input = /dev/dsp
> output = /dev/dsp
> options = -t:20
> [tracks]

What do you think about this?

# name mon/rec Start time gain-% pan-% chain ops
drums.wav mon 00:00 100 50 -efl:4000
303line.wav mon 00:00 120 50 -etr:60,0,7
lead.wav rec 01:30 100 50
 --cut--

>
> You'd write the above (or use a separate frontend app that can save to
> ..emt), and then use it like:
>
> ecasound my_next_big_hit.emt -c
> [...]
> ecasound ('h' for help)> start
>
> .... and so on. The benefits of .emt would be:
>
> - easier to use (hides ecasound's input, output and chain concepts);
> anyone who knows how to use cakewalk, cooledit or an analog
> 4-track should be able to understand how the above works (perhaps
> a gui is needed, but that doesn't change the concept)
> - faster changing between mix-to-dsp, mix-to-file and
> record-new-track modes (only one .emt file instead of
> multiple ecs-files)
>
> Negative things:
>
> - conversion from .ecs to .emt might prove to be trickier
> (.emt cannot express all chainsetup configurations),
> which again means that changes made in iactive
> mode are not (necessarily) stored to .emt files
>
> Internally ecasound would convert the .emt files to chainsetup (.ecs)
> files before loading. So something like:
>
> --cut--
> # ecasound chainsetup file
>
> # general
> -sr:44100 -t:20 -z:noxruns -z:nopsr
>
> # audio inputs
> -a:mon1 -i:drums.wav
> -a:mon2 -i:303line.wav
>
> # audio outputs
> -a:mon1,mon2 -o:/dev/dsp
>
> # chain operators and controllers
> -a:mon1 -ea:100.00 -epp:50.00 -efl:4000.00
> -a:mon2 -ea:120.00 -epp:50.00 -etr:60.00,0.00,7.00
> -a:rec1 -ea:100.00 -epp:50.00
> --cut--

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