From: Alexandre Prokoudine Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2022 12:48:53 +0000 (+0300) Subject: Update I/O plugins documentation following feedback from @x42 X-Git-Url: http://shamusworld.gotdns.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=ardour-manual;a=commitdiff_plain;h=a7940376c59412250b5ebb488f5f353617f7254d Update I/O plugins documentation following feedback from @x42 --- diff --git a/include/io-plugins.html b/include/io-plugins.html index d558a26..7a2d952 100644 --- a/include/io-plugins.html +++ b/include/io-plugins.html @@ -1,9 +1,8 @@ -

- I/O plugins provide an way to do pre- and post-processing outside the normal - session. Pre-plugins run before Ardour does any processing, post-plugins run - after Ardour has done all processing. The rationale is to provide a relatively - lightweight pre-/post-processing workflow as compared to using busses. + I/O plugins are a way to process audio outside the normal Ardour session or + connect to sources typically unavailable in a DAW, such as outputs of NDI + devices. Pre-plugins run before Ardour does any processing, post-plugins run + after Ardour has done all processing.

@@ -12,7 +11,20 @@ number of tracks or busses in Ardour. This is a lot like doing some of the processing with a chain of guitar pedals, then feeding the signal to an Aux In port on a mixing console or an input port on a multi-effects digital - pedalboard. + pedalboard. The rationale for pre-processing with I/O plugins is that it's a + more lightweight way to do it as compared to busses. +

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+ Another use case would be loading an instance of the NDI Input plugin as a + pre-processing plugin to be able to capture and mix sources from NDI devices, + or loading an instance of the NDI Output plugin to send audio from Ardour over + IP to a receiver for broadcasting. +

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+ It's also possible to use the post-processing section to load plugins for room + correction or signal analysis (VU meters, spectrum analyzers etc.).

Adding I/O plugins