diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui_startup.cc b/gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui_startup.cc
index 080b12fc4f..75cf1566fa 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui_startup.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui_startup.cc
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ ARDOUR_UI::load_session_from_startup_fsm ()
 	const BusProfile bus_profile = startup_fsm->bus_profile;
 	const bool   session_was_not_named = !startup_fsm->session_name_edited;
 
-	std::cerr  << " loading from " << session_path << " as " << session_name << " templ " << session_template << " is_new " << session_is_new << " bp " << bus_profile.master_out_channels << std::endl;
+	std::cout  << " loading from " << session_path << " as " << session_name << " templ " << session_template << " is_new " << session_is_new << " bp " << bus_profile.master_out_channels << std::endl;
 
 	if (session_is_new) {
 
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/editor_audio_import.cc b/gtk2_ardour/editor_audio_import.cc
index 4474949190..e7b413e804 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/editor_audio_import.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/editor_audio_import.cc
@@ -308,14 +308,8 @@ Editor::import_smf_tempo_map (Evoral::SMF const & smf, samplepos_t pos)
 		}
 
 		last_meter = meter;
-
-		cerr << "@ " << t->time_pulses/(double)smf.ppqn() << " ("
-		     << t->time_seconds << ") Add T " << tempo << " M " << meter << endl;
 	}
 
-	cerr << "NEW MAP:\n";
-	new_map.dump (cerr);
-
 	_session->tempo_map() = new_map;
 }
 
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/luadialog.cc b/gtk2_ardour/luadialog.cc
index 79ba81f700..896d760647 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/luadialog.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/luadialog.cc
@@ -873,7 +873,6 @@ ProgressWindow::progress (float prog, std::string const& text)
 		_bar.set_text (text);
 	}
 	if (prog < 0 || prog > 1) {
-		std::cerr << "pulse\n";
 		_bar.set_pulse_step(.1);
 		_bar.pulse();
 	} else {
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/main.cc b/gtk2_ardour/main.cc
index 401ea67b7e..e1d3ec0fe6 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/main.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/main.cc
@@ -329,7 +329,10 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
 #endif
 
 #if ENABLE_NLS
+
+#ifndef NDEBUG
 	cerr << "bind txt domain [" << PACKAGE << "] to " << localedir << endl;
+#endif
 
 	(void) bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, localedir.c_str());
 	/* our i18n translations are all in UTF-8, so make sure
@@ -383,7 +386,7 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
 	}
 
 	if (no_splash) {
-		cerr << _("Copyright (C) 1999-2020 Paul Davis") << endl
+		cout << _("Copyright (C) 1999-2020 Paul Davis") << endl
 		     << _("Some portions Copyright (C) Steve Harris, Ari Johnson, Brett Viren, Joel Baker, Robin Gareus") << endl
 		     << endl
 		     << string_compose (_("%1 comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY"), PROGRAM_NAME) << endl
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/pingback.cc b/gtk2_ardour/pingback.cc
index 334a11cd2e..dc876c5036 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/pingback.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/pingback.cc
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ _pingback (void *arg)
 		if ( return_str.length() > 140 ) { // like a tweet :)
 			std::cerr << "Announcement string is too long (probably behind a proxy)." << std::endl;
 		} else {
-			std::cerr << "Announcement is: " << return_str << std::endl;
+			std::cout << "Announcement is: " << return_str << std::endl;
 
 			//write announcements to local file, even if the
 			//announcement is empty