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-title: Signal Routing
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-<p>
- Ardour does most of its internal <dfn>signal routing</dfn> via JACK:
- all track and bus inputs and outputs are JACK ports, as are sends and
- inserts, which means they can be tapped into by other JACK clients.
- Only the signal flow inside a track or bus (i.e. from <a
- href="/working-with-plugins/processor-box/">processor to processor</a>) is
- handled internally.<br />
- By default, Ardour will create the following connections for you:
-</p>
-<ul>
- <li>
- <dfn>Track inputs</dfn> are optionally auto-connected to hardware inputs, in round robin
- order, depending on the setting you chose in the
- <a href="/working-with-sessions/new-session-dialog/"><kbd
- class="menu">Session > New Session</kbd> dialog</a>.
- </li>
- <li>
- <dfn>Bus inputs</dfn> are left disconnected.
- </li>
- <li>
- The number of <dfn>track and bus outputs</dfn> are equal to the number
- of inputs of the master bus.
- </li>
- <li>
- Track and bus outputs are always auto-connected to the master bus inputs.
- </li>
- <li>
- Master bus outputs are connected to hardware outputs.
- </li>
-</ul>
-<p>
- This configuration is sufficient to do basic tracking and playback of many
- sessions without any adjustment by the user. If you are using Ardour and
- start to change these connections, be certain that you have a good reason
- to do so — it is generally not necessary and often leads to problems.
-</p>
-<p>
- However, for many workflows during mixing, more complicated signal routing
- is required. Ardour offers many possibilties for connecting things in the
- way you may need or want them.
-</p>
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