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title: The Window Menu
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The Window menu deals with the layout of the different windows, and their visibility.
- [] Audio/MIDI Setup
- Shows the window, where the sound system configuration can be modified
- Editor
- Show
- Switches to the Editor view
- Hide
- Hides the Editor, hence showing the Mixer when the windows are attached
- Attach
- If the Editor window is detached, separated from the main window, attach it back
- Detach
- If the Editor is attached to the main window, fetach it (makes the Editor a separated window, usefull for multi-monitor setup)
- Mixer
- Show/Hide/Attach/Detach
- Same as for the Editor, for the Mixer window
- Preferences
- Show/Hide/Attach/Detach
- Same as for the Editor, for the Preferences window
- Meterbridge
- Shows the window, that displays all the tracks' meter at once and their recording status, and is very handy for multitrack recording
- Scripting
- Opens the window, allowing to edit and run Lua scripts
- [] Tracks and Busses
- Opens the window, which is a shortcut to many tracks/busses operations (routing, effects, ...)
- [] Locations
- Opens the window, a single point of control for all range and location markers
- [] Binding Editor
- Opens the window, which allows for easy creation or modification of any keyboard shortcut
- [] Bundle Manager
- Opens the window, allowing to create and manage Bundles, which are a way to simplify connection management, by defining groups of ports
- [] Big Clock
- Opens the Main Clock as its own separate (and huge) window, which is helpfull when recording
- [] Video Monitor
- If a video has been imported in the session, opens a video window (namely, Xjadeo), synced to the timeline
- Midi Tracer
- Opens the window, allowing to follow each and every MIDI message entering or leaving Ardour
- [] Audio Connections
- Opens the window, a way to make connections to, from and within Ardour's mixer
- [] MIDI Connections
- Same as above, for the MIDI connections
- [] Log
- Shows the window, where Ardour lists usefull information, warnings and errors