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121 lines
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title: Ardour's Interface
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---
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<p>
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In Ardour, work is done in two main windows: the <dfn>Editor</dfn> and the
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<dfn>Mixer</dfn>.
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</p>
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<figure style="width:100%;">
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<div class="container" style="float:left; width: 615px; height: 445px; background-image: url('/images/editor_split_OSTitlebar.png');">
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<a href="/ardours-interface/main-menu/" alt="Menu"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 12px; top: 18px; width: 194px; height: 15px; background-image: url('/images/editor_split_Menu.png');"></div></a>
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<a href="/ardours-interface/status-bar/" alt="Status Bar"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 219px; top: 18px; width: 379px; height: 15px; background-image: url('/images/editor_split_StatusBar.png');"></div></a>
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<a href="/ardours-interface/the-transport-bar/" alt="Transport Bar"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 10px; top: 36px; width: 199px; height: 39px; background-image: url('/images/editor_split_TransportBar.png');"></div></a>
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<a href="/ardours-interface/transport-clocks/" alt="Transport Clocks"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 214px; top: 35px; width: 147px; height: 39px; background-image: url('/images/editor_split_TransportClocks.png');"></div></a>
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<a href="/ardours-interface/selection-and-punch-clocks/" alt="Selection and Punch Clocks"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 366px; top: 35px; width: 133px; height: 39px; background-image: url('/images/editor_split_SelectionandPunchClocks.png');"></div></a>
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<a href="/ardours-interface/status-indicators/" alt="Status and Mode buttons"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 504px; top: 35px; width: 94px; height: 39px; background-image: url('/images/editor_split_StatusandModebuttons.png');"></div></a>
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<a href="/ardours-interface/audio-midi-mixer-strips/" alt="Editors Mixer Strip"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 6px; top: 78px; width: 56px; height: 332px; background-image: url('/images/editor_split_EditorsMixerStrip.png');"></div></a>
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<a href="/ardours-interface/the-summary/" alt="Summary"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 72px; top: 385px; width: 394px; height: 51px; background-image: url('/images/editor_split_Summary.png');"></div></a>
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<a href="/ardours-interface/editor-lists/" alt="Editors List"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 474px; top: 105px; width: 122px; height: 309px; background-image: url('/images/editor_split_EditorsList.png');"></div></a>
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<a href="/ardours-interface/the-nudge-controls/" alt="Nudge Controls"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 512px; top: 79px; width: 94px; height: 23px; background-image: url('/images/editor_split_NudgeControls.png');"></div></a>
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<a href="/ardours-interface/the-edit-point-control/" alt="Edit Point"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 461px; top: 80px; width: 45px; height: 23px; background-image: url('/images/editor_split_EditPoint.png');"></div></a>
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<a href="/ardours-interface/the-grid-controls/" alt="Grid Controls"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 349px; top: 80px; width: 108px; height: 23px; background-image: url('/images/editor_split_GridControls.png');"></div></a>
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<a href="/ardours-interface/the-zoom-controls/" alt="Zoom Controls"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 215px; top: 79px; width: 129px; height: 23px; background-image: url('/images/editor_split_ZoomControls.png');"></div></a>
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<a href="/ardours-interface/the-toolbox/" alt="Toolbox"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 69px; top: 79px; width: 140px; height: 23px; background-image: url('/images/editor_split_Toolbox.png');"></div></a>
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<a href="/ardours-interface/the-ruler/" alt="Rulers"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 72px; top: 105px; width: 394px; height: 62px; background-image: url('/images/editor_split_Rulers.png');"></div></a>
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<div class="hoverimg" style="left: 69px; top: 170px; width: 8px; height: 197px; background-image: url('/images/editor_split_Groupstabs.png');"></div>
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<div class="hoverimg" style="left: 81px; top: 320px; width: 386px; height: 62px; background-image: url('/images/editor_split_aMIDITrack.png');"></div>
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<div class="hoverimg" style="left: 81px; top: 285px; width: 386px; height: 33px; background-image: url('/images/editor_split_anotherAudioTrack.png');"></div>
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<div class="hoverimg" style="left: 81px; top: 248px; width: 386px; height: 34px; background-image: url('/images/editor_split_Automation.png');"></div>
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<div class="hoverimg" style="left: 81px; top: 207px; width: 386px; height: 37px; background-image: url('/images/editor_split_anAudioTrack.png');"></div>
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<div class="hoverimg" style="left: 81px; top: 170px; width: 386px; height: 33px; background-image: url('/images/editor_split_MasterBusTrack.png');"></div>
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</div>
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<div class="container" style="float:left; width: 627px; height: 430px; background-image: url('/images/mixer_split_OsTitleBar.png');">
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<a href="/ardours-interface/main-menu/" alt="Menu Bar"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 18px; top: 17px; width: 193px; height: 16px; background-image: url('/images/mixer_split_MenuBar.png');"></div></a>
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<a href="/ardours-interface/status-bar/" alt="Status Bar"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 226px; top: 17px; width: 379px; height: 16px; background-image: url('/images/mixer_split_StatusBar.png');"></div></a>
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<a href="/ardours-interface/the-transport-bar/" alt="Transport Bar"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 12px; top: 37px; width: 198px; height: 38px; background-image: url('/images/mixer_split_TransportBar.png');"></div></a>
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<a href="/ardours-interface/transport-clocks/" alt="Transport Clocks"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 216px; top: 38px; width: 146px; height: 38px; background-image: url('/images/mixer_split_TransportClocks.png');"></div></a>
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<a href="/ardours-interface/selection-and-punch-clocks/" alt="Punch and Selection Clocks"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 369px; top: 38px; width: 135px; height: 38px; background-image: url('/images/mixer_split_PunchandSelectionClocks.png');"></div></a>
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<a href="/ardours-interface/status-indicators/" alt="Status and Mode buttons"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 511px; top: 37px; width: 94px; height: 38px; background-image: url('/images/mixer_split_StatusandModebuttons.png');"></div></a>
