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35 lines
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<p>
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Ardour tracks can have any number of inputs and any number of outputs, and the
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number of either can be changed at any time (subject to restrictions caused by
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any plugins in a track). However it is useful to not have to configure this sort
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of thing for the most common cases, and so the
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<a href="@@adding-tracks-busses-and-vcas">Add Tracks</a> dialog allows to
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select "Mono", "Stereo" and few other typical multichannel presets
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The name of the preset describes the number of <dfn>input channels</dfn>
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of the track or bus.
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<p>
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If Ardour is configured to automatically connect new tracks and
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busses, the number of outputs will be determined by the number of
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inputs of the <dfn>master <a
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href="@@understanding-basic-concepts-and-terminology#busses">bus</a></dfn>,
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to which the track outputs will be connected.
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For example, with a two-channel master bus, a Mono track has one
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input and two outputs; a Stereo track has two inputs and two outputs.
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<p class="note">
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If <kbd class="menu">Edit > Preferences > Signal Flow
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> Track and Bus Connections</kbd> is set to <kbd
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class="menu">manual</kbd>, then tracks will be left disconnected by default
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and there will be as many outputs as there are inputs. It is up to the user to connect
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them as desired. This is not a particularly useful way to work unless something
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fairly unusual is done with signal routing and processing. It is almost always
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preferable to leave Ardour make connections automatically, even if some changes
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are manually done later.
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</p>
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