Some screen shots - Live, Digital Performer, Logic
Posted: Mon May 23, 2005 12:44 am
I just thought I'd post these screen shots of a few program interfaces in case anyone's curious or interested and hasn't used them. Or if they have and are bored. There's a lot of talk about this program or that program, and all their abilities and whatnot, sometimes it's nice to be able to have a visual to look at. Be warned, they may not fit in your browser window. But I compressed them to jpeg so the files aren't huge.
http://classes.berklee.edu/kturnbull/mt ... roject.jpg
Digital Performer v4.12 for the Mac, made by Mark of the Unicorn (MOTU). Good view of the waveform editor, you can see some channel strips in the mixer window, and underneath is some of the sequence editor and arrange window. Transport of course at the top. One of the things I like about DP is that all the track inputs and outputs are listed to the left in the arrange window, you can see two of them in the shot - the Conductor track and a stereo audio track.
http://classes.berklee.edu/kturnbull/mt ... roject.jpg
Live 3 for the Mac (I think it's 3), made by Ableton. This is an interesting program which was made for the purpose of creating real-time remixes, mashups, whatever-you-wants from your computer. The frame on the left is where you browse samples and effects, and the frame on the bottom is where you can do some editing of the clips and effects. Each mark on the waveform there can be clicked and dragged to warp the clip. Fun to play with. In the middle we can see audio channels (columns) where you drag your clips to arrange different instances; then you go over to the right and click the "play" symbol on any row of clips to go to different sections in your arrangement. Fairly simple concept, but there's a lot that can be done if you know more about the program, which I don't because I'm not really interested in remixing.
http://classes.berklee.edu/kturnbull/mt ... roject.jpg
And finally, the Logic interface, which I'm sure many people are more familiar with than I. For those who are not, observe the handy channel strip to the left, and the boxes on the channel strips which give you a visual summary of the track's EQ. Is that not sweet? And so many symbols that I have no idea what they mean, but I assume there is sweetness there as well. The thing that annoys me the most is how many of the windows in Logic have that Edit - Tracks - View - Etc. menu bar in addition to the general one across the top of the screen, and you have to hunt through them if you want to do something and don't know where the developers put that particular option.
http://classes.berklee.edu/kturnbull/mt ... roject.jpg
Digital Performer v4.12 for the Mac, made by Mark of the Unicorn (MOTU). Good view of the waveform editor, you can see some channel strips in the mixer window, and underneath is some of the sequence editor and arrange window. Transport of course at the top. One of the things I like about DP is that all the track inputs and outputs are listed to the left in the arrange window, you can see two of them in the shot - the Conductor track and a stereo audio track.
http://classes.berklee.edu/kturnbull/mt ... roject.jpg
Live 3 for the Mac (I think it's 3), made by Ableton. This is an interesting program which was made for the purpose of creating real-time remixes, mashups, whatever-you-wants from your computer. The frame on the left is where you browse samples and effects, and the frame on the bottom is where you can do some editing of the clips and effects. Each mark on the waveform there can be clicked and dragged to warp the clip. Fun to play with. In the middle we can see audio channels (columns) where you drag your clips to arrange different instances; then you go over to the right and click the "play" symbol on any row of clips to go to different sections in your arrangement. Fairly simple concept, but there's a lot that can be done if you know more about the program, which I don't because I'm not really interested in remixing.
http://classes.berklee.edu/kturnbull/mt ... roject.jpg
And finally, the Logic interface, which I'm sure many people are more familiar with than I. For those who are not, observe the handy channel strip to the left, and the boxes on the channel strips which give you a visual summary of the track's EQ. Is that not sweet? And so many symbols that I have no idea what they mean, but I assume there is sweetness there as well. The thing that annoys me the most is how many of the windows in Logic have that Edit - Tracks - View - Etc. menu bar in addition to the general one across the top of the screen, and you have to hunt through them if you want to do something and don't know where the developers put that particular option.
