</p>
<figure class="right">
- <img src="/images/preferences.png" alt="The Preferences window">
+ <img class="mini" style="width:600px;" src="/images/preferences.png" alt="The Preferences window">
<figcaption>
The Preferences window
</figcaption>
<li><a href="#preferences-editor-modifiers">Modifiers</a></li>
</ul>
<li><a href="#preferences-midi">MIDI</a></li>
+ <ul>
+ <li><a href="#preferences-midi-port-config">MIDI Port Config</a></li>
+ </ul>
<li><a href="#preferences-transport">Transport</a></li>
<ul>
<li><a href="#preferences-transport-chase">Chase</a></li>
<li><a href="#preferences-metering">Metering</a></li>
<li><a href="#preferences-performance">Performance</a></li>
<li><a href="#preferences-video">Video</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#preferences-triggering">Triggering</a></li>
</ul>
<h2 class="clear" id="preferences-general">General</h2>
selects, and then disables changes to, the <em>Copy files to session</em>
option in the <a href="@@import-dialog">Add Existing Media</a> dialog.
</li>
+ <li>
+ <strong>Cache Folder for downloaded Freesound clips</strong>: when you try
+ sounds form FreeSound.org before inserting them into the project, they need
+ to be saved locally on your computer; this is where you define the folder
+ for those temporary files.
+ </li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<dfn>GUI Lock</dfn>
<ul>
<li>
- <dfn>Lock timeout (seconds)
:</dfn>locks the <abbr title="Graphical User
+ <dfn>Lock timeout (seconds)
</dfn>: locks the <abbr title="Graphical User
Interface">GUI</abbr> after this many idle seconds (zero being 'never lock').
The GUI can also be locked with <kbd class="menu">Session > Lock</kbd>. When
locked, a dialog will display a "Click to unlock" button.
</li>
<li>
- <dfn>System Screensaver Mode:</dfn>can be used to prevent the
+ <dfn>System Screensaver Mode</dfn>: can be used to prevent the
screensaver to be launched by the system, either while recording
(e.g. for long and unattended recording session), when Ardour is
simply started, or never (the screensaver is then able to start).
<dfn>Graphics Acceleration</dfn>
<ul>
<li>
- <dfn>Disable Graphics Hardware Acceleration (requires restart)</dfn>
+ <dfn>Disable Graphics Hardware Acceleration (requires restart)</dfn>:
Ardour uses hardware accelerated UI rendering by default for speed.
Sometimes though, a buggy driver can cause this to make the system slow or
unstable. Checking this will make Ardour draw its UI without
hardware acceleration, in software, improving stability and responsiveness
on those buggy systems at the expense of speed.
</li>
- <li>
- <dfn>Possibly improve slow graphical performance (requires restart)</dfn>
- Wherever gradients appear in the UI, Ardour uses hardware accelerated
- gradients creation. Checking this will make Ardour draw its own gradients without
- hardware acceleration for stability on systems with buggy drivers.
- </li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<dfn>Input Meter Layout</dfn>
<ul>
<li>
- <dfn>Input Meter Layout:</dfn>In Recorder mode, determines if audio
+ <dfn>Input Meter Layout</dfn>: in Recorder mode, determines if audio
inputs are displayed horizontally or vertically.
</li>
</ul>
editor. Values range from 0.0, no gradient effect, to 1.0, maximum effect.
</li>
<li>
- <dfn>Track name ellipsis mode:</dfn> when the track header is not
+ <dfn>Track name ellipsize mode:</dfn> when the track header is not
wide enough to display the track's name in full, selects how the
name will be shorten between:
<ul>
<dfn>Waveforms</dfn>
<ul>
<li>
- <dfn>Show waveforms in regions</dfn> when enabled shows a visual
+ <dfn>Show waveforms in regions</dfn>: when enabled, shows a visual
representation of the region's audio waveform.
</li>
<li>
- <dfn>Show waveform while recording</dfn> when
- enabled, will draw the audio waveform in regions being recorded, in near
- real time. When disabled, only a region block will be drawn while recording,
+ <dfn>Show waveforms while recording</dfn>: when enabled, will draw
+ the audio waveform in regions being recorded, in near real time.
+ When disabled, only a region block will be drawn while recording,
reducing CPU requirements.
</li>
<li>
- <dfn>Show waveform clipping</dfn>: when enabled the waveform
+ <dfn>Show waveform clipping</dfn>: when enabled, the waveform
displayed will show peaks marked in red if they exceed the clip level.
</li>
<li>
- <dfn>Waveform Clip Level (dBFS):</dfn> sets the level at which the
+ <dfn>Waveform Clip Level (dBFS)</dfn>: sets the level at which the
waveform shown in an audio region will be drawn in red to indicate
clipping. Setting lower than 0.0 dBFS can be useful if any tool in
the audio chain has problems near 0.0 dBFS.
</li>
<li>
- <dfn>Waveform scale:</dfn> when waveforms are shown in audio regions,
+ <dfn>Waveform scale</dfn>: when waveforms are shown in audio regions,
they can be displayed using a <em>linear</em> or a <em>logarithmic</em>
scale. See <a href="@@waveform-display">Waveform display</a>.
