<scripttype=text/javascript>varbaseurl="https://prokoudine.github.io/en"</script><scripttype=text/javascriptsrc=/js/search.js?1647857686></script></div><sectionid=homelinks><ul><li><aclass=paddinghref=/en><iclass="fas fa-home"></i> Home</a></li></ul></section><divclass=highlightable><ulclass=topics><lidata-nav-id=/en/introduction/title=Introductionclass=dd-item><ahref=/en/introduction/><b>1. </b>Introduction</a><ul><lidata-nav-id=/en/introduction/conventions/title=Conventionsclass=dd-item><ahref=/en/introduction/conventions/>Conventions</a></li><lidata-nav-id=/en/introduction/what-is-digital-audio/title="What is digital audio?"class=dd-item><ahref=/en/introduction/what-is-digital-audio/>What is digital audio?</a></li></ul></li><lidata-nav-id=/en/getting-started/title="Getting started"class=dd-item><ahref=/en/getting-started/><b>2. </b>Getting started</a><ul><lidata-nav-id=/en/getting-started/starting-jack/title="Starting JACK"class=dd-item><ahref=/en/getting-started/starting-jack/>Starting JACK</a></li><lidata-nav-id=/en/getting-started/starting-ardour-on-ubuntu/title="Starting Ardour"class=dd-item><ahref=/en/getting-started/starting-ardour-on-ubuntu/>Starting Ardour</a></li><lidata-nav-id=/en/getting-started/overview-of-the-interface/title="Overview of the Interface"class=dd-item><ahref=/en/getting-started/overview-of-the-interface/>Overview of the Interface</a></li></ul></li><lidata-nav-id=/en/starting-sessions/title="Starting sessions"class=dd-item><ahref=/en/starting-sessions/><b>3. </b>Starting sessions</a><ul><lidata-nav-id=/en/starting-sessions/starting-a-session/title="Starting a session"class=dd-item><ahref=/en/starting-sessions/starting-a-session/>Starting a session</a></li><lidata-nav-id=/en/starting-sessions/setting-up-the-timeline/title="Setting up the timeline"class=dd-item><ahref=/en/starting-sessions/setting-up-the-timeline/>Setting up the timeline</a></li><lidata-nav-id=/en/starting-sessions/creating-a-track-or-bus/title="Creating a track or a bus"class=dd-item><ahref=/en/starting-sessions/creating-a-track-or-bus/>Creating a track or a bus</a></li><lidata-nav-id=/en/starting-sessions/importing-audio/title="Importing audio"class=dd-item><ahref=/en/starting-sessions/importing-audio/>Importing audio</a></li><lidata-nav-id=/en/starting-sessions/recording-audio/title="Recording audio"class=dd-item><ahref=/en/starting-sessions/recording-audio/>Recording audio</a></li><lidata-nav-id=/en/starting-sessions/understanding-routing/title="Understanding routing"class=dd-item><ahref=/en/starting-sessions/understanding-routing/>Understanding routing</a></li><lidata-nav-id=/en/starting-sessions/routing-between-applications/title="Routing between applications"class=dd-item><ahref=/en/starting-sessions/routing-between-applications/>Routing between applications</a></li></ul></li><lidata-nav-id=/en/editing-sessions/title="Editing sessions"class=dd-item><ahref=/en/editing-sessions/><b>4. </b>Editing sessions</a><ul><lidata-nav-id=/en/editing-sessions/arranging-tracks/title="Arranging tracks"class=dd-item><ahref=/en/editing-sessions/arranging-tracks/>Arranging tracks</a></li><lidata-nav-id=/en/editing-sessions/setting-up-the-meter/title="Setting up the meter"class=dd-item><ahref=/en/editing-sessions/setting-up-the-meter/>Setting up the meter</a></li><lidata-nav-id=/en/editing-sessions/using-ranges/title="Using ranges"class=dd-item><ahref=/en/editing-sessions/using-ranges/>Using ranges</a></li><lidata-nav-id=/en/editing-sessions/working-with-regions/title="Working with regions"class=dd-item><ahref=/en/editing-sessions/working-with-regions/>Working with regions</a></li><lidata-nav-id=/en/editing-sessions/further-region-operations/title="Further region operations"class=dd-item><ahref=/en/editing-sessions/further-region-operations/>Further region operations</a></li><lidata-nav-id=/en/editing-sessions/changing-edit-modes/title="Changing edit modes"class=dd-item><ahref=/en/editing-sessions/changing-edit-modes/>Changing edit modes</a></
Workstation (DAW). Ardour is Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS). It
features unlimited audio tracks and buses, non-destructive, non-linear
editing with unlimited undo, and anything-to-anywhere signal routing. It
supports standard file formats, such as BWF, WAV, WAV64, AIFF and CAF,
and it can use LADSPA, LV2, VST and AudioUnit plugin formats.</p><figure><imgsrc=/images/Ardour6.pngalt="Ardour 6"></figure><p>This tutorial provides a beginner’s introduction to using Ardour for basic sound
recording and editing tasks. It assumes you already have Ardour up and running
on your computer. Please note that this tutorial does not (yet) cover any MIDI
functionality.</p><p>For information on how to install Ardour on Linux and Mac OS X, please visit the
<ahref=https://ardour.org/requirements.html>Requirements</a> page. For Linux users,
distributions such as <ahref=http://kxstudio.sourceforge.net/>KXStudio</a>
and <ahref=http://ubuntustudio.org/>UbuntuStudio</a> offer a wide selection of useful
music software, including Ardour.</p><ahref=https://ardour.org/download.htmltarget=_blankclass="btn btn-default"><iclass="fas fa-download"></i>