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<p>
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There are several ways of <dfn>starting Ardour</dfn>, which may vary
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depending on which platform it is being used on:
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</p>
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<ul>
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<li>by double-clicking the Ardour icon in the platform's file manager (e.g.
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Nautilus on Linux, Finder on OS X)</li>
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<li>by double-clicking on an Ardour session file in the platform's file
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manager
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</li>
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<li>on Linux, Ardour can also be started via the command line (see below)
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</li>
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</ul>
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When Ardour is run for the very first time, a special dialog is displayed
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that will ask several questions about the system's setup. The questions will
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not be asked again, but the choices thus made can always be modified via the
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<kbd class="menu">Edit > Preferences</kbd> dialog.
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<p>
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If JACK is needed, in general, it is sensible to start it <em>before</em>
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Ardour is run. Though this is not strictly necessary, it will provide more
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control and options over JACK's operation. JACK can be started through the
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<abbr title="Command Line Interface">CLI</abbr> of a terminal, or by using a
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<abbr title="Graphical User Interface">GUI</abbr> program, like <a
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href="https://qjackctl.sourceforge.io/">QjackCtl</a> or <a
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href="http://kxstudio.linuxaudio.org/Applications:Cadence">Cadence</a>.
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<p class="note">
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If Ardour is opened without specifying an existing session, it will display
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the <kbd class="menu">Session > New…</kbd> dialog and the <kbd
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class="menu">Audio/MIDI Setup</kbd> dialog. See <a
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href="@@newopen-session-dialog">New/Open Session Dialog</a> for a description
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of those dialogs.
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</p>
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<h2>Starting Ardour From the Command Line (Linux)</h2>
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<p>
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Like (almost) any other program on Linux, Ardour can be started on the
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command line. Type the following command in a terminal window:
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<kbd class="cmd lin">Ardour6</kbd>
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<p>
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To start Ardour with an existing session, use:
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<kbd class="cmd lin">Ardour6 <em>/path/to/session</em></kbd>
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Replace /path/to/session with the actual path of the session. Either the
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session folder or any session file inside the folder can be specified,
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including snapshots.
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</p>
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<p>
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To start Ardour with a new, named session, use:
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<kbd class="cmd lin">Ardour6 -N <em>/path/to/session</em></kbd>
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