- The Master strip in Ardour is very similar to the other busses mixer strips.
- The list of differences is (from top to bottom):
+ The Master strip in Ardour is very similar to the other
+ busses mixer strips.
+ 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:
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There is no color affected to the master strip
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The master strip cannot be hidden, so there is not X in the top right
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It is by definition always solo, so no Solo, Iso or Lock buttons. It is replaced by a button to show the Monitoring section if the session has one
-
It cannot belong to a mix group, so the button is removed.
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+ There is no color affected to the master strip
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+
+ 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.
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+
+ The master strip cannot be hidden or disabled, so there is not
+ X in the top right, nor an
+ Active checkbox in the context menu.
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+
+ It is by definition always solo, so there is no Solo button,
+ and Iso and Lock are disabled.
+
+ Mute to mute the Master bus while the monitoring
+ is still active,
+
+
+ Mon to show/hide the monitoring section in the Mixer
+ view.
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+
+ It cannot belong to a mix group, so the Grp button is missing.
+
- The Master bus strip is allways fixed, at the right end of the mixer, regardless of the scrolling position.
+ The Master bus strip is always fixed, at the right end of the
+ mixer, regardless of the scrolling position.