---
<p>
-The name "Ardour" came from considerations of how to pronounce the acronym
-<abbr title="Hard Disk Recorder">HDR</abbr>. The most obvious attempt sounds
-like a vowelless "harder" and it then was then a short step to an unrelated
-but slightly homophonic word:
+ The name <dfn>"Ardour"</dfn> came from considerations of how to pronounce the acronym
+
<abbr title="Hard Disk Recorder">HDR</abbr>. The most obvious attempt sounds
+ like a vowelless "harder" and it then was then a short step to an unrelated
+ but slightly homophonic word:
</p>
<blockquote>
- <dfn>ardour</dfn> n 1: a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of
- a person or cause); "they were imbued with a revolutionary ardor"; "he
- felt a kind of religious zeal" [syn: ardor, elan, zeal]<br />
- 2: intense feeling of love [syn: ardor]<br />
- 3: feelings of great warmth and intensity; "he spoke with great ardor"
- [syn: ardor, fervor, fervour, fervency, fire, fervidness]
+ <p>
+ <dfn>ardour</dfn> n 1: a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of
+ a person or cause); "they were imbued with a revolutionary ardor"; "he
+ felt a kind of religious zeal" [syn: ardor, elan, zeal]<br />
+ 2: intense feeling of love [syn: ardor]<br />
+ 3: feelings of great warmth and intensity; "he spoke with great ardor"
+ [syn: ardor, fervor, fervour, fervency, fire, fervidness]
+ </p>
</blockquote>
<p>
-Given the work required to develop Ardour, and the personality of its
-primary author, the name seemed appropriate even without the vague
-relationship to HDR.
+ Given the work required to develop Ardour, and the personality of its
+ primary author, the name seemed appropriate even without the vague
+ relationship to HDR.
</p>
<p>
-Years later, another interpretation of "Ardour" appeared, this time based
-on listening to non-native English speakers attempt to pronounce the word.
-Rather than "Ardour", it became "Our DAW", which seemed poetically fitting
-for a Digital Audio Workstation whose source code and design belongs to a
-group of collaborators.
+ Years later, another interpretation of "Ardour" appeared, this time based
+ on listening to non-native English speakers attempt to pronounce the word.
+ Rather than "Ardour", it became "Our DAW", which seemed poetically fitting
+ for a Digital Audio Workstation whose source code and design belongs to a
+ group of collaborators.
</p>
<p>
Some GUI elements can optionally be controlled with the mouse wheel when
the pointer is hovering over them. The notation for mouse wheel action is
- <kbd class="mouse">⇑</kbd> <kbd class="mouse">⇐</kbd></dt>
- <kbd class="mouse">⇓</kbd> <kbd class="mouse">⇒</kbd></dt>
+ <kbd class="mouse">⇑</kbd> <kbd class="mouse">⇐</kbd>
+ <kbd class="mouse">⇓</kbd> <kbd class="mouse">⇒</kbd>.
</p>
<h4>Context-click</h4>
<p>
<dfn>a2jmidid</dfn> is an application that bridges between the system
<abbr title="Musical Instrument Digital Interface">MIDI</abbr> ports and
- <abbt title="JACK Audio Connection Kit">JACK</abbr>.
+ <abbr title="JACK Audio Connection Kit">JACK</abbr>.
</p>
<p>
First you should make sure that there is no ALSA sequencer support enabled
in JACK. To do that open QJackCtl's <kbd class="menu">Setup</kbd> window.
</p>
<p>
- Set <kbd class="menu">Settings > MIDI Driver</kbd> to <kbd
+ Set <kbd class="menu">Settings > MIDI Driver</kbd> to <kbd
class="input">none</kbd>.
Then uncheck the <kbd class="optoff">Misc > Enable ALSA Sequencer
support</kbd> option.<br />
derivitives be directed to them.
