Part I: Introduction to Ardour (3 lines) Ch. 1: Welcome to Ardour (3 lines) Welcome to Ardour! (64 lines) About Ardour (16 lines) Isn't This A Really Complicated Program? (14 lines) Why Write a DAW for Linux? (41 lines) Why is it called Ardour? (23 lines) Why write another DAW? (14 lines) Creating Music with Ardour (117 lines) Ch. 2: Ardour Concepts (3 lines) Understanding Basic Concepts and Terminology (153 lines) Basic GUI Operations (8 lines) Interface Elements (11 lines) Key Bindings (41 lines) Selection Techniques (59 lines) Tooltips (17 lines) Undo/Redo for Editing (41 lines) Using the Mouse (143 lines) Cut and Paste Operations (35 lines) Deleting Objects (35 lines) Ardour's Interface (33 lines) Starting Ardour (41 lines) Starting Ardour From the Command Line (Linux) (24 lines) Ch. 3: Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts (3 lines) Default Keyboard Bindings (31 lines) Mnemonic Bindings for Linux (347 lines) Mnemonic Bindings for OS X (329 lines) Ch. 4: Using This Documentation (3 lines) About Ardour documentation (116 lines) Additional Resources (24 lines) Part II: System Configuration (3 lines) Ch. 5: Ardour Systems (3 lines) The Right Computer System for Digital Audio (107 lines) Mouse (32 lines) Ch. 6: System Setup (3 lines) Setting Up Your System (9 lines) Platform Specifics (10 lines) Ubuntu Linux (155 lines) Microsoft Windows (29 lines) KDE Plasma 5 (59 lines) Ch. 7: I/O Setup (3 lines) Connecting Audio and MIDI Devices (4 lines) Using More Than One Audio Device (84 lines) Ch. 8: Preferences (3 lines) Preferences and Session Properties (19 lines) Global Preferences Dialog (9 lines) Misc Tab (146 lines) Transport Tab (174 lines) Editor Tab (149 lines) Audio Tab (148 lines) Solo/Mute Tab (132 lines) MIDI Tab (109 lines) User Interaction Tab (56 lines) Control Surfaces Tab (21 lines) Video Tab (39 lines) Plugins Tab (74 lines) GUI Tab (63 lines) Metering Tab (50 lines) Theme Tab (120 lines) Session Properties Dialog (10 lines) Timecode Tab (26 lines) Sync Tab (9 lines) Fades Tab (24 lines) Media Tab (20 lines) Locations Tab (17 lines) Filenames Tab (25 lines) Monitoring Tab (21 lines) Meterbridge Tab (23 lines) Misc Tab (47 lines) Ch. 9: Peripherals (3 lines) Controlling Ardour with OSC [controlling-ardour-with-osc.html] (2 lines) Controlling Ardour with OSC (Ardour 4.7 and Prior) [controlling-ardour-with-osc-4.7-and-prior.html] (2 lines) OSC Feedback With Ardour (243 lines) Calculating Feedback and Strip-types Values (148 lines) Parameter Types in OSC (35 lines) Selection/Feedback Expansion Considerations in OSC (72 lines) Using the OSC Setup Dialog (141 lines) Querying Ardour with OSC (152 lines) Devices using Mackie/Logic Control Protocol (71 lines) Behringer devices in Mackie/Logic Control Mode (263 lines) SSL Nucleus (217 lines) Mackie Control Setup on Linux (19 lines) What to do if your Device is not Listed (15 lines) Working With Extenders (53 lines) MIDI Binding Maps (389 lines) Working With Encoders in Ardour (54 lines) MIDI Learn (32 lines) Using the Presonus Faderport (383 lines) Using the Ableton Push 2 (373 lines) Ch. 10: Configuring MIDI (3 lines) Using External MIDI Devices (5 lines) Setting Up MIDI (51 lines) MIDI on Linux (76 lines) MIDI on OS X (34 lines) Part III: Sessions & Tracks (3 lines) Ch. 11: Sessions (3 lines) New/Open Session Dialog (111 lines) What's in a Session? 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(20 lines) Backup and Sharing of Sessions (26 lines) Interchange with other DAWs (31 lines) Copying The Interchange Folder (14 lines) Stem Exports (11 lines) Using AATranslator (23 lines) Renaming a Session (20 lines) Session Templates (41 lines) Snapshots (64 lines) Metadata (14 lines) Cleaning up Sessions (76 lines) Copying versus Linking (62 lines) Adding Pre-existing Material (27 lines) Import Dialog (86 lines) Searching and Importing From Freesound (38 lines) Searching for Files Using Tags (33 lines) Supported File Formats (22 lines) Ch. 12: Ardour Main Windows (3 lines) Introducing the Editor Window (4 lines) Editor Lists (12 lines) Ranges & Marks List (7 lines) Region List (16 lines) Snapshot List (12 lines) Track & Bus Group List (35 lines) Tracks & Busses List (23 lines) The Editing Toolbar (82 lines) The Transport Bar (4 lines) Introducing the Mixer Window (5 lines) Ch. 13: Tracks (3 lines) Track Types (52 lines) Adding Tracks, Busses and VCAs (58 lines) Selecting Tracks (31 lines) Controlling Track Appearance (6 lines) Layering Display (49 lines) Track Color (40 lines) Track Height (40 lines) Waveform display (41 lines) Controlling Track Ordering (23 lines) Reordering Tracks (55 lines) Track Ordering and Remote Control IDs (34 lines) Bus Controls (29 lines) Audio Track Controls (28 lines) MIDI Track Controls (44 lines) Track Context Menu (107 lines) Ch. 14: Grouping Tracks (3 lines) Track