The menu groups together everything related to the session and the file operations.
- New…
- Creates a new session
- Open…
- Opens an existing session
- Recent…
- Opens a list of recent session that can be opened
- Close
- Closes the current session (but not Ardour)
- Save
- Saves the current session
- Save As…
- Saves to a new session (with options)
- Rename…
- Changes the name of the session
- Snapshot (& keep working on current version)…
- Create a Snapshot but any subsequent change will be saved to this session
- Snapshot (& switch to new version)…
- Same thing, and any subsequent change will be saved to this new snapshot session
- Save Template…
- Saves the session as a template, without the audio
- Archive…
- Exports the session as a compressed file for archiving or sharing purposes, optionnaly compressing the audio to FLAC
- Metadata
- Edit Metadata…
- Opens the Metadata window, where informations about the session can be saved
- Import Metadata…
- Creates the metadata by extracting them from another session
- Add Track, Bus or VCA…
- Adds a new track/bus/VCA to the session, same as the
- Import
- Opens the Import windows, to add media to the session
- Import PT session
- Import a ProTools© session file. Not everything in the original session can be imported.
- Scripting
- Add Lua Script…
- Loads or adds a Lua Session script to the current session
- Remove Lua Script
- Removes a loaded Lua Session script from the session
- Open Video…
- Imports a video file in the session
- Remove Video
- Removes the video part of the session (the video timeline disappears)
- Export
- Export to Audio File(s)…
- Export all or part of the session in audio form
- Stem export…
- Exports each track as its own audio file (for e.g. DAW interchange)
- Export to Video File
- Exports the session to a video file
- Clean-Up
- Bring all media into session folder
- Copies all the media files imported from outside the session folder in that folder, see Cleaning up Sessions
- Reset Peak Files
- Reinitializes the buffered images representing the audio files
- Clean-up Unused Sources…
- Quarantines all the media files not used in the session to a specific subfolder of the session
- Flush Wastebasket
- Deletes those quarantined files
- [] Properties
- Shows the Session Properties dialog, allowing to fine-tune the parameters of the current session
- Lock
- Locks the session by showing an Unlock window that (until cliked) blocks every action on Ardour's window
- Quit
- Exits Ardour. Prompts for saving the session if it has been modified.