A âprocessorâ is a thing which treats the signal in some way. Ardour provides several builtin processors, such as the "fader" processor which controls the gain (volume) of a track or bus. Processors can also be plugins used for effects or as instruments, as well as sends/inserts which are used to change signal routing. The arrangement of processors is arbitrary, and there is no limit to how many there can be.
-The main box in the top half of a mixer strip shows the processor list. Processors are shown as coloured rectangles, with a small âLEDâ beside them; this indicates whether or not the plugin is enabled, and can be clicked to enable or disable a processor. The colour of the processor depends on its location in the sequence; processors that occur before the fader are coloured in red, and those after are coloured green (in the default theme).
-The processor box will always contain a blue processor called âFaderâ. This indicates where in the processor chain the main volume fader is located â this is the fader shown in the lower half of the strip.
-Processors can be re-ordered using drag-and-drop. Dragging a processor allows it to be moved around within the chain, or copied to another processor list on another track or bus.
-To the left of the name of each processor is a small LED symbol; if this is lit-up, the processor is active. Clicking on it will deactivate the processor. It will still pass audio or MIDI signals, but they will not be affected.
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+ In Ardour terminology, a processor is anything which treats the
+ signal in some way and gets plugged into a mixer strip.
+ Ardour provides several builtin processors such as the fader or panners.
+ Processors can also be plugins used for effects or as instruments, as well
+ as sends or inserts which are affect signal
+ routing.
+ The arrangement of processors is arbitrary, and there is no limit to how
+ many there can be.
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+ The main box in the top half of a mixer strip shows the processor + box. + Processors are shown as coloured rectangles, with a small "LED" beside + them that lights up when the processor is enabled. The colour of the + processor depends on its location in the sequence; processors that are pre-fader are + coloured in red, and post-fader processors are coloured green + (in the default theme).
++ The processor box will always contain a blue Fader processor. + This indicates where in the processor chain the main channel fader is + located — this is the fader shown in the lower half of the strip. +
Finally, processors can be added to or removed from the chain. Right-clicking the processor list does three things:
++ Processors can be added to the chain by + Right-clicking in the processor list, This does three things: +
From the menu, some new processors can be inserted.
++ From the menu, new processors can be inserted. +
+ ++ Processors can be re-ordered using drag-and-drop. Dragging a processor + allows it to be moved around within the chain, or copied to another + processor list on another track or bus. +
+ ++ To the left of the name of each processor is a small LED symbol; if this + is lit-up, the processor is active. Clicking on it will deactivate the + processor and effectively bypass it.
+Context-click on the processor you want to remove.
++ Context-click on the processor you want to remove, and select Delete, or Right-click on it. +