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title = "Overview of the Interface"
description = "Basics of Ardour's user interface"
weight = 2
#pre = "<b>1. </b>"
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This section will give you a basic overview of Ardour's user interface.

We will take a look at shared elements of the interface, main windows, and focus on the _Editor_ window and the _Mixer_ window. Later chapters will give more detailed information on each feature listed here.

TODO PARTS OF UI ANNOTATED SCREENSHOT

## Switching Between Windows

You can use the key combination **Alt + M** (**Control + M** on a
Mac) in order to toggle which window is on top: Editor or Mixer.

## Continuing

The next sections will explain basics of main Ardour's windows:

- Editor
- Mixer
- Recorder
- Cue
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			`title = "Overview of the Interface"`
			`description = "Basics of Ardour's user interface"`
			`weight = 2`
			`#pre = "<b>1. </b>"`
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			`This section will give you a basic overview of Ardour's user interface.`

			`We will take a look at shared elements of the interface, main windows, and focus on the _Editor_ window and the _Mixer_ window. Later chapters will give more detailed information on each feature listed here.`

			`TODO PARTS OF UI ANNOTATED SCREENSHOT`

Reorganize material in Getting Started and Starting Session The Starting Session chapter is gone. There is now a reorganized Getting Started chapter that deals with explaining sessions, covers UI basics and tells how to add new tracks and busses. Then there's new Recording chapter that holds sections on recording audio and explains routing inside and outside Ardour. All the past material on JACK has been removed. The tuturial now mentions the PulseAudio backend and clarifies that JACK is not the recommended backend anymore. 2022-03-22 17:32:09 -04:00			`## Switching Between Windows`
Reorder UI overview 2022-03-22 06:32:24 -04:00
			`You can use the key combination Alt + M (Control + M on a`
			`Mac) in order to toggle which window is on top: Editor or Mixer.`

Reorganize material in Getting Started and Starting Session The Starting Session chapter is gone. There is now a reorganized Getting Started chapter that deals with explaining sessions, covers UI basics and tells how to add new tracks and busses. Then there's new Recording chapter that holds sections on recording audio and explains routing inside and outside Ardour. All the past material on JACK has been removed. The tuturial now mentions the PulseAudio backend and clarifies that JACK is not the recommended backend anymore. 2022-03-22 17:32:09 -04:00			`## Continuing`
Reorder UI overview 2022-03-22 06:32:24 -04:00
Reorganize material in Getting Started and Starting Session The Starting Session chapter is gone. There is now a reorganized Getting Started chapter that deals with explaining sessions, covers UI basics and tells how to add new tracks and busses. Then there's new Recording chapter that holds sections on recording audio and explains routing inside and outside Ardour. All the past material on JACK has been removed. The tuturial now mentions the PulseAudio backend and clarifies that JACK is not the recommended backend anymore. 2022-03-22 17:32:09 -04:00			`The next sections will explain basics of main Ardour's windows:`
Reorder UI overview 2022-03-22 06:32:24 -04:00
Reorganize material in Getting Started and Starting Session The Starting Session chapter is gone. There is now a reorganized Getting Started chapter that deals with explaining sessions, covers UI basics and tells how to add new tracks and busses. Then there's new Recording chapter that holds sections on recording audio and explains routing inside and outside Ardour. All the past material on JACK has been removed. The tuturial now mentions the PulseAudio backend and clarifies that JACK is not the recommended backend anymore. 2022-03-22 17:32:09 -04:00			`- Editor`
			`- Mixer`
			`- Recorder`
			`- Cue`