From 7fce85ee37d16ed2a675cadba9a9bd15487e107b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ed Ward Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2017 13:52:56 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Documenting the Mixer's Tracks List & Group List --- .../05_the-mixer/02_the-strips-list.html | 35 +++++++++++++- .../05_the-mixer/03_the-groups-list.html | 46 ++++++++++++++++++- .../02_busses-and-vcas.html | 18 ++++---- 3 files changed, 88 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/_manual/05_ardours-interface/05_the-mixer/02_the-strips-list.html b/_manual/05_ardours-interface/05_the-mixer/02_the-strips-list.html index 58a71eb..fbfb05f 100644 --- a/_manual/05_ardours-interface/05_the-mixer/02_the-strips-list.html +++ b/_manual/05_ardours-interface/05_the-mixer/02_the-strips-list.html @@ -1,10 +1,41 @@ --- -title: The Strips list +title: The Strips List --- +

+ The Strips List is a quick way to manage big sessions, with lots of tracks, + where the mixer would otherwise be too crowded. +

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+ It is a list of all the tracks, busses and VCA in the session, with a tick to allow + for hiding or showing them. This visibility status also affects the Editor view, and is exactly the same as + toggling the V checkbox in the + Tracks and Busses + panel of the Editor List. +

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+ Dragging and dropping tracks inside the Strips List allows to reorganise the tracks in the session, + both in the Mixer and the Editor. +

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+ It is possible, by right clicking, to act on multiple tracks at once: +

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+ The + button under the list is a shortcut to create a new track, + bus or VCA, as in clicking Track > Add Track, Bus or VCA.... +

diff --git a/_manual/05_ardours-interface/05_the-mixer/03_the-groups-list.html b/_manual/05_ardours-interface/05_the-mixer/03_the-groups-list.html index 59b1044..5b33a19 100644 --- a/_manual/05_ardours-interface/05_the-mixer/03_the-groups-list.html +++ b/_manual/05_ardours-interface/05_the-mixer/03_the-groups-list.html @@ -2,9 +2,53 @@ title: The Groups list --- +

+ The Goups List allows to quickly manage the groups + of the session, and make use of them. +

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+ Each group has a Show checkbox to quickly toggle their visibility. Clicking an already + selected group allows to rename it. +

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+ The context menu, reached by right clicking a group, + allows for multiple mixing actions: +

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Create New Group From...
Creates a new group based on some track properties. The choice is : +
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  • Selection... to create a group of all selected tracks
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  • Record Enabled... to create a group of all the tracks that are record enabled
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  • Soloed... to create a group of all the soloed tracks
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Create New Group with Master From...
Acts exactly as the previous choice, but also creates a Control Master tied to these tracks.
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Assign Selection to Control Master...
Allows to link all the selected tracks to a chosen Control Master, whether or not they belong to a group.
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Assign Record Enabled to Control Master...
Allows to link all the record armed tracks to a chosen Control Master.
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Assign Soloed to Control Master...
Allows to link all the soloed tracks to a chosen Control Master.
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Enable All Groups
Enable all the groups, i.e. their selected properties are synchronized.
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Disable All Groups
Disable all the groups, i.e. changing a property in a track won't affect the others.
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+ When a group is selected, right clicking it adds the following menu entries : +

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Create New Group with Master From...
Acts exactly as the previous choice, but also creates a Control Master tied to these tracks.
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Edit Group...
Shows the Track/bus Group window.
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Collect Group
Rearranges the tracks/busses order to visualy group together the tracks belonging to the same group.
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Remove Group
Deletes the group (but not the tracks/busses belongidng to this group).
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Assign Group to Control Master...
Allows to link all the tracks in the group to a chosen VCA.
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Add/Remove Subgroup Bus
Creates/removes a new bus connected to the Master, and send the output of all the tracks in the group to this new bus.
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Add New Aux Bus (pre/post-fader)
Creates a new bus connected to the Master, and create Aux Sends (pre or post-fader) in all the tracks in the group to this new bus.
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+ The + button under the list allows the creation of an (empty) group, + while the − button deletes the selected group (but not the tracks in + this group). +

diff --git a/_manual/11_working-with-tracks/02_busses-and-vcas.html b/_manual/11_working-with-tracks/02_busses-and-vcas.html index 8bd2370..b293353 100644 --- a/_manual/11_working-with-tracks/02_busses-and-vcas.html +++ b/_manual/11_working-with-tracks/02_busses-and-vcas.html @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- layout: default title: Busses and VCAs ---- +---

In order to ease the process of mixing, Ardour offers two tools traditionally found on hardware mixing consoles : Busses and VCAs. @@ -60,19 +60,23 @@ title: Busses and VCAs

By left-clicking the send meter, it is possible to adjust the amount of signal sent to the bus. This is often the way tracks are connected to an effect bus, like a Delay bus.

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Busses can be plugged to other busses, through outputs or sends. Both example workflows discussed previously, i.e. busses for grouping tracks and busses for effects, can both coexist, as e.g. a "grouping" drum bus can have a send to a reverb bus, and be connected to a compressor bus. +

Busses can be plugged to other busses, through outputs or sends. Both example workflows discussed previously, i.e. busses for grouping tracks and busses for effects, can both coexist, as e.g. a "grouping" drum bus can have a send to a reverb bus, and be connected to a compressor bus.

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VCAs

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+ VCAs strips

Although track/bus groups offer a certain kind of grouped-control over gain, solo, mute and more, traditional mixing consoles have long had group master channels ("VCAs") which allows to combine both a single fader to control the group level while also allowing you to easily adjust the relative levels inside the group. For large projects, this can make mixing much easier to control.

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It allows to use either or both of the conventions for combining multiple masters:

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A VCA strip is made of (from top to bottom in the screenshot) : -

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