

Traverso is a multitrack audio recording and editing program for GNU/Linux with special emphasis on an intuitive, clean, and above all efficient user interface. The program currently supports recording of any number of audio tracks (only limited by hardware capabilities), basic mixing features, writing to CD, and rendering of the project into various standard audio file formats. The audio engine uses 32 bit floating point precisionfor all calculations to preserve the highest possible audio quality even after extensiveprocessing.
The user interface uses a contextual interaction concept; instead of relying on the
mouse
to operate on graphical objects, combinations of mouse and keyboard are
used to control the program. This results in a higher flexibility and
much faster control of the program when compared to the traditional
mouse-based approach. It even goes far beyond the possibilities offered
by conventional key shortcuts. The mouse only has to be placed on an
object and all functions become available instantly by pressing a key
on the keyboard. Since the object under the mouse cursor is
automatically selected, this concept is called “soft selection”.