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<section id="sn-tracks-and-busses">
- <title>Tracks and Busses</title>
- <para>
- This chapter covers basic management of tracks. Tracks are probably the most
- important objects in Ardour. They represent the fundamental way to playback
- and record audio, MIDI, and image data.
- </para>
- <mediaobject>
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata fileref="images/signal_flow.png"/>
- </imageobject>
- </mediaobject>
- <section id="creating-tracks">
- <title>Creating Tracks</title>
- <para>
- Tracks may be added to the session at any time.
- </para>
-
- <orderedlist>
- <title>Creating a new Track</title>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Choose <menuchoice> <guimenu>Session</guimenu> <guisubmenu>Add
- Track/Bus</guisubmenu> </menuchoice>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- add_track.ps Add Track Dialog
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- In the Add Tracks dialog, choose whether you wish to add a new Track or a
- new Bus.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Enter the number of new tracks/busses you want to add.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Choose the I/O configuration of the tracks/busses you are adding using
- the clickbox.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </orderedlist>
- </section>
-
- <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+ <title>Tracks and Busses</title>
+ <para>
+ This chapter covers basic management of tracks. Tracks are probably the
+ most important objects in Ardour. They represent the fundamental way to
+ playback and record audio, MIDI, and image data.
+ </para>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="images/signal_flow.png"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+ href="adding_tracks.xml" />
+ <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
href="renaming_tracks.xml" />
-
- <section id="deleting-tracks">
- <title>Deleting Tracks</title>
- <para>
- Deleting a track is permanent operation that cannot be undone. However,
- since the audio, MIDI, automation and other data associated with the track
- will remain as part of the session, and the actual playlist(s) that were in
- use by the track are still available. for use by other tracks. As a result,
- although inadvertently deleting a track is inconvenient, it doesn't result
- in any significant loss of information.
- </para>
-
- <section id="deleting-a-track">
- <title>deleting a track</title>
- <para>
- Click on the name of the track you want to delete. From the menu that
- appears, select <guimenuitem>Remove</guimenuitem>. A confirmation dialog will appear to ensure that
- you really meant to remove the track.
- </para>
- </section>
- </section>
-
- <section id="hiding-tracks">
- <title>Hiding Tracks</title>
- <para>
- The track list on the left edge of the Editor and Mixer can be used to hide
- or show specific tracks in either or both of those two windows. To hide a
- track, click to on the tracks name in the relevant track list. To show a
- track, click on its name in the track list. Visible tracks have their names
- shown in cyan, hidden ones in orange.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- You can also hide any track by clicking its hide button
- (images/hidebutton.ps).
- </para>
-
- <para>
- Hiding a track in the Editor has no effect on its visibility in the Mixer,
- and vice versa. Hiding a track in one or both windows does not affect the
- playback of that track's material.
- </para>
- </section>
-
- <section id="track-visibility">
- <title>Track Visibility</title>
- <section id="showing-all-tracks">
- <title>Showing all Tracks</title>
- <para>
- Click on the titlebar of the track list of the Editor or Mixer. From the
- menu that appears, select "Show All"
- </para>
- </section>
-
- <section id="hiding-all-tracks">
- <title>Hiding all Tracks</title>
- <para>
- Click on the titlebar of the track list of the Editor or Mixer. From the
- menu that appears, select "Hiding All".
- </para>
- </section>
-
- <section id="showing-classes-of-tracks">
- <title>Showing certain classes of tracks</title>
- <para>
- Click on the titlebar of the track list of the Editor or Mixer. From the
- menu that appears, select "Show All Audio Tracks", or "Show all Busses" as
- appropriate.
- </para>
- </section>
-
- <section id="hiding-classes-of-tracks">
- <title>Hiding certain classes of tracks</title>
- <para>
- Click on the titlebar of the track list of the Editor or Mixer. From the
- menu that appears, select "Hide All Audio Tracks", or "Hide all Busses" as
- appropriate.
