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title: Starting Ardour
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<p>
There are several ways of <dfn>starting Ardour</dfn>, which may vary
depending on which platform you are using it.
</p>
<ul>
<li>double-click the Ardour icon in your platform's file manager (e.g.
Nautilus on Linux, Finder on OS X)</li>
<li>double click on an Ardour session file in your platform's file manager</li>
<li>on Linux, you can also start Ardour <a
href="/ardours-interface/starting-ardour/starting-ardour-from-the-command-line/">on
the command line</a></li>
</ul>
<p>
When Ardour is run for the very first time, a special dialog is displayed
that will ask you several questions about your setup. You will not be asked
these questions again, but you can always modify your choices via the
<kbd class="menu">Edit &gt; Preferences</kbd> dialog.
</p>
<p>
In general, it is sensible to start JACK before you run Ardour. This is not
necessary, but will provide you with more control and options over JACK's
operation.
</p>
<p>
If you open Ardour without specifying an existing session it will display
the <kbd class="menu">Session &gt; New...</kbd> dialog. If JACK is not already
running, there will be an extra <kbd class="menu">Audio Engine</kbd> tab in
that dialog to configure JACK, which Ardour will then start automatically.
</p>
<p>
If you did specify an existing session but JACK is not already running, the
<kbd class="menu">New Session</kbd> dialog will contain just the Audio Engine tab.
</p>
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