selects, and then disables changes to, the <em>Copy files to session</em>
option in the <a href="@@import-dialog">Add Existing Media</a> dialog.
</li>
+ <li>
+ <strong>Cache Folder for downloaded Freesound clips</strong>: when you try
+ sounds form FreeSound.org before inserting them into the project, they need
+ to be saved locally on your computer; this is where you define the folder
+ for those temporary files.
+ </li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
hardware acceleration, in software, improving stability and responsiveness
on those buggy systems at the expense of speed.
</li>
- <li>
- <dfn>Possibly improve slow graphical performance (requires restart)</dfn>:
- Wherever gradients appear in the UI, Ardour uses hardware accelerated
- gradients creation. Checking this will make Ardour draw its own gradients without
- hardware acceleration for stability on systems with buggy drivers.
- </li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
editor. Values range from 0.0, no gradient effect, to 1.0, maximum effect.
</li>
<li>
- <dfn>Track name ellipsis mode:</dfn> when the track header is not
+ <dfn>Track name ellipsize mode:</dfn> when the track header is not
wide enough to display the track's name in full, selects how the
name will be shorten between:
<ul>
<dfn>Display Monitor Section Info</dfn> toggles the visibility of the
Monitor Info slice of the main toolbar.
</li>
+ <li>
+ <dfn>Display Cue Rec/Play Controls</dfn> toggles the visibility of the
+ buttons that enable creating and playing back cue markers.
+ </li>
<li>
<dfn>Display Navigation Timeline</dfn> toggles the visibility of the
<a href="@@mini-timeline">navigation/mini timeline</a> slice of
<ul>
<li>
<dfn>After a Separate operation, in Range mode:</dfn> determines what
- should become of the Range selection after a Separate operations:
+ should become of the Range selection after a Separate operation:
<ul>
<li>Clear the Range Selection: nothing is selected anymore</li>
<li>Preserve the Range Selection: the range selection is kept</li>
</ul>
</li>
+ <li>
+ <dfn>Default Visible Note Range</dfn>
+ <ul>
+ <li>
+ <dfn>Default lower visible MIDI note</dfn>: this note will be the lowest
+ visible one on the timeline unless you tweak that by adjusting the vertical
+ range. E.g. C4 is C on the fourth octave.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ <dfn>Default upper visible MIDI note</dfn>: this note will be the highest
+ visible one on the timeline unless you tweak that by adjusting the vertical
+ range. E.g. B4 is B on the fourth octave.
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
<li>
<dfn>MIDI Port Options</dfn>
<ul>
<a href="@@status-bar">Log window</a>.
</li>
<li>
- <dfn>Make new plugins active</dfn> when enabled, any plugin added to a track
+ <dfn>Make new plugins active</dfn>: when enabled, any plugin added to a track
will be in active mode. If unchecked, the plugins will be added in inactive
mode by default, hence have no processing effect on the track/bus.
</li>
+ <li>
+ <dfn>Show only one plugin window at a time</dfn>: when enabled, only
+ one plugin window will be displayed on the screen; when disabled, you
+ can open as many plugin windows as you like.
+ </li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
</li>
</ul>
-<h2 id="preferences-video">Video</h2>
+<h2 id="preferences-triggering">Triggering</h2>
<ul>
<li>
- <dfn>Video Server</dfn>
+ <dfn>Triggering</dfn>
<ul>
<li>
- <dfn>Show Video Export Info before export</dfn> Shows a warning message
- when exporting a video about licensing and offers to open the
- <a href="@@workflow-amp-operations#export">export video</a> section of
- this manual.
- </li>
- <li>
- <dfn>Show Video Server Startup Dialog</dfn>: when using video inside Ardour,
- this video is accessed via Xjadeo from a source file through a Video Server.
- This options shows the server's startup dialog (useful for debugging a
- malfunctioning video).
- </li>
- <li>
- <dfn>Advanced Setup (remote video server)</dfn> can be used when the setup
- is more complex than opening a local file with Ardour. The tools used behind
- the scene by Ardour allow a lot of flexibility, so for a competent user,
- the options below are provided to access a distant file (i.e. on another
- machine). The default options for the two following fields ("http://localhost:1554"
- and "/") are suitable for local files.
- </li>
- <li>
- <dfn>Video Server URL:</dfn> Base URL of the video server delivering the video
- through the network (<code>http://IP-or-address:port</code>).
- </li>
- <li>
- <dfn>Video folder</dfn> is the server's local path to the document-root,
- i.e. the files that can be delivered by the server.
+ <dfn>Default trigger input</dfn>: this is where you choose a MIDI device
+ that will send notes to tiggers boxes in the Cue window. This is typically
+ a grid controller like monome, Novation Launchpad, Ableton Push etc.
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
- <dfn>Video Monitor</dfn>
+ <dfn>Clip Library</dfn>
<ul>
<li>
- <dfn>Custom Path to Video Monitor (xjadeo) - leave empty for default:</dfn>
- Ardour bundles offer xjadeo bundled, so it should run flawlessly. Though,
- for custom builds or if a newer version of xjadeo is available, one can
- specify a path to the wanted version of xjadeo.
+ <dfn>User writable Clip Library</dfn>: this is a folder where your custom
+ reusable clips will be saved to.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ <dfn>Reset Clip Library Dir</dfn>: this will reset the location of your
+ custom reusable clips to a default location.
</li>
</ul>
</li>
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