Add details to Session Properties

Rename 02_seesion to 02_session
Update screen-shot of session properties to Ardour 4.0
Add chapter for each tab of session properties

_manual/21_preferences-and-session-properties/02_seession-properties-dialog.html

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-layout: default
-title: Session Properties Dialog
-menu_title: Session Properties
----                        
-
-<img src="/files/a3/a3_session_properties.png" alt="session properties dialog"  />
-
-  

_manual/21_preferences-and-session-properties/02_session-properties-dialog.html

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+---
+layout: default
+title: Session Properties Dialog
+menu_title: Session Properties
+---                        
+
+<img src="/files/a4/a4_session_properties_timecode.png" alt="session properties dialog"/>
+
+<p>
+  This dialog allows you to change settings for the current session. These settings
+  are initially set from the template used to create the session. To open the dialog
+  use <kbd class="menu">Session &gt; Properties</kbd>
+</p>
+
+{% children %}
+
+
+
+  

_manual/21_preferences-and-session-properties/02_session-properties-dialog/01_timecode.html

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+---
+layout: default
+title: Timecode Tab
+menu_title: Timecode Tab
+---                        
+
+<img src="/files/a4/a4_session_properties_timecode.png" alt="session properties timecode tab"/>
+
+<p>
+  This tab is used to change how Ardour interprets and manipulates timecode.
+</p>
+
+<ul>
+  <li>
+    Timecode Settings lets you set the number of frames per second 
+    and pull up/down to match the timecode used other synchronized systems. 
+  </li>
+  <li>
+    External Timecode Offsets allows Ardour to a fixed offset from other
+    synchronized systems. <dfn>Slave Timecode offset</dfn> adds the 
+    specified offset to the recieved timecode (MTC or LTC). 
+    <dfn>Timecode Generator offset</dfn> adds the specified offset to
+    the timecode generated by Ardour (so far only LTC).
+  </li>
+  <li>
+    Jack Transport / Time Settings determines whether Ardour controls
+    Bar|Beat|Tick and other information for Jack.
+  </li>
+
+</ul>

_manual/21_preferences-and-session-properties/02_session-properties-dialog/02_sync.html

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+---
+layout: default
+title: Sync Tab
+menu_title: Sync Tab
+---                        
+
+<img src="/files/a4/a4_session_properties_sync.png" alt="session properties sync tab"/>
+
+<p>
+  This tab is used to modify the timecode settings when working with video to 
+  use the imported video's timecode settings instead of the session defaults.
+</p>

_manual/21_preferences-and-session-properties/02_session-properties-dialog/03_fades.html

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+---
+layout: default
+title: Fades Tab
+menu_title: Fades Tab
+---                        
+
+<img src="/files/a4/a4_session_properties_fades.png" alt="session properties fades tab"/>
+
+<p>
+  Change how Ardour works with region crossfades.
+</p>
+
+<ul>
+  <li>
+    <dfn>Destructive crossfade length</dfn> is used when an operation on a 
+    region is destructive, such as when recording in a track is in tape mode.
+  </li>
+  <li>
+    When <dfn>Region fades</dfn> <strong>active</strong> is checked, the 
+    region fades set up in the mixer are used during playback.  When unchecked, 
+    the fades are ignored.
+  </li>
+  <li>
+    When <strong>Region fades visible</strong> is checked the region fades are visible
+    in the the <strong>Editor</strong>.
+  </li>
+
+</ul>

_manual/21_preferences-and-session-properties/02_session-properties-dialog/04_media.html

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+---
+layout: default
+title: Media Tab
+menu_title: Media Tab
+---                        
+
+<img src="/files/a4/a4_session_properties_media.png" alt="session properties media tab"/>
+
+<p>
+  Change how sound is stored on disk. These options do not change how sound is handled
+  internally.
+</p>
+
+<ul>
+  <li>
+    <dfn>Sample format</dfn> defaults to 32-bit floating point, the same as 
+    the internal representation. 24 and 16-bit integer representation are 
+    also available.
+  </li>
+  <li>
+    <strong>File type</strong> options are WAVE,  WAVE-64, and CAF.
+  </li>
+</ul>

_manual/21_preferences-and-session-properties/02_session-properties-dialog/05_locations.html

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+---
+layout: default
+title: Locations Tab
+menu_title: Locations Tab
+---                        
+
+<img src="/files/a4/a4_session_properties_locations.png" alt="session properties locations tab"/>
+
+<p>
+  These options add file locations that will be searched to find the audio and 
+  midi files used by the session. This is useful when the files have been 
+  imported into the session but not copied into the session.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+  To add a location, navigate to the directory where the files are stored.  
+  Drill down into the directory and then click open.  The directory will
+  show up in the dialog.  The remove button next to the added directory can be used
+  to remove it from the search path.
+</p>
+

