X-Git-Url: http://shamusworld.gotdns.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=include%2Fnewopen-session-dialog.html;h=3e442e0ab6db36af6447e940fa5c4f8da22a22a2;hb=f09800ba11cbbae5bcfe1c3d15d190c7f9850b1e;hp=3e39ffae999267043021730ca602adeb4be3e7bd;hpb=dfec6899ef2a121ccf2ff1d47008e7ac4844cf70;p=ardour-manual diff --git a/include/newopen-session-dialog.html b/include/newopen-session-dialog.html index 3e39ffa..3e442e0 100644 --- a/include/newopen-session-dialog.html +++ b/include/newopen-session-dialog.html @@ -1,16 +1,16 @@

The initial Session dialog consists of several consecutive pages: -

+

Open Session Page

- On this page, you can open an existing session. You can also - open any snapshot of a - particular session by clicking on the arrow next to the session name to - display all snapshots, and then selecting one. If your session is + On this page, you can open an existing session. You can also + open any snapshot of a + particular session by clicking on the arrow next to the session name to + display all snapshots, and then selecting one. If your session is not displayed in the Recent Sessions list, the Other - Sessions button will bring up a file selection dialog to navigate + Sessions button will bring up a file selection dialog to navigate your hard drive.
Alternatively, you can opt to create a New Session. @@ -18,46 +18,49 @@

New Session page

- Here you can type in the name of a session, select a folder to save in, and - optionally use an existing template. + Here you can type in the name of a session, select a folder to save in, and + optionally use an existing template.

- Under Advanced Options, you can select whether you wish to create + Under Advanced Options, you can select whether you wish to create a Master Bus, or a Control Bus, and how many channels you wish either to have. - You can also decide whether you want Ardour to automatically connect all inputs - to the physical ports of your hardware. Ardour will do so + You can also decide whether you want Ardour to automatically connect all inputs + to the physical ports of your hardware. Ardour will do so sequentially and in round-robin fashion, connecting the first track's input to the first input of your hardware and so on. When Ardour has used all available hardware inputs, it will begin again with the first physical - input. + input. You can limit the number of channels on your physical hardware that Ardour - uses. + uses.

- By default Ardour will connect all tracks and busses to the Master Bus if - there is one. However you can also tell it to automatically connect each + By default Ardour will connect all tracks and busses to the Master Bus if + there is one. However you can also tell it to automatically connect each output to the physical outputs of your interface or sound card, and limit the number of physical outputs used, as above.

-

Audio/MIDI Setup

+

Audio/MIDI Setup

-The Audio+MIDI
-Setup Dialog +
+ The Audio+MIDI Setup Dialog +
+ The Audio+MIDI Setup Dialog +
+

- This page is not displayed if JACK is already running when you start - Ardour. It provides a simple interface to configure JACK, which - will then be started by Ardour. For more control and options regarding - JACK, it is recommended that you start JACK before using Ardour, via a - JACK control application such as QJackCtl (sometimes called "Jack - Control"), JackPilot, etc. + This window exposes the different audio options to be used by Ardour for the + current work session, for hardware and software and is made of:

+
Audio System
-
Currently, the only option here is JACK. In the future, native - hardware access may be supported.
+
Depending on the operating system, Ardour can possibly use different audio + systems, e.g. on Linux, both + ALSA and JACK are + available. +
Driver
On Mac OS X this will typically be CoreAudio. On Linux usually @@ -74,7 +77,7 @@ Setup Dialog"/>

If you are using an Intel Mac running OS X and the builtin audio interface, you must - first merge + first merge its separate input and output devices into a single "aggregate device" before Ardour will be able to use it.

@@ -106,4 +109,3 @@ Setup Dialog"/> class="menu">CoreMIDI. On Linux, you can change between two legacy ALSA drivers or the (preferred) new JACK+ALSA implementation.
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