-<h2 id="monitor-options">The Monitor Options</h2>
+
+<h2 id="latency-compensation-info">The Latency Compensation Info</h2>
<figure>
- <img alt="The Monitor options" src="/images/input-mode-buttons.png">
+ <img alt="The Latency Compensation Info" src="/images/latency-compensation-info.png">
<figcaption>
- The Monitor options
+ Latency Compensation Info
</figcaption>
</figure>
<p>
- These buttons allow switching the monitoring mode globally, for all the tracks at once.
- The monitoring mode allows to decide what the user wants to be listening to, between:
+ This section show information about the latency compensation Ardour sets
+ to align all signals in time whatever their route (and processing applied).
</p>
-<ul>
- <li><dfn>All In</dfn>: all the tracks play what's on their <em>In</em>puts.</li>
- <li><dfn>All Disk</dfn>: all the tracks play the actual content of the playlist on <em>Disk</em>.</li>
-</ul>
+
<p>
- The <kbd class="menu">Auto Input</kbd> switch allows Ardour to auto-select what is played, which is:
+ The only button <kbd class="menu">Disable PDC</kbd> allows to enable/disable
+ the <em>P</em>lugin <em>D</em>elay <em>C</em>ompensation. Enabling it will
+ make all signal perfectly aligned, while disabling it will reduce the delay,
+ at the expense of slightly misaligned signals for tracks that have plugins introducing
+ latency.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+ The two infos are:
</p>
<ul>
- <li>When not playing: all tracks are on In (to listen to any connected source)</li>
- <li>When playing, all tracks are on Disk (to play whatever was recorded on those tracks)</li>
- <li>When recording, on rec-enabled tracks: In and on non rec-enabled ones: Disk</li>
+ <li>the worst route latency</li>
+ <li>the I/O latency, i.e. the worst latency pre-roll</li>
</ul>
-
<h2 id="playhead_options">The Playhead Options</h2>
<figure>
</p>
<table class="dl">
- <tr><th>Solo</th><td>Blinks when one or more tracks are being soloed, see <a href="@@muting-and-soloing">Muting and Soloing</a>. Clicking this button disables any active explicit and implicit solo on all tracks and busses. Clicking this button deactivates the solo on every track/bus.</td></tr>
+ <tr><th>Solo</th><td>Blinks when one or more tracks are being soloed, see <a href="@@muting-and-soloing">Muting and Soloing</a>. Clicking this button disables any active explicit and implicit solo on all tracks and busses.</td></tr>
<tr><th>Audition</th><td>Blinks when some audio is auditioned, e.g. by using the import dialog, or using the <kbd class="menu">Audition</kbd> context menu in the <a href="@@the-region-list">Regions List</a>. Clicking this button stops the auditioning.</td></tr>
<tr><th>Feedback</th><td>Blinks when Ardour detects a <dfn>feedback loop</dfn>, which happens when the output of an audio signal chain is plugged back to its input. This is probably not wanted and can be dangerous for the hardware and the listener.</td></tr>
</table>
-<h2 id="mode_selector">The Mode Selector</h2>
+<h2 id="monitor_section_info">The Monitor Section Info</h2>
<figure>
- <img alt="The Mode Selector" src="/images/mode-selector_scripts_meter.png">
+ <img alt="Monitor Section Info" src="/images/monitor-section-info.png">
<figcaption>
- The Mode Selector
+ Monitor Section Info
</figcaption>
</figure>
<p>
- The Mode Selector allows switching between the Editor and Mixer windows.
- If a window is detached, the corresponding button is lit in blue. Clicking the button
- switches the detached window visibility.
+ This section is only useful and active if the session has a
+ <a href="@@monitor-section">Monitor section</a>. The three buttons are
+ exactly linked to their counterparts in the Monitor slice of the mixer,
+ but as they sit in the toolbar, remain visible even in Editor mode.
</p>
<p>
- The global meter shows the levels of the master's output. Its the same meter that sits
- in the <a href="@@master-bus-strip">Master's Mixer strip</a>,
- and also shows a peak indicator, that turns red when any level exceeds 0dB. It can
- be reset by a <kbd class="mouse">Left</kbd> click.
+ The three buttons are:
+</p>
+<ul>
+ <li><dfn>Mono</dfn>: sums all of the paths to a single mono signal and applies it to all Monitor Section outputs.</li>
+ <li><dfn>Dim All</dfn>: Reduces overall monitor level by the amount set with the Dim level control.</li>
+ <li><dfn>Mute All</dfn>: Mutes all monitoring.</li>
+</ul>
+
+
+<h2 id="tb_master_level_meter">The Master Level Meter</h2>
+
+<figure>
+ <img alt="The Master Level Meter" src="/images/master-level-meter.png">
+ <figcaption>
+ The Master Level Meter
+ </figcaption>
+</figure>
+<p>
+ The global meter shows the levels of the master's output. Its the same
+ meter that sits in the <a href="@@master-bus-strip">Master's Mixer strip</a>,
+ and also shows a peak indicator, that turns red when any level exceeds
+ 0dB. It can be reset by a <kbd class="mouse">Left</kbd> click.
</p>
+<h2 id="tb_script_buttons">Script/Shortcut buttons</h2>
+
+<figure>
+ <img alt="The Script buttons" src="/images/script-buttons.png">
+ <figcaption>
+ The Script/shortcuts buttons
+ </figcaption>
+</figure>
+
<p>
- The buttons in between the Mode Selector and the global meter are script buttons,
- which are user-definable buttons to attach any session <a href="@@lua-scripting">lua-script</a> to.
+ The buttons in between the Mode Selector and the Master Level Meter are
+ script or shortcuts buttons, which are user-definable buttons to attach
+ any session <a href="@@lua-scripting">lua-script</a> to, or any action
+ shortcut (e.g. for tasks that are used often and buried deep inside
+ nested menus).
</p>
+<p>
+ The number of buttons (precisely, the number of columns of two buttons)
+ can be set in the <a href="@@preferences#preferences-appearance-toolbar">Preferences</a>.
+</p>
+<p>
+ <kbd class="mouse">Left</kbd>-clicking an affected button launches the
+ script or shortcut, while <kbd class="mouse">right</kbd>-clicking or
+ clicking an unaffected button allows change the script/shortcut
+ the button should execute.
+</p>
+
+<h2 id="mode_selector">The Mode Selector</h2>
+
+<figure>
+ <img alt="The Mode Selector" src="/images/mode_selector.png">
+ <figcaption>
+ The Mode Selector
+ </figcaption>
+</figure>
+
+<p>
+ The Mode Selector allows switching between the Editor, Mixer or Recording
+ windows. If a window is detached, the corresponding button is lit.
+ Clicking the button switches the detached window visibility.
+</p>
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