<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 do not belong on the other tabs.
+ This tab contains settings that control the discovery and availability of
+ plugins.
</p>
<img src="/files/a4/a4_preferences_plugins.png" alt="preferences
<ul>
<li>
<p>
- <strong>Scan for Plugins</strong>
+ <strong>Scan for Plugins</strong> will initiate an immediate scan of
+ the system for available plugins.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
- <strong>Allow Display Plugin Scan Progress</strong>
+ <strong>Always Display Plugin Scan Progress</strong> When enabled a
+ popup window showing plugin scan progress is displayed for indexing
+ (cache load) and discovery (detect new plugins).
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
- <strong>Scan Time Out</strong>
+ <strong>Scan Time Out</strong> Specify the default timeout for plugin
+ instantiation in 1/10 seconds. Plugins that require more time to load
+ will be blacklisted. A value of 0 disables the timeout.
</p>
</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>
<p>
- <strong>Clear VST Cache</strong>
+ <strong>Clear VST Cache</strong> Remove all VST plugins from the list
+ of plugins available to be inserted into the processor box.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
- <strong>Clear VST Blacklist</strong>
+ <strong>Clear VST Blacklist</strong> Make blacklisted VST plugins
+ available to be added to the processor box.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
- <strong>Scan for [new] VST Plugins on Application Start</strong>
+ <strong>Scan for [new] VST Plugins on Application Start</strong> When
+ enabled new VST plugins are searched, tested and added to the cache
+ index on application start. When disabled new plugins will only be
+ available after triggering a 'Scan' manually.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
- <strong>Linux VST Path:</strong>
+ <strong>Linux VST Path:</strong> Launch a dialog to manage the
+ directories that will be searched for Linux VST plugins.
</p>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<p>
- <strong>Use name highlight bars in region display</strong>
+ <strong>Use name highlight bars in region display</strong> When enabled the
+ region name is displayed, in the editor, in it's own bar at the bottom of
+ the region. When disabled, the region name is display at the top of the
+ region, possibly over audio waveforms or MIDI notes.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
- <strong>Font scaling</strong>
+ <strong>Font scaling</strong> allows the display size of some text in the
+ user interface to be scaled up or down. May require a restart to take
+ affect.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
- <strong>Update transport clock display at FPS</strong>
+ <strong>Update transport clock display at FPS</strong> when enabled the transport clock
+ will update at the synchronization framerate instead of the default 100 ms rate.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
- <strong>Lock timeout</strong>
+ <strong>Lock timeout</strong> Lock GUI after this many idle seconds (zero to never
+ lock). GUI may also be locked with <kbd class="menu">Session > Lock</kbd>. When
+ locked a dialog will display a "Click to unlock" button.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
- <strong>Mixer Strip</strong>
+ <strong>Mixer Strip</strong> Enable (checked) or disable (unchecked) display of
+ controls in the mixer strip. Controls whose display can be toggled are
+ <strong>Input</strong>, <strong>Phase Invert</strong>,
+ <strong>Record & Monitor</strong>, <strong>Solo Iso/Lock</strong>,
+ <strong>Output</strong>, and <strong>Comments</strong>.
+ </p>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ <p>
+ <strong>Use narrow strips in the mixer by default</strong> When enabled, new mixer
+ strips are created in narrow format. When disabled, they are created in wide format.
+ Existing mixer strips width can be toggled with the width control at the top left of
+ the mixer stip.
</p>
- <ul>
- <li>
- <p>
- <strong>Input</strong>
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- <strong>Phase Invert</strong>
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- <strong>Record & Monitor</strong>
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- <strong>Solo Iso/Lock</strong>
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- <strong>Output</strong>
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- <strong>Comments</strong>
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- <strong>Use narrow strips in the mixer by default</strong>
- </p>
- </li>
- </ul>
</li>
</ul>
---
<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>Peak hold time:</strong>
+ <strong>Peak hold time:</strong> Some meter types that have a peak
+ indicator that has a user controlled hold time. The options are off, short,
+ medium, or long.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<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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