+<p>
+ To connect the Faderport to Ardour, open the Preferences dialog, and
+ then click on "Control Surfaces". Click on the "Enable" button
+ in the line that says "Faderport" in order to activate Ardour's
+ Faderport support. Then double click on the line that says
+ "Faderport". A new dialog will open, containing (among other things)
+ two dropdown selectors that will allow you to identify the MIDI
+ ports where your Faderport is connected.
+</p>
+<img alt="the Faderport configuration dialog" src="foo">
+<p>
+ Once you select the input and output port, Ardour will initialize
+ the Faderport and it will be ready to use. You only need do this
+ once: once these ports are connected and your session has been
+ saved, the connections will be made automatically in this and other
+ future sessions.
+<p>
+ You do not need to use the power supply that comes with the
+ Faderport but without it, the fader will not be motorized. This
+ makes the overall experience of using the Faderport much less
+ satisfactory, since the fader will not move when Ardour tells it
+ to, leading to very out-of-sync conditions between the physical
+ fader position and the "fader position" inside the program.
+</p>
+