</li>
<li>
- <dfn>Waveform shape:</dfn> when waveforms are shown in audio regions,
+ <dfn>Waveform shape</dfn>: when waveforms are shown in audio regions,
they can be displayed using a <em>traditional</em> or a <em>rectified</em>
shape. See <a href="@@waveform-display">Waveform display</a>.
</li>
<dfn>Editor Meters</dfn>
<ul>
<li>
- <dfn>Show meters in track headers</dfn>, when enabled, shows
+ <dfn>Show meters in track headers</dfn>: when enabled, shows
a small meter in the Editor's <a href="@@audio-track-controls">track headers</a>.
The meter is shown on the right side area of the header and provides an
instant, if unprecise, view of the levels on this track/bus.
<dfn>Display Monitor Section Info</dfn> toggles the visibility of the
Monitor Info slice of the main toolbar.
</li>
+ <li>
+ <dfn>Display Cue Rec/Play Controls</dfn> toggles the visibility of the
+ buttons that enable creating and playing back cue markers.
+ </li>
<li>
<dfn>Display Navigation Timeline</dfn> toggles the visibility of the
<a href="@@mini-timeline">navigation/mini timeline</a> slice of
<ul>
<li>
<dfn>After a Separate operation, in Range mode:</dfn> determines what
- should become of the Range selection after a Separate operations:
+ should become of the Range selection after a Separate operation:
<ul>
<li>Clear the Range Selection: nothing is selected anymore</li>
<li>Preserve the Range Selection: the range selection is kept</li>
</ul>
</li>
+ <li>
+ <dfn>Default Visible Note Range</dfn>
+ <ul>
+ <li>
+ <dfn>Default lower visible MIDI note</dfn>: this note will be the lowest
+ visible one on the timeline unless you tweak that by adjusting the vertical
+ range. E.g. C4 is C on the fourth octave.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ <dfn>Default upper visible MIDI note</dfn>: this note will be the highest
+ visible one on the timeline unless you tweak that by adjusting the vertical
+ range. E.g. B4 is B on the fourth octave.
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
<li>
<dfn>MIDI Port Options</dfn>
<ul>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
+
+<h3 id="preferences-midi-port-config">MIDI Port Config</h3>
+
+<p>
+ This page allows to set options for input and output MIDI devices, such as:
+</p>
+
+<ul>
+ <li><kbd class="menu">Music Data</kbd>: whether Ardour should accept/send note events from/to selected MIDI device</li>
+ <li><kbd class="menu">Control Data</kbd>: whether Ardour should accept/send control events (Control Change, or CC) from/to selected MIDI device</li>
+ <li><kbd class="menu">Follow Selection</kbd>: whether Ardour should connect this device only to a selected track (only applicable to input devices)</li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>
+ You can also give a more meaningful name to any input and output MIDI device
+ here. Double-click the name of the device, enter a new name, then press
+ <kbd>Enter</kbd> to confirm.
+</p>
<h2 id="preferences-transport">Transport</h2>
for available plugins. Useful to get a newly installed plugin recognised
by Ardour.
</li>
+ <li>
+ <dfn>Scan Time Out</dfn> sets the time that Ardour will try to find
+ any plugins in known paths until it gives up.
+ </li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<a href="@@status-bar">Log window</a>.
</li>
<li>
- <dfn>Make new plugins active</dfn> when enabled, any plugin added to a track
+ <dfn>Make new plugins active</dfn>: when enabled, any plugin added to a track
will be in active mode. If unchecked, the plugins will be added in inactive
mode by default, hence have no processing effect on the track/bus.
</li>
+ <li>
+ <dfn>Show only one plugin window at a time</dfn>: when enabled, only
+ one plugin window will be displayed on the screen; when disabled, you
+ can open as many plugin windows as you like.
+ </li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<li>
<dfn>Video Server</dfn>
<ul>
- <li>
- <dfn>Show Video Export Info before export</dfn> Shows a warning message
- when exporting a video about licensing and offers to open the
- <a href="@@workflow-amp-operations#export">export video</a> section of
- this manual.
- </li>
<li>
<dfn>Show Video Server Startup Dialog</dfn>: when using video inside Ardour,
this video is accessed via Xjadeo from a source file through a Video Server.
</li>
</ul>
+<h2 id="preferences-triggering">Triggering</h2>
+
+<ul>
+ <li>
+ <dfn>Triggering</dfn>
+ <ul>
+ <li>
+ <dfn>Default trigger input</dfn>: this is where you choose a MIDI device
+ that will send notes to tiggers boxes in the Cue window. This is typically
+ a grid controller like monome, Novation Launchpad, Ableton Push etc.
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ <dfn>Clip Library</dfn>
+ <ul>
+ <li>
+ <dfn>User writable Clip Library</dfn>: this is a folder where your custom
+ reusable clips will be saved to.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ <dfn>Reset Clip Library Dir</dfn>: this will reset the location of your
+ custom reusable clips to a default location.
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
+</ul>
+
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