2 title: Ardour's Interface
6 In Ardour, work is done in two main windows: the <dfn>Editor</dfn> and the
10 <figure style="width:100%;">
12 <div class="container" style="float:left; width: 615px; height: 445px; background-image: url('/images/editor_split_OSTitlebar.png');">
13 <a href="/ardours-interface/main-menu/" alt="Menu"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 12px; top: 18px; width: 194px; height: 15px; background-image: url('/images/editor_split_Menu.png');"></div></a>
14 <a href="/ardours-interface/status-bar/" alt="Status Bar"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 219px; top: 18px; width: 379px; height: 15px; background-image: url('/images/editor_split_StatusBar.png');"></div></a>
15 <a href="/ardours-interface/the-transport-bar/" alt="Transport Bar"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 10px; top: 36px; width: 199px; height: 39px; background-image: url('/images/editor_split_TransportBar.png');"></div></a>
16 <a href="/ardours-interface/transport-clocks/" alt="Transport Clocks"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 214px; top: 35px; width: 147px; height: 39px; background-image: url('/images/editor_split_TransportClocks.png');"></div></a>
17 <a href="/ardours-interface/selection-and-punch-clocks/" alt="Selection and Punch Clocks"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 366px; top: 35px; width: 133px; height: 39px; background-image: url('/images/editor_split_SelectionandPunchClocks.png');"></div></a>
18 <a href="/ardours-interface/status-indicators/" alt="Status and Mode buttons"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 504px; top: 35px; width: 94px; height: 39px; background-image: url('/images/editor_split_StatusandModebuttons.png');"></div></a>
19 <a href="/ardours-interface/audio-midi-mixer-strips/" alt="Editors Mixer Strip"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 6px; top: 78px; width: 56px; height: 332px; background-image: url('/images/editor_split_EditorsMixerStrip.png');"></div></a>
20 <a href="/ardours-interface/the-summary/" alt="Summary"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 72px; top: 385px; width: 394px; height: 51px; background-image: url('/images/editor_split_Summary.png');"></div></a>
21 <a href="/ardours-interface/editor-lists/" alt="Editors List"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 474px; top: 105px; width: 122px; height: 309px; background-image: url('/images/editor_split_EditorsList.png');"></div></a>
22 <a href="/ardours-interface/the-nudge-controls/" alt="Nudge Controls"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 512px; top: 79px; width: 94px; height: 23px; background-image: url('/images/editor_split_NudgeControls.png');"></div></a>
23 <a href="/ardours-interface/the-edit-point-control/" alt="Edit Point"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 461px; top: 80px; width: 45px; height: 23px; background-image: url('/images/editor_split_EditPoint.png');"></div></a>
24 <a href="/ardours-interface/the-grid-controls/" alt="Grid Controls"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 349px; top: 80px; width: 108px; height: 23px; background-image: url('/images/editor_split_GridControls.png');"></div></a>
25 <a href="/ardours-interface/the-zoom-controls/" alt="Zoom Controls"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 215px; top: 79px; width: 129px; height: 23px; background-image: url('/images/editor_split_ZoomControls.png');"></div></a>
26 <a href="/ardours-interface/the-toolbox/" alt="Toolbox"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 69px; top: 79px; width: 140px; height: 23px; background-image: url('/images/editor_split_Toolbox.png');"></div></a>
27 <a href="/ardours-interface/the-ruler/" alt="Rulers"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 72px; top: 105px; width: 394px; height: 62px; background-image: url('/images/editor_split_Rulers.png');"></div></a>
28 <div class="hoverimg" style="left: 69px; top: 170px; width: 8px; height: 197px; background-image: url('/images/editor_split_Groupstabs.png');"></div>
29 <div class="hoverimg" style="left: 81px; top: 320px; width: 386px; height: 62px; background-image: url('/images/editor_split_aMIDITrack.png');"></div>
30 <div class="hoverimg" style="left: 81px; top: 285px; width: 386px; height: 33px; background-image: url('/images/editor_split_anotherAudioTrack.png');"></div>
31 <div class="hoverimg" style="left: 81px; top: 248px; width: 386px; height: 34px; background-image: url('/images/editor_split_Automation.png');"></div>
32 <div class="hoverimg" style="left: 81px; top: 207px; width: 386px; height: 37px; background-image: url('/images/editor_split_anAudioTrack.png');"></div>
33 <div class="hoverimg" style="left: 81px; top: 170px; width: 386px; height: 33px; background-image: url('/images/editor_split_MasterBusTrack.png');"></div>
36 <div class="container" style="float:left; width: 627px; height: 430px; background-image: url('/images/mixer_split_OsTitleBar.png');">
37 <a href="/ardours-interface/main-menu/" alt="Menu Bar"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 18px; top: 17px; width: 193px; height: 16px; background-image: url('/images/mixer_split_MenuBar.png');"></div></a>
38 <a href="/ardours-interface/status-bar/" alt="Status Bar"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 226px; top: 17px; width: 379px; height: 16px; background-image: url('/images/mixer_split_StatusBar.png');"></div></a>
39 <a href="/ardours-interface/the-transport-bar/" alt="Transport Bar"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 12px; top: 37px; width: 198px; height: 38px; background-image: url('/images/mixer_split_TransportBar.png');"></div></a>
