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content/getting-started/overview-of-the-interface/_index.en.md

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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.
+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
+## Ardour's window
 
-### Transport Menu
+Here is a typical view of a project opened in Ardour:
 
-![Transport Menu](en/Ardour6_Transport_Menu.png)
+{{< figure src="en/ardour7-main-window-parts.png" alt="Main window of Ardour 7" >}}
 
-The **Transport Menu** controls include the following buttons:
+There are two larger parts of the user interface:
 
-- MIDI Panic
-- Enable/Disable audio click (metronome)
-- Rewind
-- Fast forward
-- Loop playback
-- Play range/selection
-- Play from playhead
-- Stop
-- Record-enable 
-- Jog/shuttle controls
+1. Static part that contains program's menu, transport panel, clocks, navigation
+timeline, and various controls. We'll talk about it later on this page.
 
-### Clocks
+2. Dynamic part that changes depending on the currently opened window. We'll
+talk about that on further pages covering every window (Editor, Mixer, Recorder,
+Cue).
 
-![Clocks](en/Ardour6_Clocks.png)
- 
-The main **Clocks** are located next to the transport controls. Clocks
-in Ardour can display time in 4 different formats: Time Code,
-Bars:Beats, Minutes:Seconds, and Samples. Right-click on the clock to
-select a format. You can also turn the clock off. The reason for having
-two transport clocks is that it allows you to see the playhead position
-in two different time units without having to change any settings.
+Let's get on with the static part and focus on features that will be of
+immediate use to you.
 
-Please see the [**Setting Up the Timeline**](../setting-up-the-timeline) chapter for more details on the
-Clocks.
+## Program's menu
 
+This is a fairly straightforward way of accessing features in any program, you
+shouldn't have any problems navigating it. Session-specific comands are in the
+_Session_ menu, everything that is related to playing and recording is in the
+_Transport_ menu, most editing features are in _Edit_ and so on.
+
+{{< figure src="en/ardour7-program-menu.png" alt="Ardour program menu" >}}
+
+For convenience, item-specific features are duplicated in the right-click menu.
+For instance, you'll find the contents of the _Region_ menu in the right-click
+menu for a selected region (a clip that you can see on the timeline, see further
+pages of the tutorial).
+
+## Info Panel
+
+This panel displays useful information about the currently opened project
+(sampling rate, latency, DSP load) as well as how many estimated minutes of
+recording are available given the current amount of free disk space.
+
+{{< figure src="en/ardour7-info-panel.png" alt="Ardour info panel" >}}
+
+If you right-click on it, you will see more options such as name of the current
+project snapshot (more on that later) and wall clock (as seen on the screenshot
+above).
+
+## Transport panel
+
+The transport panel allows easily navigating the project: going to session
+start/end, playing entire session or just a selection (called 'range' in
+Ardour), initiating recording.
+
+![Transport Panel](en/ardour7-transport-panel.png)
+
+The bottom of the panel has jog/shuttle controls for skipping backward and
+forward at various speed while playing back the contents of the session.
+
+In case you want the transport panel sans jog-shuttle controls somewhere else on
+the screen, you can open a floating window called _Transport Controls_
+(`Window > Transport Conttrols`). You can move this window anywhere on the
+screen and resize it.
+
+## Clocks
+
+{{< figure src="en/Ardour6_Clocks.png" alt="Clocks" >}}
+
+The main _clocks_ are located next to the transport controls. Clocks in Ardour
+can display time in 4 different formats: Time Code, Bars:Beats, Minutes:Seconds,
+and Samples. Right-click on the clock to select a format. You can also turn the
+clock off. The reason for having two transport clocks is that it allows you to
+see the playhead position in two different time units without having to change
+any settings.
+
+If you are working in a home studio where you use a footswitch to toggle
+recording and you are a few meters away from the screen, you might want a bigger
+clock. Use `Window > Big Clock` to open a clock window that will float on top of
+all other windows and resize it to your liking.
+
+{{< figure src="en/ardour7-big-clock.png" alt="Big Clock" >}}
+
+Please see the [Setting Up the Timeline](../setting-up-the-timeline) chapter
+for more details on the clocks.
+
+## Navigation timeline
+
+To the right of these two clocks you can see the _mini-timeline_, also called
+_Navigation Timeline_. It's a convenient way to be reminded of cues and location
+markers, especially when you are in the _Recorder_ window where the timeline
+doesn't have those rulers.
+
+{{< figure src="en/ardour7-navigation-timeline.png" alt="Navigation timeline" >}}
+
+Please check the Ardour manual for more information on the
+[mini-timeline](https://manual.ardour.org/ardours-interface/mini-timeline/).
 
 ## 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.
+To the right of the global toolbar, right after the _Navigation Timeline_ and
+the master bus output meter, you'll find a convenient widget to switch between
+major Ardour windows — Editor, Mixer, Recorder, and Cue.
+
+{{< figure src="en/ardour7-window-switcher.png" alt="Window switcher" >}}
+
+You can also use shortcuts to switch between _Editor_ and _Mixer_ windows,
+**Alt+E** and **Alt+M** respectively. For the _Recorder_ and _Cue_ windows you
+can setup your own shortcuts.
 
 ## Continuing
 
 The next sections will explain basics of main Ardour's windows:
 
-- Editor
-- Mixer
-- Recorder
-- Cue
+[Editor](editor-window) | [Mixer](mixer-window) | [Recorder](recorder-window) |
+[Cue](cue-window)

content/getting-started/setting-up-the-timeline/index.en.md

@@ -37,17 +37,8 @@ If you never need the second clock, you can disable it entirely. Go to
 `Edit > Preferences > Appearance > Toolbar` and disable the _Display Secondary
 Clock_ checkbox.
 
-To the right of these two clocks you can see the _mini-timeline_, also called
-_Navigation Timeline_. It's a convenient way to be reminded of cues and location
-markers, especially when you are in the _Recorder_ window where the timeline
-doesn't have those rulers.
-
-{{< figure src="en/ardour7-navigation-timeline.png" alt="Navigation timeline" >}}
-
-Check the Ardour manual for more information on
-[clocks](http://manual.ardour.org/ardours-interface/using-ardour-clock-displays/)
-and the
-[mini-timeline](https://manual.ardour.org/ardours-interface/mini-timeline/).
+Please check the Ardour manual for more information on
+[clocks](http://manual.ardour.org/ardours-interface/using-ardour-clock-displays/).
 
 ## Snap Modes