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Quick intro to MIDI tracks and busses, foldback busses, and VCA masters

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## What is an Audio track?
## What is an audio track?
An _audio track_ is a place where you can drag a _region_ from your region
list and where you can record sounds coming from an outside source.
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![Tracks](en/Ardour6_Tracks.png)
## What is a Bus?
## What is a bus?
A _bus_ is similar to a track except that it does not contain its own regions.
You cannot record directly into a bus or drag regions into it. However, you
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every session has a _Master_ bus. All the audio to be exported from your
session will be sent to the Master Bus.
## How are tracks and busses Used?
## How are tracks and busses used?
Audio-processing _plugins_ and _automation_ can be applied to both tracks and
busses.
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add more tracks after this step, you could alternatively have chosen **Add
selected items (and leave dialog open)** instead.
## Other types of tracks and busses
When adding tracks and busses to your project, you'll see more options
available. Here is a quick overview of them.
**MIDI tracks** are similar to audio tracks: they have regions with MIDI data,
they can have multiple plugins in a processor box, e.g. a software synthesizer
or a sampler followed by a delay plugin followed by an EQ plugin.
**MIDI busses** are similar to audio busses, but they can only transform
incoming MIDI data.
**Foldback busses** are meant for stage monitoring mixes where you might want
giving each performer a customized mix that goes right into their earpiece.
E.g. more rhythm section and less brass section in the mix for a solo
guitarist. [See
here](https://manual.ardour.org/ardours-interface/foldback-strip/) for more
details.
**VCA masters** are another way to group tracks. These mixer strips provide
a single fader for multiple tracks. Please refer to the [user
manual](https://manual.ardour.org/ardours-interface/control-masters/) for more
information.
## Continuing
Once you've added one or more tracks, you will want to put some audio material