From: Ed Ward Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2017 08:41:41 +0000 (+0100) Subject: Small additions and refactoring on the Status Bar page X-Git-Url: http://shamusworld.gotdns.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=b5ab38a2213137afe7da21354944d43738d81c8a;p=ardour-manual Small additions and refactoring on the Status Bar page --- diff --git a/_manual/05_ardours-interface/02_status-bar.html b/_manual/05_ardours-interface/02_status-bar.html index de7cafb..7f2388f 100644 --- a/_manual/05_ardours-interface/02_status-bar.html +++ b/_manual/05_ardours-interface/02_status-bar.html @@ -8,47 +8,32 @@ title: Status Bar

The status bar is an informative bar at the top of the window, showing:

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The buffers are labelled as p for playback and c for capture. If the - -system is fast enough, these buffers should be 100% full at all times, showing the system has time to precompute - -all the data before delivering it to the audio system. A buffer constantly under 20% is a sign of an underpowered - -computer system or of too much processing.

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An Xrun (short for buffer over- or under-run) happens when the system has been forced to skip audio frames, e.g. if the latency - -asked is too short for the computing power of the machine. It usually results in clicks, pops and crackles if it happens while recording.

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The log button turns yellow when a warning is shows, and red when an error occurs. Clicking the log button gives acces to the log.

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File:
the file format used in the session, including when recording
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TC:
is the timecode, i.e. the number of frames per second used by the session (for videos)
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Audio:
gives the sample rate used in the session, and the latency computed from the buffer size
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Buffers:
decribe how much data is buffered, see below
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DSP:
for Digital Sound Processing, shows how much of the CPU is used by Ardour and its plugins
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PkBld:
(only shows up while creating peaks) displays the number of peak files left to create
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X:
shows the number of xruns since Ardour's launch, see below
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Disk:
reports the remaining hard disk space as the time that can be recorded with the current session setting
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Wall Clock
showing the system time (especially usefull in full screen mode)
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Log button
that indicates if Ardour has encountered any warning or error.
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+ Right clicking anywhere on the Status Bar allows to choose which of this informations we want displayed, through a checkbox menu. +

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+ The buffers are labelled as p for playback and c for capture. If the + system is fast enough, these buffers should be 100% full at all times, showing the system has time to precompute + all the data before delivering it to the audio system. A buffer constantly under 20% is a sign of an underpowered + computer system or of too much processing. +

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+ An Xrun (short for buffer over- or under-run) happens when the system has been forced to skip audio frames, e.g. if the latency + asked is too short for the computing power of the machine. It usually results in clicks, pops and crackles if it happens while recording. +

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+ The log button turns yellow when a warning is shown, and red when an error occurs. Clicking the log button gives acces to the log. +