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-title: Processor Box
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-<p>
- In Ardour terminology, a <dfn>processor</dfn> is anything which treats the
- signal in some way and gets plugged into a mixer strip.
- Ardour provides several builtin processors such as the fader or panners.
- Processors can also be <dfn>plugins</dfn> used for effects or as instruments, as well
- as sends or inserts which are affect <a href="/signal-routing/">signal
- routing</a>.<br />
- The arrangement of processors is arbitrary, and there is no limit to how
- many there can be.
-</p>
-<p>
- The main box in the top half of a mixer strip shows the <dfn>processor
- box</dfn>.
- Processors are shown as coloured rectangles, with a small "LED" beside
- them that lights up when the processor is enabled. The colour of the
- processor depends on its location in the sequence; processors that are <dfn>pre-fader</dfn> are
- coloured in red, and <dfn>post-fader</dfn> processors are coloured green
- (in the default theme).</p>
-<p>
- The processor box will always contain a blue <dfn>Fader</dfn> processor.
- This indicates where in the processor chain the main channel fader is
- located — this is the fader shown in the lower half of the strip.
-</p>
-<h2>Adding Processors</h2>
-<p>
- Processors can be added to the chain by
- <kbd class="mouse">Right</kbd>-clicking in the processor list, This does three things:
-</p>
-<ul>
- <li>A gap is opened up to indicate the location of the click. The gap
- shows where any new processors will be inserted.</li>
- <li>The processor under the click is selected.</li>
- <li>An options menu is presented.</li>
-</ul>
-<p>
- From the menu, new processors can be inserted.
-</p>
-
-<h2>To Reorder (Move) Processors</h2>
-<p>
- Processors can be re-ordered using drag-and-drop. Dragging a processor
- allows it to be moved around within the chain, or copied to another
- processor list on another track or bus.
-</p>
-
-<h2>To Enable/Disable a Processor</h2>
-<p>
- To the left of the name of each processor is a small LED symbol; if this
- is lit-up, the processor is active. Clicking on it will deactivate the
- processor and effectively bypass it.</p>
-
-<h2>Removing Processors</h2>
-<p>
- Context-click on the processor you want to remove, and select <kbd
- class="menu">Delete</kbd>, or <kbd class="mod3 mouse">Right</kbd>-click on it.
-</p>
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