1 Part I: Introduction to Ardour (3 lines)
3 Ch. 1: Welcome to Ardour (3 lines)
4 Welcome to Ardour! (64 lines)
5 About Ardour (16 lines)
6 Isn't This A Really Complicated Program? (14 lines)
7 Why Write a DAW for Linux? (41 lines)
8 Why is it called Ardour? (23 lines)
9 Why write another DAW? (14 lines)
10 Creating Music with Ardour (117 lines)
12 Ch. 2: Ardour Concepts (3 lines)
13 Understanding Basic Concepts and Terminology (153 lines)
14 Basic GUI Operations (8 lines)
15 Interface Elements (11 lines)
16 Key Bindings (41 lines)
17 Selection Techniques (59 lines)
19 Undo/Redo for Editing (41 lines)
20 Using the Mouse (143 lines)
21 Cut and Paste Operations (35 lines)
22 Deleting Objects (35 lines)
23 Ardour's Interface (25 lines)
24 Starting Ardour (41 lines)
25 Starting Ardour From the Command Line (Linux) (24 lines)
27 Ch. 3: Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts (3 lines)
28 Default Keyboard Bindings (31 lines)
29 Mnemonic Bindings for Linux (347 lines)
30 Mnemonic Bindings for OS X (329 lines)
32 Ch. 4: Using This Documentation (3 lines)
33 About Ardour documentation (116 lines)
34 Additional Resources (24 lines)
36 Part II: System Configuration (3 lines)
38 Ch. 5: Ardour Systems (3 lines)
39 The Right Computer System for Digital Audio (107 lines)
42 Ch. 6: System Setup (3 lines)
43 Setting Up Your System (9 lines)
44 Platform Specifics (10 lines)
45 Ubuntu Linux (155 lines)
46 Microsoft Windows (29 lines)
47 KDE Plasma 5 (59 lines)
49 Ch. 7: I/O Setup (3 lines)
50 Connecting Audio and MIDI Devices (4 lines)
51 Using More Than One Audio Device (91 lines)
53 Ch. 8: Preferences (3 lines)
54 Preferences and Session Properties (19 lines)
55 Global Preferences Dialog (9 lines)
57 Transport Tab (174 lines)
58 Editor Tab (149 lines)
60 Solo/Mute Tab (132 lines)
62 User Interaction Tab (56 lines)
63 Control Surfaces Tab (21 lines)
65 Plugins Tab (74 lines)
67 Metering Tab (50 lines)
69 Session Properties Dialog (10 lines)
70 Timecode Tab (26 lines)
74 Locations Tab (17 lines)
75 Filenames Tab (25 lines)
76 Monitoring Tab (21 lines)
77 Meterbridge Tab (23 lines)
80 Ch. 9: Peripherals (3 lines)
81 Controlling Ardour with OSC (1278 lines)
82 Controlling Ardour with OSC (Ardour 4.7 and Prior) (689 lines)
83 OSC Feedback With Ardour (243 lines)
84 Calculating Feedback and Strip-types Values (148 lines)
85 Parameter Types in OSC (35 lines)
86 Selection/Feedback Expansion Considerations in OSC (72 lines)
87 Using the OSC Setup Dialog (141 lines)
88 Querying Ardour with OSC (152 lines)
89 Devices using Mackie/Logic Control Protocol (71 lines)
90 Behringer devices in Mackie/Logic Control Mode (263 lines)
91 SSL Nucleus (217 lines)
92 Mackie Control Setup on Linux (19 lines)
93 What to do if your Device is not Listed (15 lines)
94 Working With Extenders (53 lines)
95 MIDI Binding Maps (389 lines)
96 Working With Encoders in Ardour (54 lines)
98 Using the Presonus Faderport (383 lines)
99 Using the Ableton Push 2 (373 lines)
101 Ch. 10: Configuring MIDI (3 lines)
102 Using External MIDI Devices (5 lines)
103 Setting Up MIDI (51 lines)
104 MIDI on Linux (76 lines)
105 MIDI on OS X (34 lines)
107 Part III: Sessions & Tracks (3 lines)
109 Ch. 11: Sessions (3 lines)
110 New/Open Session Dialog (111 lines)
111 What's in a Session? (38 lines)
112 Where Are Sessions Stored? (20 lines)