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<a href="/ardours-interface/favorite-plugins-window/" alt="Favorite Plugins"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 6px; top: 79px; width: 116px; height: 136px; background-image: url('/images/mixer_split_FavoritePlugins.png');"></div></a>
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<a href="/ardours-interface/the-strips-list/" alt="Strips List"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 6px; top: 220px; width: 115px; height: 97px; background-image: url('/images/mixer_split_StripsList.png');"></div></a>
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<a href="/ardours-interface/the-groups-list/" alt="Group List"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 6px; top: 321px; width: 116px; height: 99px; background-image: url('/images/mixer_split_GroupList.png');"></div></a>
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<a href="/ardours-interface/audio-midi-mixer-strips/" alt="an Audio Strip"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 128px; top: 97px; width: 57px; height: 320px; background-image: url('/images/mixer_split_anAudioStrip.png');"></div></a>
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<a href="/ardours-interface/audio-midi-mixer-strips/" alt="another Audio Strip"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 191px; top: 97px; width: 55px; height: 320px; background-image: url('/images/mixer_split_anotherAudioStrip.png');"></div></a>
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<a href="/ardours-interface/audio-midi-mixer-strips/" alt="a MIDI Strip"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 251px; top: 97px; width: 55px; height: 320px; background-image: url('/images/mixer_split_aMIDIStrip.png');"></div></a>
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<a href="/ardours-interface/busses-mixer-strips/" alt="a Bus Strip"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 313px; top: 97px; width: 56px; height: 320px; background-image: url('/images/mixer_split_aBusStrip.png');"></div></a>
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<a href="/ardours-interface/control-masters/" alt="Control Masters"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 373px; top: 81px; width: 98px; height: 331px; background-image: url('/images/mixer_split_ControlMasters.png');"></div></a>
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<a href="/ardours-interface/the-master-bus-strip/" alt="the Master Strip"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 477px; top: 81px; width: 54px; height: 331px; background-image: url('/images/mixer_split_theMasterStrip.png');"></div></a>
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<a href="/ardours-interface/the-monitor-section/" alt="Monitor Section"><div class="hoverimg" style="left: 536px; top: 80px; width: 82px; height: 332px; background-image: url('/images/mixer_split_MonitorSection.png');"></div></a>
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<div class="hoverimg" style="left: 133px; top: 80px; width: 223px; height: 11px; background-image: url('/images/mixer_split_GroupTabs.png');"></div>
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</div>
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<!--<figcaption>
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<ol class="multicol3">
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<li>Main menu</li>
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<li>Status bar</li>
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</ol><ol class="multicol3" start="3">
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<li>Transport bar and Times</li>
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<li>Mode switch</li>
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</ol><ol class="multicol3" start="5">
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<li>The <dfn>Mixer</dfn> window</li>
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<li>The <dfn>Editor</dfn> window</li>
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</ol>
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</figcaption>-->
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<figcaption>
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The Editor and Mixer windows. Click on a section to access its description.
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</figcaption>
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</figure>
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<p>
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Switching between the Editor and the Mixer windows is done :
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</p>
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<ul>
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<li>with the <a href="/ardours-interface/status-indicators/">Mode Selector buttons</a> in the upper right</li>
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<li>with the <kbd class="mod2">M</kbd> shortcut</li>
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<li>with the menu <kbd class="menu">Window > Editor <em>(or Mixer)</em> > Show</kbd>.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>
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Both windows can be visible at the same time (eg. for a multi-monitor
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setup) using <kbd class="menu">Window > Editor <em>(or Mixer)</em> > Detach</kbd> option in the same submenu.
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</p>
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<h2>The Editor</h2>
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The <dfn>Editor</dfn> window includes the editor track <dfn>canvas</dfn>
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where audio and MIDI data can be arranged along a timeline. This is the
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window where editing and arranging a project is done. The window
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has a general "horizontal" sense to it: the timeline flows from left to
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right, the playhead showing the current position in the session moves
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from left to right — the window really represents <dfn>time</dfn>
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in a fairly literal way.
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</p>
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<p>
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It is possible to show a single channel strip in the editor window, and
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some people find this enough to work on mixing without actually opening
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the mixer window. Most of the time though, both of these windows will be
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needed at various stages of a session's lifetime.
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</p>
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<h2>The Mixer</h2>
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The <dfn>Mixer</dfn> window represents signal flow and is the window that will
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probably be used most when mixing a session. It
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includes <dfn>channel strips</dfn> for each track and bus in the session.
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It has a general "vertical" sense to it: signals flow from the top of each
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channel strip through the processing elements in the strip to reach the
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output listed at the bottom.
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</p>
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<p>
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To learn more about the process of mixing, see <a href="/mixing/">Mixing<a>.
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</p>
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