2 Ardour tracks can have any number of inputs and any number of outputs, and the
3 number of either can be changed at any time (subject to restrictions caused by
4 any plugins in a track). However it is useful to not have to configure this sort
5 of thing for the most common cases, and so the
6 <a href="@@adding-tracks-busses-and-vcas">Add Tracks</a> dialog allows to
7 select "Mono", "Stereo" and few other typical multichannel presets
10 The name of the preset describes the number of <dfn>input channels</dfn>
14 If Ardour is configured to automatically connect new tracks and
15 busses, the number of outputs will be determined by the number of
16 inputs of the <dfn>master <a
17 href="@@understanding-basic-concepts-and-terminology#busses">bus</a></dfn>,
18 to which the track outputs will be connected.
21 For example, with a two-channel master bus, a Mono track has one
22 input and two outputs; a Stereo track has two inputs and two outputs.
25 If <kbd class="menu">Edit > Preferences > Signal Flow
26 > Track and Bus Connections</kbd> is set to <kbd
27 class="menu">manual</kbd>, then tracks will be left disconnected by default
28 and there will be as many outputs as there are inputs. It is up to the user to connect
29 them as desired. This is not a particularly useful way to work unless something
30 fairly unusual is done with signal routing and processing. It is almost always
31 preferable to leave Ardour make connections automatically, even if some changes
32 are manually done later.