and Bus Groups (169 lines) Ch. 15: The Clip List (3 lines) Ch. 16: Workspace Browsers (3 lines) Ch. 17: Importing and Exporting Session Data (3 lines) Ch. 18: File and Session Management and Compatibility (3 lines) Part IV: Playback & Recording (3 lines) Ch. 19: Playing Back Track Material (3 lines) Using Ardour Clock Displays (201 lines) Controlling Playback (31 lines) Looping the Transport (21 lines) Positioning the Playhead (44 lines) Using Key Bindings (27 lines) Using the Nudge Controls (19 lines) Using the Transport Bar (58 lines) Ch. 20: Record Setup (3 lines) Track Recording Modes (98 lines) Ch. 21: Audio Recording (3 lines) Monitoring (10 lines) Latency Considerations (41 lines) Monitor Signal Flow (32 lines) Monitor Setup in Ardour (60 lines) Ch. 22: MIDI Recording (3 lines) Ch. 23: Punch Recording Modes (3 lines) Working With Markers (29 lines) Creating Location Markers (32 lines) Creating Range Markers (26 lines) Ranges & Marks List (67 lines) Moving Markers (27 lines) The Loop Range (17 lines) Marker Context Menu (40 lines) Punch Range (18 lines) Part V: Editing (3 lines) Ch. 24: Editing Basics (3 lines) Working With Regions (50 lines) Region Naming (66 lines) Corresponding Regions Selection (45 lines) Region Context Menu (180 lines) Common Region Edit Operations (61 lines) Copy Regions (29 lines) Move Regions (38 lines) Move Regions With the Mouse (40 lines) Align (Spot) Regions (22 lines) Ch. 25: Edit Mode and Tools (3 lines) Edit Point (37 lines) Which Regions Are Affected? (48 lines) Snap to the Grid (129 lines) Ch. 26: Making Selections (3 lines) Select Regions (107 lines) Ch. 27: Editing Clips and Selections (2 lines) Trimming Regions (84 lines) Push/Pull Trimming (44 lines) Separate Under (31 lines) Separate Range (13 lines) Strip Silence from Audio Regions (24 lines) Ch. 28: Fades and Crossfades (3 lines) Create Region Fades and Crossfades (123 lines) Ch. 29: Playlists (3 lines) Understanding Playlists (59 lines) Playlist Operations (74 lines) Playlist Usecases (57 lines) Ch. 30: Beat Detective (3 lines) Part VI: MIDI (3 lines) Ch. 31: MIDI Editing (3 lines) Edit MIDI (47 lines) Fundamental Concepts (40 lines) Create MIDI Tracks (14 lines) Create MIDI Regions (20 lines) Add New Notes (36 lines) Change Note Properties (71 lines) Handling Overlapping Notes (44 lines) Note Cut, Copy and Paste (10 lines) Note Selection (49 lines) Quantize MIDI (17 lines) Step Entry (55 lines) Patch Change (65 lines) Independent and Dependent MIDI Region Copies (45 lines) Automating MIDI - Pitch bending and aftertouch (24 lines) Transforming MIDI - Mathematical operations (74 lines) Ch. 32: MIDI Editors (3 lines) MIDI Scene Automation (83 lines) Ch. 33: Score Editor (3 lines) Ch. 34: MIDI Event List (3 lines) Part VII: Arranging (3 lines) Ch. 35: Time, Tempo, Meter, Key, and Chords (3 lines) Tempo and Meter (99 lines) Techniques for Working with Tempo and Meter (86 lines) Ch. 36: Memory Locations (3 lines) Ch. 37: Arranging Clips (3 lines) Ch. 38: Clip Loops and Groups (3 lines) Part VIII: Mixing (3 lines) Ch. 39: Basic Mixing (3 lines) Metering in Ardour (187 lines) Signal Routing (44 lines) Busses and VCAs (119 lines) Aux Sends (127 lines) Comparing Aux Sends and Subgroups (22 lines) External Sends (67 lines) Inserts (39 lines) Subgrouping (38 lines) Patchbay (93 lines) Track/Bus Signal Flow (72 lines) Muting and Soloing (154 lines) Panning (49 lines) Mono Panner (76 lines) Balance Control (17 lines) Stereo Panner (260 lines) Ch. 40: Plugin and Hardware Inserts (3 lines) Working With Plugins (37 lines) Processor Box (80 lines) Plugin Manager (42 lines) Favorite Plugins Window (34 lines) Managing Plugin Presets (65 lines) Working with Ardour-built Plugin Editors (30 lines) Plugins Bundled With Ardour (29 lines) Getting More Plugins (92 lines) Using Windows VST Plugins on Linux (67 lines) Ch. 41: Automation (3 lines) Ch. 42: Mixdown (3 lines) Export Dialog (94 lines) Export Format Profiles (152 lines) Part IX: Surround (3 lines) Ch. 43: Ardour Setup for Surround (3 lines) Ch. 44: Multichannel Tracks and Signal Routing (3 lines) Ch. 45: Surround Panning and Mixing (3 lines) VBAP Panner (101 lines) Part X: Sync & Video (3 lines) Ch. 46: Working with Synchronization (3 lines) On Clock and Time (63 lines) Latency and Latency-Compensation (279 lines) Timecode Generators and Slaves (324 lines) Overview of all Timecode related settings (105 lines) Ch. 47: Working with Field Recorders in Ardour (3 lines) Ch. 48: Working with Video in Ardour (3 lines) Video Timeline and Monitoring (47 lines) Video Timeline Setup (84 lines) Transcoding, Formats & Codecs (55 lines) Workflow & Operations (122 lines) Part XI: Advanced Scripting (3 lines) Ch. 49: Lua Scripting in Ardour (3 lines) Lua Scripting (10 lines) Scripting Documentation (450 lines) Class Reference [class_reference.html]