[Traverso-devel] Some confirmations for the manual

[Nicola Doebelin]

Hi,

I'm about to write the "recording" chapter for the manual, and I would like 
you (mainly Remon) to clarify some points:

- I assume that the recording format (sampling rate, bit depth) is given by 
the audio backend. If that is correct, I would suggest in the manual that 
users who need a different format than the default ALSA settings should use 
qjackctl and set the sample rate and bit depth there.

- What happens if I mix clips with different file formats (sr, bit depth) in 
one song? Is it possible?

- On cheap soundblaster or onboard sound cards switching between line-in and 
mic input is done either in KMix (or alsamixer), or in qjackctl. Is that 
correct? Better sound cards seem to be able to record from several input 
channels with ALSA and jack. In that case, assigning a capture bus in 
Traverso allows to record these channels. Is that how it is done correctly? 
(I don't have a multichannel card, so I don't know.)

- I saw that there are key commands for recording the left or right channel 
only, or both (<J K> <K L> <J L>). Is it working already? Does it 
automatically create a mono clip if only one side is recorded? Is there any 
visual feedback showing which channel is recorded?

- Anything else I should add to the chapter?

Thanks for your help.
Regards
Nic