Nama

Easy multitrack recording with Ecasound

Features

Multitrack recording, mixing mastering

  • Convenient recording, playback. Complexity kept to a mininum

  • Automix function generates normalized mixdown

  • Mastering mode with separate effects settings for low, mid-range and high bands

GUI layout

  • One mixer window

  • One effects window

  • Text terminal with command line interface

  • No dialog boxes considered a feature

  • Avoids window-overload syndrome

JACK support

  • Works seamlessly with or without JACK.

  • Nama makes all necessary JACK client connections

Plugins

  • LADSPA plugins

  • Ecasound chain operators, presets and controllers

  • New plugins and presets are automatically detected.

  • Hinted parameter ranges and defaults

  • Linear and logarithmic scaling

Versions

  • Multiple WAV files may be recorded for each track.

Command line

  • Text interface based on grammer and recursive descent parser

  • Economical command language. sax vol +10 does what one would expect.

  • Commands can apply to several tracks at once:

    for vocal_a vocal_b; vol -20

  • Tracks can be grouped in bunches

    bunch strings violins violas cellos bass
for strings; pan +5

  • Tab-completion of commands, plugin labels, and project names

  • User can execute Nama commands, Ecasound interactive mode commands, shell commands, and Perl code

  • Command history

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