Complete the Understanding Routing update

content/recording-audio/understanding-routing/index.en.md

@@ -52,17 +52,16 @@ in the bottom. This means that the matrix you see displays connections from
 available hardware sound sources (for example, a microphone), into existing
 Ardour tracks.  
 
-![ACM 1](en/Ardour4_Audio_Connection_Manager_1.png) 
+![ACM 1](en/ardour7-audio-connection-manager-1.png) 
 
 The green dots represent a connection. The screenshot above tells us that
-incoming sounds from "*system: capture\_1*" (the first input source of your
-soundcard, or the built-in microphone of your laptop) are going into Ardour
-track named "*Audio 1*", and also that incoming sounds from "*system:
-capture\_1*" and "*system: capture\_2*" are respectively going into the Left and
-Right inputs of Ardour track named "*Audio 2.*" 
+incoming sounds from _capture\_1_ (the first input source of your soundcard, or
+the built-in microphone of your laptop) are going into Ardour track named _Audio
+1_, and also that incoming sounds from _capture\_2_ are going into input of
+Ardour track named _Audio 2_. 
 
-Notice we can see that "*Audio 1*" is a Mono track because it only has one
-connection slot, while track "*Audio 2*" is Stereo since it has two slots (Left
+Notice we can see that _Audio 1_ is a Mono track because it only has one
+connection slot, while track _Audio 2_ is Stereo since it has two slots (Left
 and Right).
 
 The next screenshot shows the signal path from _Ardour Tracks_ (selected
@@ -70,10 +69,10 @@ vertical tab) into Ardour busses (selected horizontal tab). As mentioned
 earlier, the default setting for all _Ardour Tracks_ is that their sound goes to
 the _Master_ bus.
 
-![ACM 2](en/Ardour4_Audio_Connection_Manager_2.png) 
+![ACM 2](en/ardour7-audio-connection-manager-2.png) 
 
-Note: remember that "*Audio 1*" is a Mono track? We saw it in the earlier
-screenshot that "*Audio 1*" only has one input slot. But now on the screenshot
+Note: remember that _Audio 1_ is a Mono track? We saw it in the earlier
+screenshot that _Audio 1_ only has one input slot. But now on the screenshot
 above you see that "Audio 1" has two outputs (Left and Right). This is normal:
 we define whether a track is Mono or Stereo by its *number of inputs*, not
 outputs. Mono tracks will hold a single channel of audio, but you can still
@@ -84,9 +83,9 @@ Finally, let's explore a couple more tabs in the _Audio Connection Manager_ to
 see the sound going from the _Master_ bus to the actual hardware outputs (your
 loudspeakers or headphones):
 
-![ACM 3](en/Ardour4_Audio_Connection_Manager_3.png) 
+{{< figure src="en/ardour7-audio-connection-manager-3.png" alt="ACM3" >}}
 
-As you can see, the selected source tab is now "*Ardour Busses*", and the
+As you can see, the selected source tab is now _Ardour Busses_, and the
 destination tab is _Hardware_. This session happens to have only one bus, the
 default "master out". The green dots show that all sounds coming out of the
 _Master_ bus are going to system playback 1 and 2, which are the outputs of your
@@ -100,12 +99,18 @@ dot will appear to indicate the connection is made.
 To undo a connection, simply click on an existing green dot and it will
 disappear.
 
+There is a neat trick you can use when you need to map many mono/stereo outputs
+to many mono/stereo inputs: rather than making many single clicks, draw a
+connection line. Here is how you do it:
+
+{{< figure src="en/ardour7-drawing-connection-lines.gif" alt="Drawing connection lines" >}}
+
 ### Practical example of routing to a bus 
 
 In the following example session, there are two guitar tracks and one
 unused bus called _Guitar_ bus, all Stereo.
 
-![ACM 4](en/Ardour4_Ardour_Connection_Manager_4.png) 
+![ACM 4](en/ardour7-audio-connection-manager-4.png) 
 
 Suppose you want to send the output from the two guitar tracks to the _Guitar_
 bus instead of the _Master_ bus. This can be useful to control the volume of
@@ -119,29 +124,29 @@ destinations (horizontal bottom tabs). Undo existing connections from both
 tracks to _Master_. Then create connections from both tracks to _Guitar_ bus.
 The final result would look like this: 
 
-![ACM 5](en/Ardour4_Audio_Connection_Manager_5.png) 
+![ACM 5](en/ardour7-audio-connection-manager-5.png) 
 
 Now both guitar tracks are routed to the _Guitar_ bus, and no longer directly
-connected to the _Master_ bus. We then make sure that the _Guitar_ bus is, by its
-turn, routed to the _Master_ bus (the output routing of a bus is edited in the
-same way as for a track), so that we can still hear the sound from both guitar
-tracks. Now we can control the volume of both guitar tracks together by changing
-the fader of the _Guitar_ bus. What's more, we can now add plugins to the Guitar
-Bus to process the sound of both guitar Tracks together.
+connected to the _Master_ bus. We then make sure that the _Guitar_ bus is, by
+its turn, routed to the _Master_ bus (the output routing of a bus is edited in
+the same way as for a track), so that we can still hear the sound from both
+guitar tracks. Now we can control the volume of both guitar tracks together by
+changing the fader of the _Guitar_ bus. What's more, we can now add plugins to
+the Guitar Bus to process the sound of both guitar Tracks together.
 
 ### Track- or Bus-specific views of the Patchbay
 
-The _Audio Connection Manager_ (Patchbay) that you open with **Alt + P** shows you 
-the complete matrix of every single source and every single destination
-available in Ardour. Sometimes this is too much: you just want to quickly change 
-the routing of a single track input or output, for example. Ardour allows you to 
-access a relevant subset of Patchbay connections when you click directly on the 
+The _Audio Connection Manager_ (Patchbay) that you open with **Alt + P** shows
+you  the complete matrix of every single source and every single destination
+available in Ardour. Sometimes this is too much: you just want to quickly change
+the routing of a single track input or output, for example. Ardour allows you to
+access a relevant subset of Patchbay connections when you click directly on the
 **Inputs** or **Outputs** button of a track or bus in the mixer strip.
 
 The **Inputs** button is at the top, and the **Outputs** button is on the bottom
 of the  strip. Clicking on either one will show you a menu of connection
 options. In the  screenshot below, for example, you would click on the **1/2**
-button right under the track name "Guitar 1" in order to access this menu:
+button right under the track name _Guitar 1_ in order to access this menu:
 
 ![Editor Mixer In Out](en/ardour7-editor-mixer-in-out.png)
 
@@ -170,4 +175,4 @@ the chapter _Routing Between Applications_. If you would prefer to work only
 with Ardour, then skip ahead to the section on _Arranging Tracks_.
 
 NEXT: [ROUTING BETWEEN APPLICATIONS](../routing-between-applications) or 
-[ARRANGING TRACKS](../arranging-tracks)
+[ARRANGING TRACKS](../../editing-sessions/arranging-tracks/)