</p>
<h3>Contact Information for Ubuntu Studio</h3>
-<p><a href="http://ubuntustudio.org" target="_blank">The Ubuntu Studio Homepage</a></p>
-<p><a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=335" target="_blank">The Ubuntu Studio Forums.</a></p>
-<p><a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuStudio/MailLists" target="_blank">Information on the Ubuntu Studio Mailing Lists.</a></p>
-<p><a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuStudio/IRC" target="_blank">Information on the Ubuntu Studio IRC channel.</a> #ubuntustudio on irc.freenode.net</p>
+<p><a href="http://ubuntustudio.org">The Ubuntu Studio Homepage</a></p>
+<p><a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=335">The Ubuntu Studio Forums.</a></p>
+<p><a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuStudio/MailLists">Information on the Ubuntu Studio Mailing Lists.</a></p>
+<p><a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuStudio/IRC">Information on the Ubuntu Studio IRC channel.</a> #ubuntustudio on irc.freenode.net</p>
</p>
<p>
If you open Ardour without specifying an existing session it will display
- the <kbd class="menu">Session > New...</kbd> dialog. If JACK is not already
+ the <kbd class="menu">Session > New...</kbd> dialog. If JACK is not already
running, there will be an extra <kbd class="menu">Audio Engine</kbd> tab in
that dialog to configure JACK, which Ardour will then start automatically.
</p>
<p>
To start Ardour with a new, named session:
</p>
-<kbd class="cmd lin">ardour3 -N <em>/path/to/session</kbd>
+<kbd class="cmd lin">ardour3 -N <em>/path/to/session</em></kbd>
<h3>Other Command Line Options</h3>
title: Ranges & Marks List
---
-
-
-
-<p>For information on this list see <a href="/working-with-markers/getting-to-know-the-rangesmarks-list">Getting To Know the Ranges & Marks List</a> in the "Working with Markers" section of the manual.</p>
+<p>
+ For information on this list see
+ <a href="/working-with-markers/getting-to-know-the-rangesmarks-list">Getting To Know the Ranges
+ & Marks List</a> in the "Working with Markers" section of the manual.</p>
<p>
Every clock in Ardour has four different, selectable <dfn>clock
modes</dfn>. Each mode displays time using different units.
- You can change the clock mode by <kdb class="mouse">Right</kbd>-clicking
+ You can change the clock mode by <kbd class="mouse">Right</kbd>-clicking
on the clock and selecting the desired mode from the menu. Some clocks are
entirely independent of any other clock's mode; others are linked so that
changing one changes all clocks in that group. The different modes are:
</p>
<dl>
-
<dt>Digital peak-meter</dt>
<dd>A <dfn>Digital Peak Meter</dfn> displays the absolute maximum signal
of the raw audio PCM signal (for a given time). It is commonly used when
<li><dfn>Peak + RMS</dfn>: standard RMS, customizable via
<kbd class="menu">Edit > Preferences > GUI > Metering</kbd></li>
</ul>
+ </dd>
<dt>IEC PPMs</dt>
<dd><dfn><abbr title="International Electrontechnical Commission">IEC</abbr>-type
customizable parameters.
</p>
</dd>
+
<dt>VU meters</dt>
<dd><dfn><abbr title="Volume Unit">VU</abbr> meters</dfn> are the dinosaurs (1939)
amongst the meters. They react very slowly, averaging out peaks.
Regardless of meter type and standard the meter display will highlight red if
the signal on the given channel exceeds the configured peak threshold.
</p>
-<br clear="all"/>
<p>
<kbd class="mouse">Left</kbd> on the peak-indicator button resets the
<dfn>peak-hold indicator</dfn> of a single channel.<br />
---
<p>
- When the <lfn>loop transport</dfn> button is pressed, the playhead will
+ When the <dfn>loop transport</dfn> button is pressed, the playhead will
jump the start of the loop range, and continue to the end of that range
before returning to the start and repeating.
While looping, a light green area is displayed in the time ruler over
the tracks to show the loop range.
</p>
<p>
- By default, looping is bound to the <kbd>L</kbd> key.
+ By default, looping is bound to the <kbd>l</kbd> key.
