I only had a brief opportunity today to look at Ardour and Qtractor under Arch (dual-boot Linux) and had to conclude once again that I simply prefer Qtractor's interface. The program seems somehow lighter, generates fewer xRuns, and I just have a better overall feeling when I start it. Interestingly, only Qtractor and Hydrogen react correctly when you create a pipewire-jack.conf file for them with the desired quantum/sample rate settings. Ardour and LMMS don't do this! Even the internet browsers are responding correctly to these settings. In Ardour Debian, the Vee One Suite doesn't work at all because there's no interface, and in Arch, while there is an interface, after closing it, a second empty window appears that also needs to be closed. The best thing about the new Ardour is actually the clip launcher, but it's not designed at all like Ableton's. For example, I haven't figured out how to transfer a simple MIDI file from the launcher to the arranger window. Anyway, it's just not very well implemented. Since I like using LMMS with Qtractor, I've noticed that in this case, there are fewer xRuns than, for example, with the combination of Ardour and LMMS. Strange?
I just wanted to sincerely thank you for the quick help and solutions!
PS: Next, I need to figure out how to use a simple step sequencer plugin, like the one from x42, in conjunction with drumkv1. :-) I've noticed that a dedicated step sequencer that follows the Qtractor tempo would be a great addition to drumkv1. I used to be a big Propellerhead Reason fan, and I miss the simplicity of Redrum, even though I haven't used it in over 13 years. Aside from a dedicated step sequencer, drumkv1 has pretty much everything a drum plugin needs. Perhaps that would be something to consider for a future version of drumkv1?
If Qtractor had its own clip launcher, there would be absolutely nothing anyone could miss. A guy can dream, right? :-)
I think the concept of a DAW like Qtractor coming with its own matching plugins (Vee One Suite) is fantastic! At least as far as instruments are concerned, everything you need to get started is there.
Great! Thanks! After installing librubberband from this link -> https://launchpad.net/~rncbc/+archive/ubuntu/libs-noble/+files/librubberband3_4.0.0-18.1_amd64.deb<-, the installation of the .deb files for Qtractor and samplv1 via Discover went absolutely smoothly. Very nice! Thank you so much!
I only had a brief opportunity today to look at Ardour and Qtractor under Arch (dual-boot Linux) and had to conclude once again that I simply prefer Qtractor's interface. The program seems somehow lighter, generates fewer xRuns, and I just have a better overall feeling when I start it. Interestingly, only Qtractor and Hydrogen react correctly when you create a pipewire-jack.conf file for them with the desired quantum/sample rate settings. Ardour and LMMS don't do this! Even the internet browsers are responding correctly to these settings. In Ardour Debian, the Vee One Suite doesn't work at all because there's no interface, and in Arch, while there is an interface, after closing it, a second empty window appears that also needs to be closed. The best thing about the new Ardour is actually the clip launcher, but it's not designed at all like Ableton's. For example, I haven't figured out how to transfer a simple MIDI file from the launcher to the arranger window. Anyway, it's just not very well implemented. Since I like using LMMS with Qtractor, I've noticed that in this case, there are fewer xRuns than, for example, with the combination of Ardour and LMMS. Strange?
I just wanted to sincerely thank you for the quick help and solutions!
PS: Next, I need to figure out how to use a simple step sequencer plugin, like the one from x42, in conjunction with drumkv1. :-) I've noticed that a dedicated step sequencer that follows the Qtractor tempo would be a great addition to drumkv1. I used to be a big Propellerhead Reason fan, and I miss the simplicity of Redrum, even though I haven't used it in over 13 years. Aside from a dedicated step sequencer, drumkv1 has pretty much everything a drum plugin needs. Perhaps that would be something to consider for a future version of drumkv1?
If Qtractor had its own clip launcher, there would be absolutely nothing anyone could miss. A guy can dream, right? :-)
I think the concept of a DAW like Qtractor coming with its own matching plugins (Vee One Suite) is fantastic! At least as far as instruments are concerned, everything you need to get started is there.
Thanks again for your help!
Cheers!