title: Adding Tracks and Busses
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-<img class="right" src="/ardour/manual/html/screenshots/add-track-or-bus.png" alt="the add-track dialog" />
+<img class="right" src="/images/add-track-or-bus.png" alt="the add-track dialog" />
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<p>A track or bus can be added to a session in various ways:</p>
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<ul>
<li>Choose <kbd class="menu">Track > Add Track or Bus</kbd>.</li>
<li><kbd class="mouse">Right</kbd>-click in an empty part of the track controls area.</li>
<li>Click the <kbd class="menu">Plus (+)</kbd> button underneath the list of tracks in the mixer.</li>
</ul>
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<p>
Any of these actions will open the Add Track or Bus dialog. Note that any
new tracks from this dialog will appear after the last currently selected
track, or at the end if no track is selected.
</p>
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<dl>
<dt>Add</dt>
<dd>Here you can select the number of tracks or busses you wish to create, and
<dt>Configuration</dt>
<dd>This menu lets you choose from a number of <dfn><a href="/missing">route
templates</a></dfn>, which determine the number of input ports and optionally
- contain plugins and other mixer strip configuration.</dd>
+ contain plugins and other mixer strip configuration.
+ <p class="fixme">Broken link</p>
+ </dd>
<dt>Track mode</dt>
<dd>This option is only available for audio tracks. See <a href="/working-with-tracks/track-types/#trackmodes">Track Modes</a> for details.</dd>
<dt>Instrument</dt>
record enable, or editing, for example). This option lets you assign to an
existing group, or create a new group.</dd>
</dl>
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<p>
New tracks appear in both the editor and mixer windows. The editor window
shows the timeline, with any recorded data, and the mixer shows just the
</p>
<h2>Removing Tracks and Busses</h2>
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<p>
To <dfn>remove</dfn> tracks and busses, select them, <kbd
class="mouse">right</kbd>-click and choose <kbd