</p>
<p>
For more information on defining and altering the loop range see
the range to a <dfn>CD track</dfn>, which will again be included in
exported TOC or CUE files. This is relevant for Disk-At-Once recordings
that may contain audio data between tracks.</dd>
+</dl>
\ No newline at end of file
</p>
<p>
It can be defined on the <a href="/missing">timeline</a> or in the
- <a href="/working-with-markers/rangesmarks-list/">Ranges & Marks
+ <a href="/working-with-markers/rangesmarks-list/">Ranges & Marks</a>
list.
</p>
ing_more_than_one_audio_device/">merge its separate input and
output devices into a single "aggregate device"</a> before
Ardour will be able to use it.
- <p>
+ </p>
</dd>
<dt>Sample Rate</dt>
<dd>
<li>AAF (Advanced Authoring Format). Developed by a consortium of media-related
corporations.</li>
</ul>
-<p
+<p>
In practice both of these standards have such complex and/or incomplete
specifications that different DAWs support them only partially,
differently, or not at all.
---
<img class="right" style="clear:both" src="/images/track-layer-dialog.png"
-alt="Track layering menu" /></p>
+alt="Track layering menu" />
<p>
Ardour allows arbitrary <dfn>layering</dfn> of regions — you can
have as many regions you wish at a given position. By default, the regions are
class="menu">overlaid</kbd> is currently selected. Click on <kbd
class="menu">stacked</kbd> and the track display changes to this:
</p>
-<img src="/files/a3/a3_layers_stacked.png" alt="overlapping regions in stacked mode" /></p>
+<img src="/files/a3/a3_layers_stacked.png" alt="overlapping regions in stacked mode" />
<p>
You can still move regions around as usual, and in fact you can
even drag them so that they overlay each again, but when you
<dt>align start(s)</dt>
<dd></dd>
<dt>align start(s) relative</dt>
-<dd></kbd></dd>
+<dd><kbd class=""></kbd></dd>
<dt>align sync points</dt>
<dd><kbd class="mod3">a</kbd></dd>
<dt>align sync points (relative)</dt>
</li>
<li><dfn>Session properties</dfn> control aspects of the workflow or
configuration that pertain to the current session only. You can find them
- in <kbd class="menu">Session &t; Properties</kbd>, and they will be stored
+ in <kbd class="menu">Session > Properties</kbd>, and they will be stored
in the session file.
</li>
</ul>
<p>
Ardour is probably one of the most OSC-controllable audio applications
around, but as with all OSC-controllable apps, you can't do much without
- knowing what </dfn>messages</dfn> can be sent. This document describes the
+ knowing what <dfn>messages</dfn> can be sent. This document describes the
various categories of messages that Ardour understands. It is subject to
change, particularly the "Actions" part below, since this relates to the
GTK GUI for Ardour rather than the backend.
<ol>
<li>Enable Generic MIDI control: <kbd class="menu">Edit > Preferences
- > Control Surfaces > Generic MIDI</li>
+ > Control Surfaces > Generic MIDI</kbd></li>
<li>Connect Ardour's MIDI port named <samp>control</samp> to whatever
hardware or software you want (using a MIDI patchbay app)</li>
<li><kbd class="mod1 mouse">Middle</kbd>-click on whatever on-screen
<em>single machine</em> setup, the <dfn>studio setup</dfn> is focused on modularity.
</p>
-<ul class="fixme">TODO</p>
-
+<ul class="fixme">
+ <li>TODO:</li>
<li>Synchronization ardour → video-display-box should be accomplished by external
means jack-transport(netjack), MTC, LTC
(<abbr title="Open Sound Control - "postmodern MIDI"">OSC</abbr> and/or
session folder. A location other than the session folder can also be
chosen (external disk, or network storage of the video server on a different
machine).</dd>
- <dt><kbd class="menu">Reference from Current Location</kbd>
+ <dt><kbd class="menu">Reference from Current Location</kbd></dt>
<dd>Only useful for opening files that were previously encoded (are already
in a good format/codec). Use with care.</dd>
<dt><kbd class="menu">Do not Import Video</kbd></dt>
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