<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>
<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
on those buggy systems at the expense of speed.
</li>
<li>
- <dfn>Possibly improve slow graphical performance (requires restart)</dfn>
+ <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.
<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>
<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.
</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>
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