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Ardour offers many options for controlling the specific appearance of tracks, including color, height, waveform style and more.

Global Options

These can all be found via Edit > Preferences > Editor

Show meters on tracks in the editor
By default, Ardour displays meters in the track header in the editor window. Disable this option to hide the meter.
Show waveforms in regons
By default, Ardour draws waveforms within audio regions. Disable this option hide the waveforms.
Waveform scale
Linear
Logarithmic
Waveform shape
Traditional
The "zero" line appears in the middle of the display and waveforms appear as positive and negative heights above and below a "zero" line
Rectified
The "zero" line appears at the bottom of the display and waveforms appear as absolute heights above the "zero" line
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