- </para>
- </section>
-
- <section id="reordering-tracks">
- <title>Reordering Tracks</title>
- <para>
- Tracks may be reordered by clicking on their name in one of the track
- lists and dragging it to a new position in the list. Note that the order
- of tracks in the editor is totally independent of their order in the
- mixer.
- </para>
- </section>
- </section>
-
- <section id="io-configuration">
- <title>I/O Configuration</title>
- <para></para>
- </section>
-
- <section id="soloing-tracks">
- <title>Soloing Tracks</title>
- <para>
- "Soloing" a track refers to changing some aspect of the signal flow through
- Ardour that makes it possible to listen to one (or just a few) tracks at a
- time. It is often done during mixing and mastering to help an audio
- engineer listen carefully to parts of the mix.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- Tracks may be soloed at any time. When one or more tracks are soloed, all
- non-soloedntracks will no longer be audible.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- Soloing tracks does not affect the solo status of busses, nor vice versa.
- That is, soloing a track leaves all busses audible and soloing a track
- leaves all tracks "audible". You may not actually be able to hear the
- "audible" material if it is routed through a non-soloed bus.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- This design is intended to allow FX busses and master outs to be useful
- even when soloing. Soloing is made significantly more complex by the
- presence of control outs (see control_outs_soloing for more details on
- soloing with control outs).
- </para>
-
- <section id="rude-solo-light">
- <title>Rude Solo Light</title>
- <para>
- Whenever one or more tracks are soloed, the "rude solo light" in the
- transport window will flash. You can cancel any current solos by clicking
- on the "rude solo light".
- </para>
- </section>
-
- <section id="solo-modes">
- <title>Solo modes</title>
- <para>
- Ardour has two solo modes.
- </para>
-
- <variablelist>
- <title></title>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>solo latch</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- soloing a track adds it to the set of soloed tracks, so you may have
- any number of soloed tracks.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term>solo unlatch</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- soloing a track unsolos any other soloed track, so you can have only
- one soloed track at a time.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
- </section>
-
- <section id="changing-solo-mode">
- <title>Changing Solo Mode</title>
- <para>
- To change the solo mode, goto the Options editor (options_editor) and view
- the <guilabel>Misc</guilabel> tab.
- </para>
- </section>
-
- <section id="soloing-a-track">
- <title>Soloing a Track</title>
- <para>
- To toggle the solo state of a track, click on the solo button in either
- the mixer strip for the track or the track controls section in the editor.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- To toggle the solo state of all tracks in an edit or mix group, use Ctrl1
- on the solo button of a track in the group. If you do this in the Editor,
- the edit group will be used; in the Mixer, the mix group will be used.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- To toggle the solo state of all tracks, use
- <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>Shift</keycap><mousebutton>Button1</mousebutton></keycombo>
- on a track solo button.
- </para>
- </section>
-
- <section id="solo-safe">
- <title>Solo safe</title>
- <para>
- To protect a track's current solo status, use Shift1 on that track's solo
- button. The color of the button will change to a pale blue to indicate
- "solo safe" status. No changes to the solo state for that
- track are possible until "solo safe" has been unset for the track.
- </para>
- </section>
-
- <section id="momentary-solo">
- <title>Momentary solo</title>
- <para>
- Use 2 on a track's solo button to solo the track for as long as the mouse
- button is pressed.
- </para>
- </section>
- </section>
-
- <section id="track-display-size">
- <title>Track Display Size</title>
- <para>
- In the editor window, tracks always extend across the full extent of the
- track display area, but they can have varying heights. In the mixer window,
- tracks always from the top to the bottom of the mixer (as strips), but they
- can have varying widths.
