</figure>
<p>
- The <dfn>Master strip</dfn> in Ardour is very similar to the other busses mixer strips.
- The list of differences is (from top to bottom):
+ The <dfn>Master strip</dfn> in Ardour is very similar to the other
+ <a href="@@audiomidi-busses-mixer-strips">busses mixer strips</a>.
+ There are nevertheless a few differences due to the nature of the
+ Master strip, that is being the last point of treatment before the
+ output or rendering:
</p>
<ul>
- <li>There is no color affected to the master strip</li>
- <li>The master strip cannot be hidden, so there is not <kbd class="menu">X</kbd> in the top right</li>
- <li>It is by definition always solo, so no <kbd class="menu">Solo</kbd>, <kbd class="menu">Iso</kbd> or <kbd class="menu">Lock</kbd> buttons. It is replaced by a button to show the Monitoring section if <a href="@@monitoring-tab">the session has one</a></li>
- <li>It cannot belong to a mix group, so the button is removed.</li>
+ <li>
+ There is no color affected to the master strip
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ There is exactly one and only one Master Bus Strip for a session, so
+ it cannot be saved as a template, duplicated or removed in the context
+ menu, although it can be renamed.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ The master strip cannot be hidden or disabled, so there is not
+ <kbd>X</kbd> in the top right, nor an
+ <kbd class="option">Active</kbd> checkbox in the context menu.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ It is by definition always solo, so there is no <kbd >Solo</kbd> button,
+ and <kbd>Iso</kbd> and <kbd>Lock</kbd> are disabled.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ If the <a href="@@loudness-analyzer">Master bus output gain control</a>
+ is enabled, two controls are visible:
+ <ul>
+ <li>
+ a <kbd>LAN</kbd> button, to start the Loudness Analyzer & Normalizer,
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ a volume slider to that can be controlled manually or set by
+ the Normalizer.
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ If the session has a <a href="@@session-properties#properties-monitoring">Monitoring section</a>,
+ two buttons are visible:
+ <ul>
+ <li>
+ <kbd>Mute</kbd> to mute the Master bus while the monitoring
+ is still active,
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ <kbd>Mon</kbd> to show/hide the monitoring section in the Mixer
+ view.
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ It cannot belong to a mix group, so the <kbd>Grp</kbd> button is missing.
+ </li>
</ul>
<p class="note">
- The Master bus strip is <em>always</em> fixed, at the right end of the mixer, regardless of the scrolling position.
+ The Master bus strip is <em>always</em> fixed, at the right end of the
+ mixer, regardless of the scrolling position.
</p>