X-Git-Url: http://shamusworld.gotdns.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=include%2Fworking-with-ardour-built-plugin-editors.html;h=e222cc3b19ef6728a126e7ccbd5df55bbbc65c2a;hb=ca8c53473dfbcb7d4b483a5ce792bbf4b5caffe8;hp=bc2b8e1a8dc4c4360769707a53378481adbf4f96;hpb=3ac2b1ab0af5ff2d380c60cad295cbced589602f;p=ardour-manual diff --git a/include/working-with-ardour-built-plugin-editors.html b/include/working-with-ardour-built-plugin-editors.html index bc2b8e1..e222cc3 100644 --- a/include/working-with-ardour-built-plugin-editors.html +++ b/include/working-with-ardour-built-plugin-editors.html @@ -1,22 +1,34 @@
- To view a plugin editor, double-click on the plugin within the - processor box. + The plugin editor can be shown by double-clicking on the plugin within the + processor box. A new window will appear showing the editor/GUI for the plugin. -
+ + + -Add a pic showing the generic GUI
+If a plugin does not have its own GUI, Ardour will construct a - generic plugin editor from a small set of common control - elements. Ardour will do this even for plugins that have their - own, if Edit > Preferences > + generic plugin editor from a small set of common control + elements. Ardour will do this even for plugins that have their + own, if Edit > Preferences > GUI > Use Plugins' own interface instead of Ardour's is disabled.
- The generic UI can be temporarily switched to by context-clicking on + The generic UI can be temporarily switched to by right clicking on a processor and selecting Edit with generic controls. This is necessary in order to access the plugin automation controls. @@ -27,3 +39,37 @@ Left-clicking on it.
++ At the bottom of the generic plugin editor, clicking the arrow displays the + Analysis Graph. +
++ This graph displays: +
++ The transfer function plots the output amplitude of the plugin (considered + as a "black box") against its input amplitude, along the audio spectrum. +
++ The phase response, that can be switched on or off using the + Show phase checkbox, plots the phase of the + plugins output against its input phase, along the audio spectrum. The scale is + shown in yellow on + the right. +
++ The green spectrum plots the output signal spectrum, after the plugin + (for tracks that have a signal on). +
++ The dB scale selector in the bottom left allows to + change the vertical scale of the graphs. +