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title = "Recorder window"
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description = "Basics of Ardour's recorder window"
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The _Recorder_ window is streamlined for one particular use case: recording to multiple tracks. The interface is pointedly simplified to remove all distraction.
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{{< figure src="en/ardour7-recorder-window-sections.png" alt="Sections of the Recorder window" >}}
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There are three major sections in the Recorder window as outlined above:
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1. Window-specific toolbar
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2. The timeline and the tracks representation
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3. Inputs control
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## Window-specific toolbar
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The toolbar has specific commands and information: arming and disarming all
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tracks for recording, discarding the last take, automatically switching all
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inputs for signal monitoring, estimation of the time you can record to the disk
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until it's out of free space etc.
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{{< figure src="en/ardour7-recorder-toolbar.png" alt="Recorder toolbar" >}}
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## The timeline and the tracks representation
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The timeline only displays timecode, and the tracks view has no waveform
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rendering at all. This helps with the use of system resources when recording
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dozens of tracks simultaneously.
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{{< figure src="en/ardour7-recorder-timeline-tracks.png" alt="Recorder timeline and tracks" >}}
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## Inputs control
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The bottom part of the window is where you control inputs: you can both monitor
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input volume and rename physical ports for convenience. To do the latter, just
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click on the input port name and give a new name.
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{{< figure src="en/ardour7-recorder-input-renaming-dialog.png" alt="" >}}
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E.g. if you have two mic inputs, one for vocal and one for guitar, naming them
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accordingly will simplify picking the right one for the right track. This will
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be even more convenient for audio interfaces with e.g. 18 inputs.
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{{< figure src="en/ardour7-recorder-input-new-names.png" alt="" >}}
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## Continuing
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Finally, in the next section we'll take a quick look at the _Cue_ window that is
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new in Ardour 7.0 and provides a familiar user interface to launching audio and
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MIDI clips.
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Next: [CUE WINDOW](../cue-window) |