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-layout: default
-title: Misc Tab
-menu_title: Misc Tab
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-
-<p>
- This tab contains settings that do not belong on the other tabs.
-</p>
-
-<img src="/images/a4_preferences_misc.png" alt="preferences
-misc tab"/>
-
-<ul>
- <li>
- <p>
- <strong>DSP CPU Utilization</strong> sets how many cpu processors can be
- used to do signal processing. It can be set to use one up to all
- processors.
- </p>
- </li>
-
- <li>
- <p>
- <dfn>Undo</dfn>
- </p>
- <ul>
- <li>
- <p>
- <strong>Limit undo history</strong> sets how many commands can be
- undone using <kbd class="mod1">Z</kbd> or
- <kbd class="menu">Edit > Undo</kbd>.
- </p>
- </li>
-
- <li>
- <p>
- <strong>Save undo history</strong> sets how many commands are saved so
- they are available to be undone after reopening the session.
- </p>
- </li>
-
- <li>
- <p>
- <strong>Verify removal of last capture</strong> when enabled prompts to
- verify removal the last recording capture when
- <kbd class="menu">Edit > Remove Last Capture</kbd> is executed.
- </p>
- </li>
-
- <li>
- <p>
- <strong>Make periodic backups of the session file</strong> will create
- a backup session file after changes to the timeline. The backup file is
- the session name followed by <em>.ardour.bak</em>. The backup can be
- used to recover from crashes when the session had not been explicitly
- saved.
- </p>
- </li>
- </ul>
- </li>
-
- <li>
- <p>
- <dfn>Session Management</dfn>
- </p>
- <ul>
- <li>
- <p>
- <strong>Always copy imported files</strong> selects, and then disables
- changes to, the <em>Copy files to session</em> option in the
- <a href="/adding-pre-existing-material/import-dialog/">
- Add Existing Media</a> dialog.
- </p>
- </li>
-
- <li>
- <p>
- <strong>Default folder for new sessions:</strong> defalts the folder
- where Ardour will create new session folders. This is used in the
- <em>Session Setup</em> dialog displayed by
- <kbd class="menu">Session > New</kbd>.
- </p>
- </li>
-
- <li>
- <p>
- <strong>Maximum number of recent sessions:</strong> determines how many
- of the last opened sessions shows in the
- <em>Recent Sessions</em> dialog displayed by
- <kbd class="menu">Session > Recent</kbd>.
- </p>
- </li>
- </ul>
- </li>
-
- <li>
- <p>
- <dfn>Click</dfn>
- </p>
- <ul>
- <li>
- <p>
- <strong>Click audio file:</strong> sets a user defined sound to be
- played when Ardour's metronome is enabled in the
- <a href="/ardours-interface/the-transport-bar/">
- Transport Bar</a>
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- <strong>Click emphasis audio file:</strong> sets an optional different
- metronome sound to be played on the downbeat.
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- <strong>Click gain level:</strong> allows the metronome's click sounds
- to be boosted or attenuated.
- </p>
- </li>
- </ul>
- </li>
-
- <li>
- <p>
- <dfn>Automation</dfn>
- </p>
- <ul>
- <li>
- <p>
- <strong>Thinning factor</strong> ranges from 0 to 1000 with larger
- values sending fewer automation changes. Thinning is like lossy
- audio compression, removing data that is less likely to be noticed,
- although the more you remove the more likely the loss will be noticed.
- The advantage to thinning is reduced CPU usage.
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- <strong>Automation sampling interval</strong> ranges from 1 to
- 1000 ms. Determines how frequently the automation input is
- sampled. The shorter the interval the higher the accuracy but also
- the higher the CPU requirements.
- </p>
- </li>
- </ul>
-
-</ul>