3 title: Controlling Track Appearance
8 <p>Ardour offers many options for controlling the specific appearance of tracks, including color, height, waveform style and more.</p>
10 <h2>Global Options</h2>
11 <p>These can all be found via <code>Edit > Preferences > Editor</code></p>
12 <dl class="wide-table">
13 <dt>Show meters on tracks in the editor</dt>
14 <dd>By default, Ardour displays meters in the track header in the editor window. Disable this option to hide the meter.</dd>
15 <dt>Show waveforms in regons</dt>
16 <dd>By default, Ardour draws waveforms within audio regions. Disable this option hide the waveforms.</dd>
17 <dt>Waveform scale</dt>
26 <dt>Waveform shape</dt>
30 <dd>The "zero" line appears in the middle of the display and waveforms appear as positive and negative heights above <em>and</em> below a "zero" line</dd>
32 <dd>The "zero" line appears at the bottom of the display and waveforms appear as absolute heights <em>above</em> the "zero" line</dd>
37 <h2>Local Options</h2>
38 <p>The following pages discuss local changes to individual tracks or groups:</p>