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surface primarily targetting the workflow found in Ableton's Live
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surface primarily targetting the workflow found in Ableton's Live
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software and other similar tools such as Bitwig. As of 5.4, Ardour
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software and other similar tools such as Bitwig. As of 5.4, Ardour
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does not offer the same kind of workflow, so we have repurposed the
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does not offer the same kind of workflow, so we have repurposed the
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Push 2 to be used for mixing and editing and musical performance,,
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Push 2 to be used for mixing and editing and musical performance,
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without the clip/scene oriented approach in Live. This may change in
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without the clip/scene oriented approach in Live. This may change in
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future versions of Ardour.
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future versions of Ardour.
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To connect the Push 2 to Ardour, open the Preferences dialog, and
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To connect the Push 2 to Ardour, open the Preferences dialog, and
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then click on "Control Surfaces". Click on the "Enable" button
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then click on "Control Surfaces". Click on the "Enable" button
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in the line that says "Ableton Push 2" in order to activate Ardour's
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in the line that says "Ableton Push 2" in order to activate Ardour's
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Push 2 support. <!-- Then double click on the line that says
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Push 2 support.
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"Ableton Push 2". A new dialog will open, containing (among other things)
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two dropdown selectors that will allow you to identify the MIDI
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ports where your Push 2 is connected.-->
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</dd>
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</dl>
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<p>
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To change which tracks are shown while in global mix mode, use the
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left and right arrow/cursor keys just below and to the right of the
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display. Tracks and busses that are hidden in Ardour's GUI will also
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be hidden from display on the Push 2.
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</p>
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<p>
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To select a track/bus directly from the Push 2, press the
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corresponding button below the display. The track name will be
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highlighted, and the selection will change in Ardour's GUI as well
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(and also any other control surfaces).
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</p>
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<h3>Soloing and Muting in Global Mix mode</h3>
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The Solo and Mute buttons to the left of the video display can be
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used to solo and mute tracks while in Global Mix mode. The operation
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will be applied to the <em>first</em> currently selected
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track(s).
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There are two indications that one or more tracks are soloed:
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<li>The solo button will blink red</li>
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<li>Track names will be prefixed by "*" if they are soloed, and
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"-" if they are muted due to soloing.</li>
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</ol>
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To cancel solo, either:
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<li>Select the soloed track(s) and press the solo button
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again</li>
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<li>Press and hold the solo button for more than 1 second</li>
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</ul>
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<h2>Track Mix</h2>
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<h2>Track Mix</h2>
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<p>Track Mix mode allows you to focus on a single track in more detail
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than is possible in Global Mix mode. To enter (or leave) Track Mix
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mode, press the "Mix" button.
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In Track Mix mode, various aspects of the state of the first
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selected track/bus will be displayed on the Push 2. Above the
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display, the first 4 knobs control track volume (gain), pan
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directiom/azimuth, pan width, and where appropriate, track input
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trim.
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Below the display, 7 buttons provide immediate control of mute,
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solo, rec-enable, monitoring (input or disk or automatic), solo
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isolate and solo safe state. When a a track is muted due to other
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track(s) soloing, the mute button will flash (to differentiate from
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its state when it is explicitly muted).
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The video display also shows meters for the track, which as in
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Global Mix mode, precisely match the meter type shown in Ardour's
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GUI. There are also two time displays showing the current playhead
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position in both musical (beats|bars|ticks) format, and as
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hours:minutes:seconds.
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To change which track is visible in Track Mix mode, use the
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left/right arrow/cursor keys just below and to the right of the
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video display.
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<h2>Specific Button/Knob Functions</h2>
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<h2>Specific Button/Knob Functions</h2>
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the buttons and knobs around the edges of the Push 2 will carry out
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the buttons and knobs around the edges of the Push 2 will carry out
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various functions related to their (illuminated) label. As of Ardour
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various functions related to their (illuminated) label. As of Ardour
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5.4, this includes:
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5.4, this includes:
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<ul>
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<li>Metronome (button and adjacent knob)</li>
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<dt>Metronome (button and adjacent knob)</dt>
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<li>Undo/Redo</li>
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<li>Duplicate</li>
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Enables/disables the click (metronome). The knob directly above
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<li>Delete</li>
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it will control the volume (gain) of the click.
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<li>Double Loop</li>
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<li>Quantize</li>
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<dt>Undo/Redo</dt>
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<li>Duplicate</li>
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<li>Rec-Enable</li>
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Undo or redo the previous editing operation.
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<li>Play</li>
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<li>Add Track</li>
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<dt>Delete</dt>
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<li>Browse</li>
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<li>Master</li>
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Deletes the currently selected region, or range, or
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<li>Cursor arrows</li>
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note. Equivalent to using Ctrl/Cmd-x on the keyboard.
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<li>Repeat</li>
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<li>Scale</li>
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<dt>Quantize</dt>
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<li>Layout</li>
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<li>Octave buttons</li>
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If a MIDI region is selected in Ardour, this will open the
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<li>Page buttons</li>
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quantize dialog.
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<li>Master knob</li>
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</ul>
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<dt>Duplicate</dt>
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Duplicates the current region or range selection.
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<dt>Rec-Enable</dt>
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Enables and disables Ardour's global record enable state.
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<dt>Play</dt>
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Starts and stops the transport.
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<dt>Add Track</dt>
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Opens Ardour's Add Track/Bus dialog.
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<dt>Browse</dt>
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Open's Ardour's import dialog to select and audition existing
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audio and MIDI files.
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<dt>Master</dt>
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Pressing this button jumps directly to Track Mix mode, with the
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master out bus displayed.
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<dt>Cursor arrows</dt>
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These are used by some modes to navigate within the display (e.g
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Scale mode). In other modes, the up/down cursor arrows will
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scroll the GUI display up and down, while the left/right cursor
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arrows will generally scroll within the Push 2 display itself.
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<dt>Repeat</dt>
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Enables/disables loop playback. This will follow Ardour's "loop
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is mode" preference, just like the loop button in the Ardour
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<dt>Octave buttons</dt>
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These shift the root note of the current pad scale up or down by
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1 octave.
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<dt>Page buttons</dt>
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These scroll Ardour's editor display left and right along the
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timeline.
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<dt>Master (top right) knob</dt>
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This knob controls the gain/volume of Ardour's main output. If
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the session has a monitor saec
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