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+ The Clips browser provides a way to easily reuse little pieces + of music across sessions. You can also drop audio and MIDI clips on a + timeline in the Editor window or use + them in trigger slots in the Cue window. +

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Clips Browser Interface

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+ In the Editor window, the Clips browser is part of the Editor sidebar + and thus can be hidden from the main window. In the Cue window, the Clips + browser is an essential part of the workflow and is always visible. +

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+ The Clips browser +
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+ The Clips browser has three main parts: +

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  1. Selector of clip library locations
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  3. List of clips, with a treeview where necessary
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  5. Preview options
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Library Locations

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+ The Clips browser is capable of handling multiple locations + of clips and loops. There are several types of locations suported by the + browser: +

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  1. + Ardour Bundled Content: these are all the audio and MIDI + files shipped along with an official Ardour build. +
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  3. + Custom folder: it's a single user-defined location + on a local or remote disk that you can write to. The folder is defined + on the Triggering page of the + Preferences dialog and is preserved across + sessions. +
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  5. + Additional locations: typically those are locations where + you store existing clips/loops libraries acquired elsewhere. You can + have as many as you like, please see Adding 3rd Party Clip Libraries chapter for more info. These locations + are also preserved across sessions. +
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  7. + Other locations: this is a one-off access to a location + where clips and loops are stored. This location is not preserved across + sessions. +
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List of Clips

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+ The Clips browser will provide access to all supported media file types + available in a selected location. Typically those would be, WAV, FLAC, + and MID files. +

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+ If there are subfolders in the clip library's folder, the Clips browser + will display them using as a tree view. The browser will also lazy-load + subfolders: instead of loading the entire list of all supported files + in the library location, it will only display top-level folders and load + their content when you start expanding subfolders you are interested in. +

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Preview Options

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+ The preview section has simple playback controls as well as an option + to automatically play back a clip when you click it in the list. + For MIDI clips, you can also select a virtual instrument (Ardour defaults + to ACE Reasonable Synth). +

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+ When playing a clip, Ardour will automatically pause the transport + and resume playback when the clip playback is done. Ardour will also + use the audition channel for playback, so you can control the preview + volume using the monitor level control in the + Monitor section of the Mixer. +

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