113 Backup and Sharing of Sessions (26 lines)
114 Interchange with other DAWs (31 lines)
115 Copying The Interchange Folder (14 lines)
116 Stem Exports (11 lines)
117 Using AATranslator (23 lines)
118 Renaming a Session (20 lines)
119 Session Templates (41 lines)
122 Copying versus Linking (62 lines)
123 Adding Pre-existing Material (27 lines)
124 Import Dialog (86 lines)
125 Searching and Importing From Freesound (38 lines)
126 Searching for Files Using Tags (33 lines)
127 Supported File Formats (22 lines)
129 Ch. 12: Ardour Main Windows (3 lines)
130 Introducing the Editor Window (4 lines)
131 Editor Lists (12 lines)
132 Ranges & Marks List (7 lines)
133 Region List (16 lines)
134 Snapshot List (12 lines)
135 Track & Bus Group List (35 lines)
136 Tracks & Busses List (23 lines)
137 The Editing Toolbar (82 lines)
138 The Transport Bar (4 lines)
139 Introducing the Mixer Window (5 lines)
141 Ch. 13: Tracks (3 lines)
142 Track Types (52 lines)
143 Adding Tracks and Busses (56 lines)
144 Selecting Tracks (31 lines)
145 Controlling Track Appearance (9 lines)
146 Layering Display (49 lines)
147 Track Color (42 lines)
148 Track Height (40 lines)
149 Waveform display (41 lines)
150 Controlling Track Ordering (23 lines)
151 Reordering Tracks (55 lines)
152 Track Ordering and Remote Control IDs (34 lines)
153 Bus Controls (29 lines)
154 Audio Track Controls (28 lines)
155 MIDI Track Controls (44 lines)
156 Track Context Menu (107 lines)
158 Ch. 14: Grouping Tracks (3 lines)
159 Track and Bus Groups (169 lines)
161 Ch. 15: The Clip List (3 lines)
163 Ch. 16: Workspace Browsers (3 lines)
165 Ch. 17: Importing and Exporting Session Data (3 lines)
167 Ch. 18: File and Session Management and Compatibility (3 lines)
169 Part IV: Playback & Recording (3 lines)
171 Ch. 19: Playing Back Track Material (3 lines)
172 Using Ardour Clock Displays (201 lines)
173 Controlling Playback (12 lines)
174 Looping the Transport (21 lines)
175 Positioning the Playhead (44 lines)
176 Using Key Bindings (27 lines)
177 Using the Nudge Controls (19 lines)
178 Using the Transport Bar (5 lines)
180 Ch. 20: Record Setup (3 lines)
181 Track Recording Modes (98 lines)
183 Ch. 21: Audio Recording (3 lines)
184 Monitoring (10 lines)
185 Latency Considerations (41 lines)
186 Monitor Signal Flow (32 lines)
187 Monitor Setup in Ardour (60 lines)
189 Ch. 22: MIDI Recording (3 lines)
191 Ch. 23: Punch Recording Modes (3 lines)
192 Working With Markers (29 lines)
193 Creating Location Markers (32 lines)
194 Creating Range Markers (26 lines)
195 Ranges & Marks List (67 lines)
196 Moving Markers (27 lines)
197 The Loop Range (17 lines)
198 Marker Context Menu (40 lines)
199 Punch Range (18 lines)
201 Part V: Editing (3 lines)
203 Ch. 24: Editing Basics (3 lines)
204 Working With Regions (50 lines)
205 Region Naming (66 lines)
206 Corresponding Regions Selection (45 lines)
207 Region Context Menu (180 lines)
208 Common Region Edit Operations (61 lines)
209 Copy Regions (29 lines)
210 Move Regions (38 lines)
211 Move Regions With the Mouse (40 lines)
212 Align (Spot) Regions (22 lines)
214 Ch. 25: Edit Mode and Tools (3 lines)
215 Edit Point (37 lines)
216 Which Regions Are Affected? (48 lines)
217 Snap to the Grid (129 lines)
219 Ch. 26: Making Selections (3 lines)
220 Select Regions (107 lines)
