Update Audio/MIDI Setup dialog's documentation
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<h2 class="clear">Audio/MIDI Setup</h2>
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<figure class="center">
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<img src="/images/Audio-MIDI_Setup.png" alt="The Audio/MIDI Setup Dialog"/>
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<img width="50%" src="/images/Audio-MIDI_Setup.png" alt="The Audio/MIDI Setup Dialog"/>
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<figcaption>
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The Audio/MIDI Setup Dialog
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</figcaption>
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<table class="dl">
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<tr><th>Audio System</th>
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<td>Depending on the operating system, Ardour can possibly use different audio
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systems, e.g. on Linux, both <abbr title="Advanced Linux Sound Architecture">
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ALSA</abbr> and <abbr title="JACK Audio Connection Kit">JACK</abbr> are
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available.
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</td></tr>
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<tr><th>Driver</th>
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<td>
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On Mac OS X this will typically be <kbd class="menu">CoreAudio</kbd>. On Linux usually
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this will be either <kbd class="menu"><abbr title="Free Firewire Audio Driver fOr
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linux">FFADO</abbr></kbd>
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or <kbd class="menu"><abbr title="Advanced Linux Sound
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Architecture">ALSA</abbr></kbd>, depending on whether or not a firewire device
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is used. Advanced users on all platforms may also
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Depending on the operating system, Ardour can possibly use different audio
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systems, e.g. on Linux, both <abbr title="Advanced Linux Sound Architecture">
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ALSA</abbr>, PulseAudio, and <abbr title="JACK Audio Connection Kit">JACK</abbr>
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are available. On Mac OS X this will typically be
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<kbd class="menu">CoreAudio</kbd>. Advanced users on all platforms may also
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use <kbd class="menu">NetJack</kbd> which provides network audio I/O.
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</td></tr>
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<tr><th>Device</th>
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<td>The selector should show all available interfaces provided by the
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driver above and which are capable of duplex operation.
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<tr><th>Input Device</th>
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<td>
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The selector should show all available interfaces provided by the
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audio system above and which are capable of capturing audio.
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</td></tr>
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<tr><th>Output Device</th>
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<td>
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The selector should show all available interfaces provided by the
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audio system above and which are capable of playing audio.
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</td></tr>
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<tr><th>Sample Rate</th>
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<td>
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to allow for either lower latency, or lower CPU usage and higher
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latency.
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</td></tr>
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<tr><th>Input/Output Channels</th>
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<tr><th>Periods</th>
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<td>
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Specifies the number of hardware channels to use. The
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default is <kbd class="menu">all available channels</kbd>.</td></tr>
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<tr><th>Hardware Input/Output Latency</th>
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<td>Specify the hardware delay in samples for precise latency compensation.</td></tr>
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<tr><th>Calibrate</th>
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Number of frames between each hardware interrupt (analog-digital
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or digital-analog conversion).
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</td></tr>
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<tr><th>Hardware Monitoring</th>
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<td>
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This button runs a semi-automated guided process to obtain
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precise hardware latency measurements for the above option.</td></tr>
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This section allows choosing whether Ardour or auidio hardware should be
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handling recording monitoring.
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</td></tr>
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<tr><th>Advanced Settings</th>
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<td>
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This section contains several lower-level settings listed below.
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</td></tr>
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<tr><th>MIDI System</th>
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<td>
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Selects the MIDI driver to use. On Mac OS X, this will be <kbd
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class="menu">CoreMIDI</kbd>. On Linux, this will follow the audio backend.
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If the Audio backend is ALSA, midi will be alsa also. If the backend is
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JACK, it can be changed between two legacy
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ALSA drivers or the (preferred) new JACK+ALSA implementation.</td></tr>
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This allows choosing a MIDI driver. On macOS, this will be
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<kbd class="menu">CoreMIDI</kbd>. On Linux, the choice will be between
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ALSA sequencer and ALSA raw devices. Choosing "None" will disable the
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connection to the external MIDI backend and prevent Ardour from being
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exposed to external MIDI ports while allowing to route MIDI events inside
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the program.
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</td></tr>
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<tr><th>Setup & Calibration</th>
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<td>
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This button runs a semi-automated guided process to obtain precise
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hardware latency measurements for available MIDI ports.
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</td></tr>
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<tr><th>Hardware Input/Output Latency</th>
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<td>
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Specify the hardware delay in samples for precise latency compensation.
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</td></tr>
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<tr><th>Calibrate Audio</th>
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<td>
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This button runs a semi-automated guided process to obtain precise
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hardware latency measurements for available audio ports.
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</td></tr>
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</table>
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