52 lines
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52 lines
2.3 KiB
HTML
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layout: default
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title: Adding Tracks and Busses
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---
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<img class="right" src="/ardour/manual/html/screenshots/add-track-or-bus.png" alt="the add-track dialog" />
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<p>A track or bus can be added to a session in various ways:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Choose <kbd class="menu">Track > Add Track or Bus</kbd>.</li>
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<li><kbd class="mouse">Right</kbd>-click in an empty part of the track controls area.</li>
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<li>Click the <kbd class="menu">Plus (+)</kbd> button underneath the list of tracks in the mixer.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>
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Any of these actions will open the Add Track or Bus dialog. Note that any
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new tracks from this dialog will appear after the last currently selected
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track, or at the end if no track is selected.
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</p>
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<dl>
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<dt>Add</dt>
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<dd>Here you can select the number of tracks or busses you wish to create, and
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their <a href="/working-with-tracks/track-types/">types</a>.</dd>
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<dt>Configuration</dt>
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<dd>This menu lets you choose from a number of <dfn><a href="/missing">route
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templates</a></dfn>, which determine the number of input ports and optionally
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contain plugins and other mixer strip configuration.</dd>
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<dt>Track mode</dt>
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<dd>This option is only available for audio tracks. See <a href="/working-with-tracks/track-types/#trackmodes">Track Modes</a> for details.</dd>
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<dt>Instrument</dt>
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<dd>This option is only available for MIDI tracks and lets you select a
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default instrument from the list of available plugins.</dd>
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<dt>Group</dt>
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<dd>Tracks and busses can be assigned groups so that a selected range of
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operations are applied to all members of a group at the same time (selecting
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record enable, or editing, for example). This option lets you assign to an
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existing group, or create a new group.</dd>
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</dl>
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<p>
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New tracks appear in both the editor and mixer windows. The editor window
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shows the timeline, with any recorded data, and the mixer shows just the
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processing elements of the track (its plugins, fader and so on).
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</p>
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<h2>Removing Tracks and Busses</h2>
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<p>
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To <dfn>remove</dfn> tracks and busses, select them, <kbd
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class="mouse">right</kbd>-click and choose <kbd
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class="menu">Remove</kbd>
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from the menu. A warning dialog will pop up, as track removal cannot be undone;
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use this option with care!
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</p>
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