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.TH ARDOUR "1" "July 2020" "ardour 6" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
Ardour \- digital audio workstation
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ardour
[ \fI\,OPTIONS \/\fR] [ \fI\,SESSION-NAME \/\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
Ardour is a multichannel hard disk recorder (HDR) and digital audio workstation (DAW).
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-no\-announcements\fR
Do not contact website for announcements
.TP
\fB\-A\fR, \fB\-\-actions\fR
Print all possible menu action names
.TP
\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-bindings\fR
Display all current key bindings
.TP
\fB\-B\fR, \fB\-\-bypass\-plugins\fR
Bypass all plugins in an existing session
.TP
\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-name\fR <name>
Use a specific backend client name, default is ardour
.TP
\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-disable\-plugins\fR
Disable all plugins (safe mode)
.TP
\fB\-D\fR, \fB\-\-debug\fR <options>
Set debug flags. Use "\-D list" to see available options
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
Print this message
.TP
\fB\-k\fR, \fB\-\-keybindings\fR <file>
Path to the key bindings file to load
.TP
\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-menus\fR file
Use "file" to define menus
.TP
\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-no\-splash\fR
Do not show splash screen
.TP
\fB\-N\fR, \fB\-\-new\fR session\-name
Create a new session from the command line
.TP
\fB\-O\fR, \fB\-\-no\-hw\-optimizations\fR
Disable h/w specific optimizations
.TP
\fB\-P\fR, \fB\-\-no\-connect\-ports\fR
Do not connect any ports at startup
.TP
\fB\-S\fR, \fB\-\-sync\fR
Draw the GUI synchronously
.TP
\fB\-T\fR, \fB\-\-template\fR <name>
Use given template for new session
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
Print version and exit
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to https://tracker.ardour.org
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Website https://ardour.org