_manual/21_preferences-and-session-properties/02_session-properties-dialog/06_filenames.html

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+---
+layout: default
+title: Filenames Tab
+menu_title: Filenames Tab
+---                        
+
+<img src="/files/a4/a4_session_properties_filenames.png" alt="session properties filenames tab"/>
+
+<p>
+  This tab is used to change how Ardour names recorded regions. 
+  If <dfn>Prefix track number</dfn> is selected a unique number will appear on each track 
+  in the <dfn>Editor</dfn> window and will prefix the region name. If the track number 
+  is 2 and the region would have been Gtr-1.1 with track number prefix turned on the region 
+  will be named 2_Gtr-1.1 instead.  See XX for base of the region name.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+  If <dfn>Prefix take name</dfn> is selected and the <dfn>Take name</dfn> has Take1 the region
+  will have the name Take1_Gtr-1.1 instead.  If both boxes are checked the name will be
+  Take1_2_Gtr-1.1 instead.      
+</p>
+
+<p>
+  When <dfn>Prefix take name</dfn> is enabled, the first time a track is recorded it will
+  have the specified take name.  When recording is stopped, any trailing number on the 
+  end of the take name will incremented by 1. If the track name specified doen't have
+  a number on the end, the number 1 will be suffixed.
+</p>

_manual/21_preferences-and-session-properties/02_session-properties-dialog/07_monitoring.html

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+---
+layout: default
+title: Monitoring Tab
+menu_title: Monitoring Tab
+---                        
+
+<p>
+  Provides options affecting monitoring.
+</p>
+
+<img src="/files/a4/a4_session_properties_monitoring.png" alt="session properties monitoring tab"/>
+
+<p>
+  The <strong>Track Input Monitoring automatically follows transport state</strong>
+  affects how input monitoring is handling. See 
+  <a href="/recording/monitoring/monitor-setup-in-ardour/">Monitor Setup in Ardour</a>.
+</p>
+
+<img class="left" src="/files/a4/a4_monitoring_section.png" alt="monitoring section"/>
+
+<p>
+  The 'Use monitor section' displays an extra section in the <strong>Mixer</strong> 
+  window that is modelled on the similiarly named section on large analog consoles.
+</p>
+

_manual/21_preferences-and-session-properties/02_session-properties-dialog/08_meterbridge.html

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+---
+layout: default
+title: Meterbridge Tab
+menu_title: Meterbridge Tab
+---                        
+
+<p>
+  The meters from audio tracks always display in the <dfn>Meterbridge</dfn>.
+  This tab changes what additional controls are also displayed. 
+</p>
+
+<img src="/files/a4/a4_session_properties_meterbridge.png" alt="session properties meterbridge tab"/>
+
+<ul>
+  <li>
+    <dfn>Route Display</dfn> has options for showing midi tracks, busses, and the master bus.
+  </li>
+  <li>
+    <dfn>Button Area</dfn> has options for adding record enable, mute, solo, and input monitor buttons.
+  </li>
+  <li>
+    <dfn>Name Labels</dfn> adds the track name and, if numbers are enabled on the filenames tab, the number.
+  </li>
+</ul>
+
+<img src="/files/a4/a4_meterbridge_full.png" alt="image of meterbidge with all options on"/>

_manual/21_preferences-and-session-properties/02_session-properties-dialog/09_misc.html

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+---
+layout: default
+title: Misc Tab
+menu_title: Misc Tab
+---                        
+
+<p>
+  This tab has several things that don't fit on the other tabs.
+</p>
+
+<img src="/files/a4/a4_session_properties_misc.png" alt="session properties misc tab"/>
+
+<ul>
+  <li>
+    <dfn>MIDI Options</dfn>
+    <ul>   
+      <li>
+	If <dfn>MIDI region copies are independent</dfn> is selected, when a 
+	MIDI region is copied or duplicated, the new region is not linked to 
+	the region it was copied from.  If it is not selected, the copied regions 
+	are linked and any editing of one of the linked regions changes all 
+	of the linked regions. 
+      </li>
+      <li>
+	The <dfn>Editor</dfn> can be configured to handle overlapping MIDI notes 
+	several ways.
+	<ul>
+	  <li>never allow them</li>
+	  <li>don't do anything in particular</li>
+	  <li>replace any overlapped existing notes</li>
+	  <li>shorten the overlapped existing note</li>
+	  <li>shorten the overlapped new note</li>
+	  <li>replace both overlapping notes with a single note</li>
+	</ul>
+      </li>
+    </ul>
+  </li>
+  <li>
+    <dfn>Glue to bars and beats</dfn>
+    <ul>
+      <li>New markers can be glued to bars and beats</li>
+      <li>New regions can be glued to bars and beats</li>
+    </ul>
+  </li>
+  <li>
+    Settings from the session properties dialogs can be saved to the 
+    default session template.
+  </li>
+</ul>
+