I've tried Ardour every 6 months since it first appeared years ago and have always given up after a few days of trying. I love the idea, but the implementation leaves a lot to be desired. And as much as I'd love to jump to Linux, there's waaay too much in Windows I'd nead, Reason, pro VST plug-ins etc.
I tried the incarnation you speak of and it does work, but I've had way more luck with Reaper in the last month than in the years of trying Ardour. Ardour 2.0 is leaps and bounds better, but it's still clunky and limited to the public plug-ins available. The Jack/ALSA/X11 interface is far from plug and play. I makes reapers i/o window look positively simple.
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