<p>There are three basic ways to approach monitoring: </p>
-<h3>External Monitoring</h3>
+<h3>External Monitoring</h3>
<img class="right"
src="/images/external-monitoring.png" />
<p>When using <dfn>external monitoring</dfn>, Ardour plays no role in
monitoring at all. Perhaps the recording set-up has an external mixer which
can be used to set up monitor mixes, or perhaps the sound-card being used
- has a "listen to the input" feature. This approach yields zero or near-zero
- latency. On the other hand it requires external hardware, and the monitoring
- settings are less flexible and not saved with the session.</p>
+ has a "listen to the input" feature. This approach yields zero or near-zero
+ latency. On the other hand it requires external hardware, and the monitoring
+ settings are less flexible and not saved with the session.</p>
-<h3>JACK-Based Hardware Monitoring</h3>
+<h3>JACK-Based Hardware Monitoring</h3>
<img class="right" src="/images/jack-monitoring.png" />
<p>Some sound cards have the ability
- to mix signals from their inputs to their outputs with very low or even zero
+ to mix signals from their inputs to their outputs with very low or even zero
latency, a feature called <dfn>hardware monitoring</dfn>.
Furthermore, on some cards this function can be controlled by JACK. This is a nice arrangement,
if the sound card supports it, as it combines the convenience of having the
monitoring controlled by Ardour with the low latency operation of doing it
externally.
-</p>
+</p>
-<h3>Software Monitoring</h3>
+<h3>Software Monitoring</h3>
<img class="right" src="/images/ardour-monitoring.png" />
<p>With the <dfn>software monitoring</dfn> approach, all monitoring is
performed by Ardour—it makes track inputs available at track
outputs, governed by various controls. This approach will almost always have
more routing flexibility than JACK-based monitoring. The disadvantage is
that there will be some latency between the input and the output, which
- depends for the most part on the JACK buffer size that is being used.
-</p>
+ depends for the most part on the JACK buffer size that is being used.
+</p>