- </para>
-
- <section id="changing-editor-track-height">
- <title>Changing editor track height</title>
- <para></para>
- </section>
-
- <section id="changing-mixer-track-width">
- <title>Changing mixer track width</title>
- <para></para>
- </section>
- </section>
-
- <section id="track-groups">
- <title>Grouping Tracks</title>
- <section id="creating-a-track-group">
- <title>Creating a Group</title>
- <para></para>
- </section>
-
- <section id="renaming-track-group">
- <title>Renaming a Group</title>
- <para></para>
- </section>
-
- <section id="changing-members-of-a-track-group">
- <title>Changing members of a group</title>
- <para></para>
- </section>
-
- <section id="deleting-a-track-group">
- <title>Deleting a Group</title>
- <para></para>
- </section>
- </section>
-
- <section id="track-controls">
- <title>Track Controls</title>
- <para></para>
- </section>
-
- <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+ <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+ href="removing_tracks.xml" />
+ <section id="hiding-tracks">
+ <title>Hiding Tracks</title>
+ <para>
+ The track list on the left edge of the Editor and Mixer can be used to
+ hide or show specific tracks in either or both of those two windows.
+ To hide a track, click to on the tracks name in the relevant track
+ list. To show a track, click on its name in the track list. Visible
+ tracks have their names shown in cyan, hidden ones in orange.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ You can also hide any track by clicking its hide button
+ (images/hidebutton.ps).
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Hiding a track in the Editor has no effect on its visibility in the
+ Mixer, and vice versa. Hiding a track in one or both windows does not
+ affect the playback of that track's material.
+ </para>
+ </section>
+
+ <section id="track-visibility">
+ <title>Track Visibility</title>
+ <section id="showing-all-tracks">
+ <title>Showing all Tracks</title>
+ <para>
+ Click on the titlebar of the track list of the Editor or Mixer. From
+ the menu that appears, select "Show All"
+ </para>
+ </section>
+
+ <section id="hiding-all-tracks">
+ <title>Hiding all Tracks</title>
+ <para>
+ Click on the titlebar of the track list of the Editor or Mixer. From
+ the menu that appears, select "Hiding All".
+ </para>
+ </section>
+
+ <section id="showing-classes-of-tracks">
+ <title>Showing certain classes of tracks</title>
+ <para>
+ Click on the titlebar of the track list of the Editor or Mixer. From
+ the menu that appears, select "Show All Audio Tracks", or "Show all
+ Busses" as appropriate.
+ </para>
+ </section>
+
+ <section id="hiding-classes-of-tracks">
+ <title>Hiding certain classes of tracks</title>
+ <para>
+ Click on the titlebar of the track list of the Editor or Mixer. From
+ the menu that appears, select "Hide All Audio Tracks", or "Hide all
+ Busses" as appropriate.
+ </para>
+ </section>
+
+ <section id="reordering-tracks">
+ <title>Reordering Tracks</title>
+ <para>
+ Tracks may be reordered by clicking on their name in one of the
+ track lists and dragging it to a new position in the list. Note that
+ the order of tracks in the editor is totally independent of their
+ order in the mixer.
+ </para>
+ </section>
+ </section>
+
+ <section id="io-configuration">
+ <title>I/O Configuration</title>
+ <para></para>
+ </section>
+
+ <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+ href="soloing_tracks.xml" />
+
+ <section id="track-display-size">
+ <title>Track Display Size</title>
+ <para>
+ In the editor window, tracks always extend across the full extent of
+ the track display area, but they can have varying heights. In the
+ mixer window, tracks always from the top to the bottom of the mixer
+ (as strips), but they can have varying widths.
+ </para>
+
+ <section id="changing-editor-track-height">
+ <title>Changing editor track height</title>
+ <para></para>
+ </section>
+
+ <section id="changing-mixer-track-width">
+ <title>Changing mixer track width</title>
+ <para></para>
+ </section>
+ </section>
+
+ <section id="track-groups">
+ <title>Grouping Tracks</title>
+ <section id="creating-a-track-group">
+ <title>Creating a Group</title>
+ <para></para>
+ </section>
+
+ <section id="renaming-track-group">
+ <title>Renaming a Group</title>
+ <para></para>
+ </section>
+
+ <section id="changing-members-of-a-track-group">
+ <title>Changing members of a group</title>
+ <para></para>
+ </section>
+
+ <section id="deleting-a-track-group">
+ <title>Deleting a Group</title>
+ <para></para>
+ </section>
+ </section>
+
+ <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+ href="track_controls.xml" />
+ <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
href="default_track_names.xml" />
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