<li>
<p>
<strong>Make new plugins active</strong> when enabled, will activate
- a plugin when it is added to a track or buss
+ a plugin when it is added to a track or bus
<a href="/working-with-plugins/processor-box/">Processor Box</a>.
</p>
</li>
---
<p>
- This tab contains settings that affect the use of solo, muting, and panning.
+ This tab contains settings that affect the use of
+ <a href="/mixing/muting-and-soloing/">solo, muting</a>, and
+ <a href="/mixing/panning/">panning</a>.
</p>
<img src="/files/a4/a4_preferences_solomute.png" alt="preferences
<ul>
<li>
<p>
- <strong>Solo-in-place mute cut</strong>
+ <strong>Solo-in-place mute cut</strong> sets the attenuation of the
+ the other tracks when another track is soloed in place. This setting
+ is also available from the <strong>Mixer</strong> monitor section.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
- <strong>Solo controls are Listen controls</strong>
+ <strong>Solo controls are Listen controls</strong> when enabled the
+ soloed track is soloed only on the monitor bus, the master fader mix
+ is not affected by the solo. This option can also be set by enabling
+ pre-fader listen or after-fader listen in the <strong>Mixer</strong>
+ monitor section.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
- <strong>Listen Position:</strong>
+ <strong>Listen Position:</strong> determines what is listened to when
+ the solo controls are used as listen controls. The options are
+ after-fader or pre-fader.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
- <strong>PFL signals come from:</strong>
+ <strong>PFL signals come from:</strong> determines whether the
+ pre-fader listen position is before or after the pre-fader processors.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
- <strong>AFL signals come from:</strong>
+ <strong>AFL signals come from:</strong> determines whether the
+ after-fader listen position is before or after the after-fader
+ processors.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
- <strong>Exclusive solo</strong>
+ <strong>Exclusive solo</strong> when enabled will only solo that last
+ track selected for solo. Previously soloed tracks will be un-soloed.
+ This setting is also available from the <strong>Mixer</strong> monitor
+ section.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
- <strong>Show solo muting</strong>
+ <strong>Show solo muting</strong> when enabled outlines the mute
+ button on tracks and busses when another track is soloed.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
- <strong>Soloing overrides muting</strong>
+ <strong>Soloing overrides muting</strong> when enabled allows a track
+ to be heard when it is soloed while muted. This setting is also
+ available from the <strong>Mixer</strong> monitor section.
</p>
</li>
</ul>
<li>
<p>
- <strong>Default track/bus muting options</strong>
+ <strong>Default track/bus muting options</strong> sets the muting options
+ for a newly created tracks or bus. The mute options for an existing track
+ or bus are changed by the right-click context menu on a mute button.
</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>
- <strong>Mute affects pre-fader sends</strong>
+ <strong>Mute affects pre-fader sends</strong> when enabled pre-fader
+ sends will be muted by default.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
- <strong>Mute affects post-fader sends</strong>
+ <strong>Mute affects post-fader sends</strong> when enabled post-fader
+ sends will be muted by default.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
- <strong>Mute affects control outputs</strong>
+ <strong>Mute affects control outputs</strong> when enabled control
+ outputs are muted by default.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
- <strong>Mute affects main outputs</strong>
+ <strong>Mute affects main outputs</strong> when enabled main outputs
+ are muted by default.
</p>
</li>
</ul>
<li>
<p>
- <strong>Send Routing</strong>
+ <strong>Send Routing</strong> affects
+ <a href="/signal-routing/aux-sends/">aux and external sends</a>.
</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>
- <strong>Link panners of Aux and External Sends with main panner by default</strong>
+ <strong>Link panners of Aux and External Sends with main panner by
+ default</strong> When enabled, sends follow the channel panner.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ When disabled, sends can panned independently of the channel panner
+ and fader. Double clicking the send in the processor box toggles
+ the main panner and fader between the aux send and the channel.
</p>
</li>
</ul>
<li>
<p>
- <strong>Send MIDI Clock</strong>
+ <strong>Send MIDI Clock</strong> when enabled Ardour will generate MIDI
+ clock on the <code>ardour:MIDI clock out</code> JACK port.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
- <strong>Send MIDI Time Code</strong>
+ <strong>Send MIDI Time Code</strong> when enabled Ardour will generate MIDI
+ time code on the <code>ardour:MTC out</code> JACK port.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
- <strong>Percentage either side of normal transport speed to transmit MTC:</strong>
+ <strong>Percentage either side of normal transport speed to transmit MTC:</strong> MIDI time code generation will be disabled when the transport speed is
+ greater than normal sped plus this percentage or less than normal minus
+ this percentage.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
- <strong>Obey MIDI Machine Control commands</strong>
+ <strong>Obey MIDI Machine Control commands</strong> when enabled Ardour
+ will respond to MIDI Machine Control commands received on the
+ <code>ardour:MMC in</code> JACK port.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
- <strong>Send MIDI Machine Control commands</strong>
+ <strong>Send MIDI Machine Control commands</strong> when enabled Ardour
+ will send MIDI Machine Control commands on the <code>ardour:MMC out</code>
+ JACK port.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
- <strong>Inbound MMC device ID:</strong>
+ <strong>Inbound MMC device ID:</strong> is the only device ID Ardour will
+ respond to when an MMC command is received on the
+ <code>ardour:MMC in</code> JACK port.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
- <strong>Outbound MMC device ID:</strong>
+ <strong>Outbound MMC device ID:</strong> is the MIDI device ID Ardour will
+ use when it sends MMC commands.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
- <strong>Initial program change:</strong>
+ <strong>Initial program change:</strong> Ardour will send a MIDI program
+ change message on the <code>ardour:MMC out</code> JACK port when a session
+ is loaded and whenever this field is changed. A value of -1 is for don't
+ send any program change message.
