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title: Starting Ardour
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<p>
There are several ways of <dfn>starting Ardour</dfn>, which may vary
depending on which platform you are using it.
</p>
<ul>
- <li>double-click the Ardour icon in your platform's file manager (e.g.
+ <li>double-click the Ardour icon in your platform's file manager (e.g.
Nautilus on Linux, Finder on OS X)</li>
<li>double click on an Ardour session file in your platform's file manager</li>
- <li>on Linux, you can also start Ardour <a
- href="/ardours-interface/starting-ardour/starting-ardour-from-the-command-line/">on
- the command line</a></li>
+ <li>on Linux, you can also start Ardour on the command line (see below)</li>
</ul>
<p>
- When Ardour is run for the very first time, a special dialog is displayed
+ When Ardour is run for the very first time, a special dialog is displayed
that will ask you several questions about your setup. You will not be asked
these questions again, but you can always modify your choices via the
<kbd class="menu">Edit > Preferences</kbd> dialog.
program, like <a href="https://qjackctl.sourceforge.io/">QjackCtl</a> or <a href="http://kxstudio.linuxaudio.org/Applications:Cadence">Cadence</a>.
</p>
<p>
- If you open Ardour without specifying an existing session it will display
+ If you open Ardour without specifying an existing session it will display
the <kbd class="menu">Session > New...</kbd> dialog and the <kbd class="menu">Audio/MIDI Setup</kbd> dialog.
- See <a href="/working-with-sessions/new-session-dialog/">New/Open Session Dialog</a> for a description of those dialogs.
+ See <a href="/working-with-sessions/new-session-dialog/">New/Open Session Dialog</a> for a description of those dialogs.
</p>
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<h2>Starting Ardour From the Command Line (Linux)</h2>
<p>
To start Ardour with a new, named session:
</p>
<kbd class="cmd lin">Ardour5 -N <em>/path/to/session</em></kbd>
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