40 <a href="/ardours-interface/transport-clocks/" alt="Transport Clocks"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 216px; top: 38px; width: 146px; height: 38px; background-image: url('/images/mixer_split_TransportClocks.png');"></div></a>
41 <a href="/ardours-interface/selection-and-punch-clocks/" alt="Punch and Selection Clocks"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 369px; top: 38px; width: 135px; height: 38px; background-image: url('/images/mixer_split_PunchandSelectionClocks.png');"></div></a>
42 <a href="/ardours-interface/status-indicators/" alt="Status and Mode buttons"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 511px; top: 37px; width: 94px; height: 38px; background-image: url('/images/mixer_split_StatusandModebuttons.png');"></div></a>
43 <a href="/ardours-interface/favorite-plugins-window/" alt="Favorite Plugins"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 6px; top: 79px; width: 116px; height: 136px; background-image: url('/images/mixer_split_FavoritePlugins.png');"></div></a>
44 <a href="/ardours-interface/the-strips-list/" alt="Strips List"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 6px; top: 220px; width: 115px; height: 97px; background-image: url('/images/mixer_split_StripsList.png');"></div></a>
45 <a href="/ardours-interface/the-groups-list/" alt="Group List"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 6px; top: 321px; width: 116px; height: 99px; background-image: url('/images/mixer_split_GroupList.png');"></div></a>
46 <a href="/ardours-interface/audio-midi-mixer-strips/" alt="an Audio Strip"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 128px; top: 97px; width: 57px; height: 320px; background-image: url('/images/mixer_split_anAudioStrip.png');"></div></a>
47 <a href="/ardours-interface/audio-midi-mixer-strips/" alt="another Audio Strip"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 191px; top: 97px; width: 55px; height: 320px; background-image: url('/images/mixer_split_anotherAudioStrip.png');"></div></a>
48 <a href="/ardours-interface/audio-midi-mixer-strips/" alt="a MIDI Strip"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 251px; top: 97px; width: 55px; height: 320px; background-image: url('/images/mixer_split_aMIDIStrip.png');"></div></a>
49 <a href="/ardours-interface/busses-mixer-strips/" alt="a Bus Strip"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 313px; top: 97px; width: 56px; height: 320px; background-image: url('/images/mixer_split_aBusStrip.png');"></div></a>
50 <a href="/ardours-interface/control-masters/" alt="Control Masters"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 373px; top: 81px; width: 98px; height: 331px; background-image: url('/images/mixer_split_ControlMasters.png');"></div></a>
51 <a href="/ardours-interface/the-master-bus-strip/" alt="the Master Strip"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 477px; top: 81px; width: 54px; height: 331px; background-image: url('/images/mixer_split_theMasterStrip.png');"></div></a>
52 <a href="/ardours-interface/the-monitor-section/" alt="Monitor Section"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 536px; top: 80px; width: 82px; height: 332px; background-image: url('/images/mixer_split_MonitorSection.png');"></div></a>
53 <div class="hoverimg" style="left: 133px; top: 80px; width: 223px; height: 11px; background-image: url('/images/mixer_split_GroupTabs.png');"></div>
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61 <li>Transport bar and Times</li>
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64 <li>The <dfn>Mixer</dfn> window</li>
65 <li>The <dfn>Editor</dfn> window</li>
69 The Editor and Mixer windows. Click on a section to access its description.
74 Switching between the Editor and the Mixer windows is done :
77 <li>with the <a href="/ardours-interface/status-indicators/">Mode Selector buttons</a> in the upper right</li>
78 <li>with the <kbd class="mod2">M</kbd> shortcut</li>
79 <li>with the menu <kbd class="menu">Window > Editor <em>(or Mixer)</em> > Show</kbd>.</li>
83 Both windows can be visible at the same time (eg. for a multi-monitor
84 setup) using <kbd class="menu">Window > Editor <em>(or Mixer)</em> > Detach</kbd> option in the same submenu.
90 The <dfn>Editor</dfn> window includes the editor track <dfn>canvas</dfn>
91 where audio and MIDI data can be arranged along a timeline. This is the
92 window where editing and arranging a project is done. The window
93 has a general "horizontal" sense to it: the timeline flows from left to
94 right, the playhead showing the current position in the session moves
95 from left to right — the window really represents <dfn>time</dfn>
96 in a fairly literal way.
99 It is possible to show a single channel strip in the editor window, and
100 some people find this enough to work on mixing without actually opening
101 the mixer window. Most of the time though, both of these windows will be
102 needed at various stages of a session's lifetime.
108 The <dfn>Mixer</dfn> window represents signal flow and is the window that will
109 probably be used most when mixing a session. It
110 includes <dfn>channel strips</dfn> for each track and bus in the session.
111 It has a general "vertical" sense to it: signals flow from the top of each
112 channel strip through the processing elements in the strip to reach the
113 output listed at the bottom.
116 To learn more about the process of mixing, see <a href="/mixing/">Mixing<a>.