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@@ -146,6 +146,15 @@
+
+ New Version Check
+
+ -
+ Check for announcements at application start sends an
+ anonymous request to Ardour's server to check for a new version.
+
+
+
Appearance
@@ -545,6 +554,11 @@
allows the system window manager's rules for the windows visibility to
supersede Ardour's.
+
+ Show/Hide splash screen instead of setting z-axis stack order:
+ Hides the splash instead of re-layering it. This setting requires a restart
+ of Ardour to take effect.
+
All floating windows are dialogs: when enabled, Ardour will
use type "Dialog" for all floating windows instead of using type
@@ -642,7 +656,7 @@
scrolls when dragging the playhead outside of the visible canvas.
- Limit zooming & summary view to X minutes beyond session extents:
+ Limit zoom & summary view beyond session extents to:
prevents the zoom out both in the editor and the summary, to show anything past
the chosen time after the end marker, restraining the vision to only useful
content.
@@ -675,7 +689,7 @@
fade shape is the default.
- Regions in active edit groups are edited together: sets
+ Regions in edit groups are edited together: sets
the criteria to see if editing actions apply to tracks grouped together
in an group.
@@ -1090,11 +1104,21 @@
General
+ -
+ Scan for [new] Plugins on Application Start When
+ enabled new plugins are searched, tested and added to the cache
+ index on application start. When disabled new plugins will only be
+ available after triggering a 'Scan' manually.
+
-
Always Display Plugin Scan Progress When enabled a
popup window showing plugin scan progress is displayed for indexing
(cache load) and discovery (detect new plugins).
+ -
+ Verbose Plugin Scan: adds information about the plugin in the
+ Log window.
+
-
Make new plugins active when enabled, any plugin added to a track
will be in active mode. If unchecked, the plugins will be added in inactive
@@ -1183,24 +1207,17 @@
VST
-
- Enable Mac VST support (requires restart or re-scan) makes a
+ Enable Mac VST2 support (requires restart or re-scan) makes a
MacOs system able to run VST-Mac plugins. As stated, a new scan for plugins
is required, be it manually or by restarting Ardour.
-
- Scan for [new] VST Plugins on Application Start When
- enabled new VST plugins are searched, tested and added to the cache
- index on application start. When disabled new plugins will only be
- available after triggering a 'Scan' manually.
-
- -
- Verbose Plugin Scan: adds information about the plugin in the
- Log window.
+ Enable Linux VST2 support (requires restart or re-scan) makes a
+ Linux system able to run VST2 plugins.
-
- Scan Time Out Specifies the default timeout for plugin
- instantiation. Plugins that require more time to load will be
- blacklisted. A value of ∞ disables the timeout.
+ Enable VST3 support (requires restart or re-scan) makes any
+ system able to run VST3 plugins.
@@ -1213,8 +1230,8 @@
inserted into the processor box. A new VST plugin scan is then required.
- VST 2 Blacklist: Clicking the
- button makes blacklisted VST plugins available to be added to the processor
+ VST 2 Ignorelist: Clicking the
+ button makes ignored VST plugins available to be added to the processor
box.
@@ -1242,7 +1259,7 @@
VST 3 Cache: Same as above, for VST 3
- VST 3 Blacklist: Same as above, for VST 3
+ VST 3 Ignorelist: Same as above, for VST 3
Additional VST3 Path: The VST 3 specs clearly define where
@@ -1250,6 +1267,16 @@
way to search other directories for plugin, it is out of spec and not
recommanded.
+
+ Automatically show 'Micro Edit' tagged controls on the mixer-strip:
+ displays the plugin's UI directly inside each mixer strip (inline), if the plugin
+ has a 'Micro Edit' tag.
+
+
+
+
+ VST2/VST3
+
-
Conceal VST2 Plugin if matching LV3 exists When
enabled, gives precedence to the VST3 (more up-to-date) version of
@@ -1266,7 +1293,7 @@
Audio Unit
-
- Scan for [new] AudioUnit Plugins on Application Start When
+ Enable Audio Unit support (requires restart or re-scan) When
enabled, new AU plugins are searched, tested and added to the cache
index on application start. When disabled, new plugins will only be
available after triggering a 'Scan' manually.
@@ -1277,8 +1304,8 @@
inserted into the processor box. A new AU plugins scan is then required.
-
- AU Blacklist: Clicking the
- button makes blacklisted AU plugins available to be added to the processor
+ AU Ignorelist: Clicking the
+ button makes ignored AU plugins available to be added to the processor
box.
@@ -1587,6 +1614,14 @@
used to do signal processing. It can be set to use one up to all
processors.
+ -
+ Power Management, CPU DMA latency: modern processors try
+ to aggressively transition to power saving when idle, even for a few
+ microseconds, hurting realtime performance by needing to wake to a
+ more active state. This setting counters this behaviour by setting
+ a maximum response time while low latency operation is desired.
+