222 Ch. 27: Editing Clips and Selections (2 lines)
223 Trimming Regions (84 lines)
224 Push/Pull Trimming (44 lines)
225 Separate Under (31 lines)
226 Separate Range (13 lines)
227 Strip Silence from Audio Regions (24 lines)
229 Ch. 28: Fades and Crossfades (3 lines)
230 Create Region Fades and Crossfades (123 lines)
232 Ch. 29: Playlists (3 lines)
233 Understanding Playlists (59 lines)
234 Playlist Operations (74 lines)
235 Playlist Usecases (57 lines)
237 Ch. 30: Beat Detective (3 lines)
239 Part VI: MIDI (3 lines)
241 Ch. 31: MIDI Editing (3 lines)
243 Fundamental Concepts (40 lines)
244 Create MIDI Tracks (18 lines)
245 Create MIDI Regions (20 lines)
246 Add New Notes (36 lines)
247 Change Note Properties (71 lines)
248 Handling Overlapping Notes (44 lines)
249 Note Cut, Copy and Paste (10 lines)
250 Note Selection (49 lines)
251 Quantize MIDI (17 lines)
252 Step Entry (55 lines)
253 Patch Change (65 lines)
254 Independent and Dependent MIDI Region Copies (46 lines)
256 Ch. 32: MIDI Editors (3 lines)
257 MIDI Scene Automation (83 lines)
259 Ch. 33: Score Editor (3 lines)
261 Ch. 34: MIDI Event List (3 lines)
263 Part VII: Arranging (3 lines)
265 Ch. 35: Time, Tempo, Meter, Key, and Chords (3 lines)
266 Tempo and Meter (99 lines)
267 Techniques for Working with Tempo and Meter (84 lines)
269 Ch. 36: Memory Locations (3 lines)
271 Ch. 37: Arranging Clips (3 lines)
273 Ch. 38: Clip Loops and Groups (3 lines)
275 Part VIII: Mixing (3 lines)
277 Ch. 39: Basic Mixing (3 lines)
278 Metering in Ardour (187 lines)
279 Signal Routing (44 lines)
280 Aux Sends (127 lines)
281 Comparing Aux Sends and Subgroups (22 lines)
282 External Sends (67 lines)
284 Subgrouping (38 lines)
286 Track/Bus Signal Flow (72 lines)
287 Muting and Soloing (154 lines)
289 Mono Panner (76 lines)
290 Balance Control (17 lines)
291 Stereo Panner (260 lines)
293 Ch. 40: Plugin and Hardware Inserts (3 lines)
294 Working With Plugins (37 lines)
295 Processor Box (80 lines)
296 Plugin Manager (42 lines)
297 Favorite Plugins Window (34 lines)
298 Managing Plugin Presets (65 lines)
299 Working with Ardour-built Plugin Editors (30 lines)
300 Plugins Bundled With Ardour (29 lines)
301 Getting More Plugins (93 lines)
302 Using Windows VST Plugins on Linux (67 lines)
304 Ch. 41: Automation (3 lines)
306 Ch. 42: Mixdown (3 lines)
307 Export Dialog (94 lines)
308 Export Format Profiles (152 lines)
310 Part IX: Surround (3 lines)
312 Ch. 43: Ardour Setup for Surround (3 lines)
314 Ch. 44: Multichannel Tracks and Signal Routing (3 lines)
316 Ch. 45: Surround Panning and Mixing (3 lines)
317 VBAP Panner (101 lines)
319 Part X: Sync & Video (3 lines)
321 Ch. 46: Working with Synchronization (3 lines)
322 On Clock and Time (63 lines)
323 Latency and Latency-Compensation (279 lines)
324 Timecode Generators and Slaves (324 lines)
325 Overview of all Timecode related settings (105 lines)
327 Ch. 47: Working with Field Recorders in Ardour (3 lines)
329 Ch. 48: Working with Video in Ardour (3 lines)
330 Video Timeline and Monitoring (47 lines)
331 Video Timeline Setup (84 lines)
332 Transcoding, Formats & Codecs (55 lines)
333 Workflow & Operations (122 lines)
335 Part XI: Advanced Scripting (3 lines)
337 Ch. 49: Lua Scripting in Ardour (3 lines)
338 Lua Scripting (10 lines)
339 Scripting Documentation (450 lines)
340 Class Reference [class_reference.html]