+ The initial Session dialog consists of several consecutive pages: -
+
- 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.
@@ -18,48 +18,51 @@
- Here you can type in the name of a session, select a folder to save in, and + 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.
-
+
+ - 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 | +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
this will be either FFADO
@@ -67,9 +70,9 @@ Setup Dialog"/>
Architecture">ALSA, depending on whether or not you are
utilizing a firewire device. Advanced users on all platforms may also
use NetJack which provides network audio I/O.
-
- |
| Device | +The selector should show all availiable interfaces provided by the
driver above and which are capable of duplex operation.
If you are using an Intel Mac running OS X and the builtin audio @@ -78,32 +81,32 @@ Setup Dialog"/> its separate input and output devices into a single "aggregate device" before Ardour will be able to use it. - - |
| Sample Rate | +
The selector will allow you to select from any sample rate
supported by the device selected above it.
-
- |
| Buffer Size | +
You can adjust the size of the buffer used by your audio interface
to allow for either lower latency, or lower CPU usage and higher
latency.
-
- |
| Input/Output Channels | +
Here you can specify the number of hardware channels to use. The
- default is all available channels.
- |
| Hardware Input/Output Latency | +Specify the hardware delay in samples for precise latency compensation. |
| Calibrate | +
This button guides you through a semi-automated process to obtain
- precise hardware latency measurements for the above option.
- |
| MIDI System | +Select the MIDI driver to use. On Mac OS X, this will be CoreMIDI. On Linux, you can change between two legacy - ALSA drivers or the (preferred) new JACK+ALSA implementation. - + ALSA drivers or the (preferred) new JACK+ALSA implementation. |