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<li>
<p>
<strong>Make new plugins active</strong> when enabled, will activate
a plugin when it is added to a track or buss
a plugin when it is added to a track or bus
<a href="/working-with-plugins/processor-box/">Processor Box</a>.
</p>
</li>

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---
<p>
This tab contains settings that affect the use of solo, muting, and panning.
This tab contains settings that affect the use of
<a href="/mixing/muting-and-soloing/">solo, muting</a>, and
<a href="/mixing/panning/">panning</a>.
</p>
<img src="/files/a4/a4_preferences_solomute.png" alt="preferences
@ -19,42 +21,59 @@ solo/mute tab"/>
<ul>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Solo-in-place mute cut</strong>
<strong>Solo-in-place mute cut</strong> sets the attenuation of the
the other tracks when another track is soloed in place. This setting
is also available from the <strong>Mixer</strong> monitor section.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Solo controls are Listen controls</strong>
<strong>Solo controls are Listen controls</strong> when enabled the
soloed track is soloed only on the monitor bus, the master fader mix
is not affected by the solo. This option can also be set by enabling
pre-fader listen or after-fader listen in the <strong>Mixer</strong>
monitor section.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Listen Position:</strong>
<strong>Listen Position:</strong> determines what is listened to when
the solo controls are used as listen controls. The options are
after-fader or pre-fader.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<strong>PFL signals come from:</strong>
<strong>PFL signals come from:</strong> determines whether the
pre-fader listen position is before or after the pre-fader processors.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<strong>AFL signals come from:</strong>
<strong>AFL signals come from:</strong> determines whether the
after-fader listen position is before or after the after-fader
processors.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Exclusive solo</strong>
<strong>Exclusive solo</strong> when enabled will only solo that last
track selected for solo. Previously soloed tracks will be un-soloed.
This setting is also available from the <strong>Mixer</strong> monitor
section.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Show solo muting</strong>
<strong>Show solo muting</strong> when enabled outlines the mute
button on tracks and busses when another track is soloed.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Soloing overrides muting</strong>
<strong>Soloing overrides muting</strong> when enabled allows a track
to be heard when it is soloed while muted. This setting is also
available from the <strong>Mixer</strong> monitor section.
</p>
</li>
</ul>
@ -62,27 +81,33 @@ solo/mute tab"/>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Default track/bus muting options</strong>
<strong>Default track/bus muting options</strong> sets the muting options
for a newly created tracks or bus. The mute options for an existing track
or bus are changed by the right-click context menu on a mute button.
</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Mute affects pre-fader sends</strong>
<strong>Mute affects pre-fader sends</strong> when enabled pre-fader
sends will be muted by default.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Mute affects post-fader sends</strong>
<strong>Mute affects post-fader sends</strong> when enabled post-fader
sends will be muted by default.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Mute affects control outputs</strong>
<strong>Mute affects control outputs</strong> when enabled control
outputs are muted by default.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Mute affects main outputs</strong>
<strong>Mute affects main outputs</strong> when enabled main outputs
are muted by default.
</p>
</li>
</ul>
@ -90,12 +115,19 @@ solo/mute tab"/>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Send Routing</strong>
<strong>Send Routing</strong> affects
<a href="/signal-routing/aux-sends/">aux and external sends</a>.
</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Link panners of Aux and External Sends with main panner by default</strong>
<strong>Link panners of Aux and External Sends with main panner by
default</strong> When enabled, sends follow the channel panner.
</p>
<p>
When disabled, sends can panned independently of the channel panner
and fader. Double clicking the send in the processor box toggles
the main panner and fader between the aux send and the channel.
</p>
</li>
</ul>

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<li>
<p>
<strong>Send MIDI Clock</strong>
<strong>Send MIDI Clock</strong> when enabled Ardour will generate MIDI
clock on the <code>ardour:MIDI clock out</code> JACK port.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Send MIDI Time Code</strong>
<strong>Send MIDI Time Code</strong> when enabled Ardour will generate MIDI
time code on the <code>ardour:MTC out</code> JACK port.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Percentage either side of normal transport speed to transmit MTC:</strong>
<strong>Percentage either side of normal transport speed to transmit MTC:</strong> MIDI time code generation will be disabled when the transport speed is
greater than normal sped plus this percentage or less than normal minus
this percentage.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Obey MIDI Machine Control commands</strong>
<strong>Obey MIDI Machine Control commands</strong> when enabled Ardour
will respond to MIDI Machine Control commands received on the
<code>ardour:MMC in</code> JACK port.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Send MIDI Machine Control commands</strong>
<strong>Send MIDI Machine Control commands</strong> when enabled Ardour
will send MIDI Machine Control commands on the <code>ardour:MMC out</code>
JACK port.
</p>
</li>
@ -56,19 +64,25 @@ MIDI tab"/>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Inbound MMC device ID:</strong>
<strong>Inbound MMC device ID:</strong> is the only device ID Ardour will
respond to when an MMC command is received on the
<code>ardour:MMC in</code> JACK port.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Outbound MMC device ID:</strong>
<strong>Outbound MMC device ID:</strong> is the MIDI device ID Ardour will
use when it sends MMC commands.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Initial program change:</strong>
<strong>Initial program change:</strong> Ardour will send a MIDI program
change message on the <code>ardour:MMC out</code> JACK port when a session
is loaded and whenever this field is changed. A value of -1 is for don't
send any program change message.
</p>
</li>

