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title: Starting Ardour
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2014-02-04 10:24:44 -05:00
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<p>
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There are several ways of <dfn>starting Ardour</dfn>, which may vary
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depending on which platform you are using it.
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<ul>
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<li>double-click the Ardour icon in your platform's file manager (e.g.
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Nautilus on Linux, Finder on OS X)</li>
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<li>double click on an Ardour session file in your platform's file manager</li>
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<li>on Linux, you can also start Ardour on the command line (see below)</li>
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<p>
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When Ardour is run for the very first time, a special dialog is displayed
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that will ask you several questions about your setup. You will not be asked
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these questions again, but you can always modify your choices via the
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<kbd class="menu">Edit > Preferences</kbd> dialog.
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If you want to use JACK, in general, it is sensible to start it <em>before</em> you run Ardour. This is not
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necessary, but will provide you with more control and options over JACK's operation.
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You can start JACK through its <abbr title="Command Line Interface">CLI</abbr>, or using a <abbr title="Graphical User Interface">GUI</abbr>
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program, like <a href="https://qjackctl.sourceforge.io/">QjackCtl</a> or <a href="http://kxstudio.linuxaudio.org/Applications:Cadence">Cadence</a>.
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</p>
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If you open Ardour without specifying an existing session it will display
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the <kbd class="menu">Session > New...</kbd> dialog and the <kbd class="menu">Audio/MIDI Setup</kbd> dialog.
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See <a href="/working-with-sessions/new-session-dialog/">New/Open Session Dialog</a> for a description of those dialogs.
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<h2>Starting Ardour From the Command Line (Linux)</h2>
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<p>
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Like (almost) any other program on Linux, Ardour can be started on the
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command line. Type the following command in a terminal window:
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<kbd class="cmd lin">Ardour5</kbd>
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To start Ardour with an existing session:
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<kbd class="cmd lin">Ardour5 <em>/path/to/session</em></kbd>
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replacing /path/to/session with the actual path to your session. You can
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specify either the session folder or any session file inside the folder,
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including snapshots.
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</p>
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To start Ardour with a new, named session:
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<kbd class="cmd lin">Ardour5 -N <em>/path/to/session</em></kbd>
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