u/SteamMonkeyRocks

I'm playing guitar and I'm using Ardour on a laptop as DAW for proper recording. It works perfectly and I'm very happy with this setup.

However when practicing, this setup becomes a bit too complicated. My practice routine includes:

• Metronome + guitar
• Backing track (audio player, firefox, sptify,...) + guitar
• Guitar pro/Tuxguitar + guitar
• External microphone + guitar

I'm able to record all these configuration with Ardour, but I spend far too much time in switching the from one configuration to another, even with templates and I loose focus in my practice having to jump to my laptop, rewire so I'm looking for a more efficient setup, that would allow:

• Switching very easily from one configuration to another
• Adjust the volume of the different tracks afterward so I don't have to make adjustments before recording
• Save the output for listening later and ideally being able to adjust the tracks volumes
• Ideally, touchscreen friendly so I can use it on a tablet

Looking at all DAW available, they are all very good, but I'd like something simpler that would just allow to start the recording for a given configuration and do the volume adjustments and listening at a later stage. I'm OK with terminal applications, bash/python scripts or any other fancy approach.

Thanks for any suggestion!