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<ul>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Edit using:</strong>
<strong>Edit using:</strong> Use this keyboard and mouse combination
to edit a region's name, and for audio, the region gain.
</p>
</li>
<li>
@ -35,12 +36,17 @@ user interaction tab"/>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Insert note using</strong>
<strong>Insert note using</strong> Using this mouse and keyboard
combination allows MIDI note drawing while the <strong>Editor</strong>
is in edit mode.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Ignore snap using:</strong>
<strong>Ignore snap using:</strong> This mouse and keyboard combination
temporarily changes the
<a href="/editing-and-arranging/snap-to-the-grid/">snap mode</a> to
<strong>No Grid</strong>.
</p>
</li>
<li>

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---
<p>
This tab contains settings that affect the display and behavior of meters.
This tab contains settings that affect <a href="/ardours-interface/meters/">
Metering</a> in Ardour.
</p>
<img src="/files/a4/a4_preferences_metering.png" alt="preferences

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<ul>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Restore Defaults</strong>
<strong>Restore Defaults</strong> When clicked will change all settings
on the Theme tab back to Ardour's default values.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<strong>All floating windows are dialogs</strong>
<strong>All floating windows are dialogs</strong> When enabled Ardour will
use type &quot;Dialog&quot; for all floating windows instead of using type
&quot;Utility&quot; for some of them. This may help usability with some
window managers. This setting requires a restart of Ardour to take effect.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Transient windows follow front window</strong>
<strong>Transient windows follow front window</strong> When enabled
transient windows will follow the front window when toggling between the
editor and mixer. This setting requires a restart of Ardour to take effect.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Draw &quot;flat&quot; buttons</strong>
<strong>Draw &quot;flat&quot; buttons</strong> When enabled button controls
in the user interface will be drawn with a flat look. When disabled button
controls will have a slight 3D appearence.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Blink Rec-Arm buttons</strong>
<strong>Blink Rec-Arm buttons</strong> When enabled the record-armed
buttons on tracks will blink when they are armed but not currently
recording. When disabled the record-armed buttons on tracks will be
outlined in red instead of blinking.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Color regions using their track's color</strong>
<strong>Color regions using their track's color</strong> When enabled
the background color of regions in the editor will be displayed using the
the color assigned to the track. When disabled the default region
background color will be used.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Show waveform clipping</strong>
<strong>Show waveform clipping</strong> When enalbled the waveform
displayed will show peaks marked in red if they exceed the clip level. The
Waveform Clip Level is set with a slider on the Preferences
<a href="/preferences-and-session-properties/preferences-dialog/editor/">
Editor tab</a>
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Icon Set</strong>
<strong>Icon Set</strong> Changes the mouse cursor icons used to indicate
different tool modes in the editor. An example would be the icons used to
indicate whether the cursor will select a region or change the length of a
region.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Waveforms color gradient depth</strong>
<strong>Waveforms color gradient depth</strong> Determines how much
gradient effect is applied to audio waveforms displayed in the editor.
Values range from 0.00, no graident effect, to 0.95, maximum effect.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Timeline item gradient depth</strong>
<strong>Timeline item gradient depth</strong> Determines how much
gradient effect is applied to the backgrounds of regions displayed in the
editor. Values range from 0.00, no graident effect, to 0.95, maximum
effect.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Colors</strong>
<strong>Colors</strong> The color of an item in the user interface is
determined by which named color is assigned to it, the color displayed for
each named color in the palette, and in some cases, the transparency of
stacked items.
</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Items</strong>
<strong>Items</strong> Each display item has a named color assigned to
it from the palette. Example color names are
&quot;meter&nbsp;color9&quot; and &quot;color&nbsp;4&quot;.
</p>
<p>
Click on an item's color example to change the named color choice.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Palette</strong>
<strong>Palette</strong> Hover over a color to display it's name. Click
on a color to open a color chooser dialog.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Transparency</strong>
<strong>Transparency</strong> Some items have a transparency value.
Transparency can be changed from opaque to totally transparent.
</p>
</li>
</ul>