The status bar is an informative bar at the top of the window, showing:
-| File: | the file format used in the session, including when recording |
|---|---|
| TC: | is the timecode, i.e. the number of frames per second used by the session (for videos) |
| Audio: | gives the sample rate used in the session, and the latency computed from the buffer size |
| Buffers: | describe how much data is buffered, see below |
| DSP: | for Digital Sound Processing, shows how much of the CPU is used by Ardour and its plugins |
| PkBld: | (only shows up while creating peaks) displays the number of peak files left to create |
| X: | shows the number of xruns since Ardour's launch, see below |
| Disk: | reports the remaining hard disk space as the time that can be recorded with the current session setting |
| Wall Clock | showing the system time (especially useful in full screen mode) |
| Log button | that indicates if Ardour has encountered any warning or error. |
- Right clicking anywhere on the Status Bar allows to choose which of this informations we want displayed, through a checkbox menu. + Right clicking anywhere on the Status Bar allows to choose which of this information we want displayed, through a checkbox menu.
The buffers are labelled as p for playback and c for capture. If the @@ -30,6 +30,6 @@ asked is too short for the computing power of the machine. It usually results in clicks, pops and crackles if it happens while recording.
- The log button turns yellow when a warning is shown, and red when an error occurs. Clicking the log button gives acces to the log. + The log button turns yellow when a warning is shown, and red when an error occurs. Clicking the log button gives access to the log.