X-Git-Url: http://shamusworld.gotdns.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=include%2Fworking-with-ardour-built-plugin-editors.html;h=9ec6a0098f26aa62977faea7974ad4674830b5ed;hb=a26b49e5c69ac38d5465c62623994e8a81f1b6b3;hp=41e3fb63f4901371372b9c883a93cff445e6c4ca;hpb=62f44f618e8577492283c2ccac9701ef699716c3;p=ardour-manual diff --git a/include/working-with-ardour-built-plugin-editors.html b/include/working-with-ardour-built-plugin-editors.html index 41e3fb6..9ec6a00 100644 --- a/include/working-with-ardour-built-plugin-editors.html +++ b/include/working-with-ardour-built-plugin-editors.html @@ -1,24 +1,37 @@
- To view a plugin editor, double-click on the plugin within the - processor box. + The plugin editor can be shown by double-clicking on the plugin within the + processor box. A new window will appear showing the editor/GUI for the plugin. -
+ + + -Add a pic showing the generic GUI
+If a plugin does not have its own GUI, Ardour will construct a - generic plugin editor from a small set of common control - elements. Ardour will do this even for plugins that have their - own, if Edit > Preferences > + generic plugin editor from a small set of common control + elements. Ardour will do this even for plugins that have their + own, if Edit > Preferences > GUI > Use Plugins' own interface instead of Ardour's is disabled.
- The generic UI can be temporarily switched to by context-clicking on + The generic UI can be temporarily switched to by right clicking on a processor and selecting Edit with generic controls. - This is necessary in order to access the plugin + This is necessary in order to access the plugin automation controls.
@@ -27,3 +40,67 @@ Left-clicking on it. ++ This is a rarely used section that displays the contents of the description + metadata of a plugin. +
+ ++ This section displays CPU time measurements for the currently opened plugin. + For more information, please see the documentation on the + Plugin DSP Load window. +
+ ++ At the bottom of the generic plugin editor, clicking the arrow displays the + Analysis Graph. +
++ This graph displays: +
++ The transfer function plots the output amplitude of the plugin (considered + as a "black box") against its input amplitude, along the audio spectrum. +
++ The phase response, that can be switched on or off using the + Show phase checkbox, plots the phase of the + plugins output against its input phase, along the audio spectrum. The scale is + shown in yellow on + the right. +
++ The green spectrum plots the output signal spectrum, after the plugin + (for tracks that have a signal on). +
++ The dB scale selector in the bottom left allows to + change the vertical scale of the graphs. +
+ ++ The generic UI provides, for all MIDI instruments plugins, a keyboard, that can + be used either with the mouse, or by using a QWERTY keyboard as a piano. Both the + channel and the velocity can be set above the keyboard. +