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="signal_flow.xml" />
<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>
-
+ <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+ href="removing_tracks.xml" />
<section id="hiding-tracks">
<title>Hiding Tracks</title>
<para>
<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"
+ href="muting_tracks.xml" />
+ <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+ href="soloing_tracks.xml" />
+ <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+ href="deactivating_tracks.xml" />
+ <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+ href="resizing_tracks.xml" />
+ <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+ href="track_edit_groups.xml" />
+ <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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