3 Ardour is designed to work best with a <dfn>three button mouse</dfn>
4 equipped with a <dfn>scroll wheel</dfn>. While it can be used with a two
5 button mouse or touchpad, at least two key operations will not be (easily)
10 <li>time-constrained region copying</li>
11 <li><a href="@@generic-midi-learn"><abbr title="Musical
12 Instrument Digital Interface">MIDI</abbr> bindings</a>
13 created by "learning" them from incoming MIDI data</li>
17 It is strongly encouraged to invest in a three-button mouse. A good quality
18 mouse (especially one with a weighted, latchable scroll wheel) will make the
19 use of Ardour vastly more efficient. They are cheap, and time is not.
23 For information on how to use the mouse in Ardour, see <a
24 href="@@using-the-mouse">Using the mouse</a>.