</p>
</li>
<ul>
<li>
<p>
- <strong>Edit using:</strong>
+ <strong>Edit using:</strong> Use this keyboard and mouse combination
+ to edit a region's name, and for audio, the region gain.
</p>
</li>
<li>
</li>
<li>
<p>
- <strong>Insert note using</strong>
+ <strong>Insert note using</strong> Using this mouse and keyboard
+ combination allows MIDI note drawing while the <strong>Editor</strong>
+ is in edit mode.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
- <strong>Ignore snap using:</strong>
+ <strong>Ignore snap using:</strong> This mouse and keyboard combination
+ temporarily changes the
+ <a href="/editing-and-arranging/snap-to-the-grid/">snap mode</a> to
+ <strong>No Grid</strong>.
</p>
</li>
<li>
---
<p>
- This tab contains settings that affect the display and behavior of meters.
+ This tab contains settings that affect <a href="/ardours-interface/meters/">
+ Metering</a> in Ardour.
</p>
<img src="/files/a4/a4_preferences_metering.png" alt="preferences
<ul>
<li>
<p>
- <strong>Restore Defaults</strong>
+ <strong>Restore Defaults</strong> When clicked will change all settings
+ on the Theme tab back to Ardour's default values.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
- <strong>All floating windows are dialogs</strong>
+ <strong>All floating windows are dialogs</strong> When enabled Ardour will
+ use type "Dialog" for all floating windows instead of using type
+ "Utility" for some of them. This may help usability with some
+ window managers. This setting requires a restart of Ardour to take effect.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
- <strong>Transient windows follow front window</strong>
+ <strong>Transient windows follow front window</strong> When enabled
+ transient windows will follow the front window when toggling between the
+ editor and mixer. This setting requires a restart of Ardour to take effect.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
- <strong>Draw "flat" buttons</strong>
+ <strong>Draw "flat" buttons</strong> When enabled button controls
+ in the user interface will be drawn with a flat look. When disabled button
+ controls will have a slight 3D appearence.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
- <strong>Blink Rec-Arm buttons</strong>
+ <strong>Blink Rec-Arm buttons</strong> When enabled the record-armed
+ buttons on tracks will blink when they are armed but not currently
+ recording. When disabled the record-armed buttons on tracks will be
+ outlined in red instead of blinking.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
- <strong>Color regions using their track's color</strong>
+ <strong>Color regions using their track's color</strong> When enabled
+ the background color of regions in the editor will be displayed using the
+ the color assigned to the track. When disabled the default region
+ background color will be used.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
- <strong>Show waveform clipping</strong>
+ <strong>Show waveform clipping</strong> When enalbled the waveform
+ displayed will show peaks marked in red if they exceed the clip level. The
+ Waveform Clip Level is set with a slider on the Preferences
+ <a href="/preferences-and-session-properties/preferences-dialog/editor/">
+ Editor tab</a>
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
- <strong>Icon Set</strong>
+ <strong>Icon Set</strong> Changes the mouse cursor icons used to indicate
+ different tool modes in the editor. An example would be the icons used to
+ indicate whether the cursor will select a region or change the length of a
+ region.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
- <strong>Waveforms color gradient depth</strong>
+ <strong>Waveforms color gradient depth</strong> Determines how much
+ gradient effect is applied to audio waveforms displayed in the editor.
+ Values range from 0.00, no graident effect, to 0.95, maximum effect.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
- <strong>Timeline item gradient depth</strong>
+ <strong>Timeline item gradient depth</strong> Determines how much
+ gradient effect is applied to the backgrounds of regions displayed in the
+ editor. Values range from 0.00, no graident effect, to 0.95, maximum
+ effect.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
- <strong>Colors</strong>
+ <strong>Colors</strong> The color of an item in the user interface is
+ determined by which named color is assigned to it, the color displayed for
+ each named color in the palette, and in some cases, the transparency of
+ stacked items.
</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>
- <strong>Items</strong>
+ <strong>Items</strong> Each display item has a named color assigned to
+ it from the palette. Example color names are
+ "meter color9" and "color 4".
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Click on an item's color example to change the named color choice.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
- <strong>Palette</strong>
+ <strong>Palette</strong> Hover over a color to display it's name. Click
+ on a color to open a color chooser dialog.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
- <strong>Transparency</strong>
+ <strong>Transparency</strong> Some items have a transparency value.
+ Transparency can be changed from opaque to totally transparent.
</p>
</li>
</ul>
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