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  <p>Ardour does not impose any particular ordering of tracks and busses in either the editor or mixer windows. The default arrangement is as follows:</p>

<h2>Editor Default Arrangement</h2>
<ul>
<li>Master bus on top</li>
<li>Tracks in the order they are added below, including busses</li>
<li>Even if you use a Monitor section, it is never visible in the editor window.
</li>
</ul>

<h2>Mixer Default Arrangement</h2>
<ul>
<li>Tracks in the order they are added, from left to right
</li>
<li>Master bus on the right, in its own pane so that it is always visible no matter how other mixer strips are scrolled.
</li>
<li>If a Monitor section is used, that is at the right edge of the mixer window (it can be torn off, too)
</li>
</ul>

<h2>Synchronizing Editor and Mixer Window Ordering</h2>
<p><em>By default</em> the ordering within the editor and mixer windows is synchronized: if you reorder in one window, the ordering in the other window will change. You can disable this via <code>Edit &gt; Preferences &gt; Editor &gt; Synchronize Editor and Mixer Track Order</code>. When disabled, the ordering one window is totally indepedent of the other.</p>

<h2>Reordering Specific Tracks... </h2>
<h3>... in the Editor Window, via the Keyboard</h3>
<p>Select the tracks you want to move. Then use <code>Track &gt; Move Selected Tracks Up</code> (<kbd class="mod1">↑</kbd>) or <code>Track &gt; Move Selected Tracks Down</code> (<kbd class="mod1">↓</kbd>) to move the selected track(s) up or down in the editor window.</p>

<h3>... in the Editor Window, via Drag-n-Drop</h3>
<p>Make the <a href="/ardours-interface/introducing-the-editor-window/editor-lists/">Editor Lists</a> visible. Select the <code>Tracks &amp; Busses</code> tab. In the Tracks &amp; Busses side panel, you can freely drag-and-drop tracks and busses into any order you prefer.</p>

<h3>... in the Mixer Window, via Drag-n-Drop</h3>
<p>Within the "Strips" pane (Mixer window, top left), you can freely drag-and-drop tracks and busses into any order you prefer.</p>

<h2>"Collecting" Group Members</h2>
<p>Tracks and Busses that are members of a group can be reordered so that they display contiguously within the Editor and Mixer windows. Context-click on the group tab and choose "Collect". </p>
  

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