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<p>
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Ardour has a good support for the Softube Console1 controller.
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</p>
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<h2>Connecting the Console1</h2>
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<p>
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Console1 comes with a single USB Socket on the back. Connect a
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suitable USB cable from there to a USB port on your computer.
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</p>
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<p class="well">
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Ardour uses the Console1 as a generic MIDI controller. You
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do not need to do anything to enable this—The Console1
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sends and receives ordinary MIDI controller messages to/from
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the host, and the host understands the intended meaning of these
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messages. We note this detail to avoid speculation about whether
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Ardour supports the native mode, which sends MIDI Sysex
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Messages—it does not.
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</p>
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<p>
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The Console1 will be automatically recognized by your operating
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system, and will appear in any of the lists of possible MIDI ports
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in both Ardour and other similar software.
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</p>
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<p>
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To connect the Console1 to Ardour, open the Preferences dialog, and
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then click on "Control Surfaces". Click on the "Enable" button
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in the line that says "Console1" in order to activate Ardour's
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Console1 support. Then double click on the line that says
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"Console1". A new dialog will open, containing two dropdown selectors
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that will allow you to identify the MIDI ports where your Console1
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is connected.
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</p>
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<figure>
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<img width="100%" src="/images/c1_settings.png" alt="The Console 1 configuration dialog">
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<figcaption>
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The Console1 configuration dialog
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</figcaption>
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</figure>
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<p>
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Once you select the input and output port, Ardour will initialize
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the Console1 and it will be ready to use. You only need do this
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once: once these ports are connected and your session has been
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saved, the connections will be made automatically in this and other
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future sessions.
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</p>
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<h2>Harrison Mixbus & Mixbus 32c</h2>
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<p class="well">
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A lot of functionality is developed to be used with Harrison Mixbus
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and Harrison Mixbus32c, therefore the assignment of the controls might
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sometimes feels a little arbitrary. However, in the future it might
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be possible, to controll plugins with this surface.<br/>
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<strong>Controls only used by Harrison Mixbus (32c) are marked with
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[Mixbus]</strong><br/>
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<strong>Controls inside a Mixbus only section wich are working in
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Ardour as well marked with [Ardour]</strong><br/>
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</p>
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<h2>Using the Console1</h2>
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<p class="well">
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The <kbd class="button">Fine Adjust / Shift</kbd> button unfortunately
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does not work in the generic MIDI mode.
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Therefore the <kbd class="button">Preset / Save Preset</kbd> button is used as a shift
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button.
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In the following this will be simply referred to as the <em>Shift</em> button
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</p>
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<h3>The controls</h3>
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<h4>General</h4>
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<table class="dl">
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="button">On</kbd></th>
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<td>Is lit when a mixer strip is in solo mode and
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can disables all solo modes.<em>Rude Solo</em></td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="button">Mode</kbd></th>
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<td>Zooms to selection</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="button">Page Up</kbd> / <kbd class="button">Page Down</kbd></th>
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<td>Switches 20 mixer strips up or down. Only lit if there is another page/bank<td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="button">1</kbd>...<kbd class="button">20</kbd></th>
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<td>Select the nth mixer strip of the current bank.<em>The Master channel is always the last mixer strip</em></td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="button">Track Group</kbd>/<kbd class="button">Track Copy</kbd></th>
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<td>Unused</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="button">Order</kbd></th>
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<td>[Mixbus]Switches between the compressor modes: Leveler/Compressor/Limiter — see Compressor section</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="button">External Sidechain</kbd></th>
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<td>Switches between Edit, Cue and Mixer Screen</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="knob">Input</kbd></th>
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<td>Trim</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="fader">Input Meter</kbd></th>
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<td>Unused</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="knob">High Cut</kbd></th>
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<td>[Mixbus]High Cut</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="knob">Low Cut</kbd></th>
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<td>[Mixbus]Low Cut</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="button">Filter to Compressor</kbd></th>
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<td>[Mixbus]Filters on/off</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="button">Phase</kbd></th>
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<td>Switches the phase of all channels. If only one of more channels is switched in the GUI, the LED blinks</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="button">Preset</kbd></th>
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<td>The Global 'Shift' button</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="knob">Pan</kbd></th>
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<td>Pan</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="button">Solo</kbd></th>
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<td>Solo button for the mixer strip</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="button">Mute</kbd></th>
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<td>Mute button for the mixer strip, blinks, when the mixer strip is muted due to another mixer strips Solo-Mode</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="fader">Volume Meter</kbd></th>
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<td>Shows the mixer strip volume</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="knob">Volume</kbd></th>
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<td>Sets the mixer strip volume</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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<h4>Shape-Section [Mixbus]</h4>
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<table class="dl">
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="button">Shape</kbd></th>
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<td>Switches the Gate section on or off</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="fader">Shape Meter</kbd></th>
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<td>Shows the Gain reduction of the gate<td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="knob">Gate</kbd></th>
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<td>Threshold for the gate</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="knob">Gate Release</kbd></th>
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<td>Release time for the gate</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="knob">Shift</kbd>+<kbd class="knob">Gate Release</kbd></th>
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<td>Hysteresis for the gate</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="knob">Sustain</kbd></th>
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<td>Attack time for the gate</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="knob">Shift</kbd>+<kbd class="knob">Sustain</kbd></th>
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<td>Hold time for the gate</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="knob">Punch</kbd></th>
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<td>Depth for the gate</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="knob">Shift</kbd>+<kbd class="knob">Sustain</kbd></th>
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<td>Filter frequency for the gate</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="button">Hard Gate</kbd></th>
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<td>Sidechain filter on / off</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="knob">Shift</kbd>+<kbd class="button">Hard Gate</kbd></th>
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<td>Sidechain filter listen</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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<h4>Equalizer Section [Mixbus]</h4>
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<p class="well">
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All encoders in the EQ section are working as sends if the shift button is activated.
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See the bus send section.
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</p>
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<table class="dl">
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="button">Equalizer</kbd></th>
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<td>Switches the Equalizer section on or off</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="knob">Low Gain</kbd></th>
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<td>The Gain (reduction or boost) of the semiparametric bass eq<td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="knob">(Low) Frequency</kbd></th>
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<td>The frequency of the semiparametric bass eq<td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="button">(Low) Cut / Bell / Shelf</kbd></th>
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<td>Switches between Cut/Boost or Shelf (this uses only two of the three states</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="knob">Low Mid Gain</kbd></th>
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<td>The Gain (reduction or boost) of the semiparametric low mid eq</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="knob">(Low Mid) Frequency</kbd></th>
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<td>The frequency of the semiparametric low mid eq</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="knob">(Low Mid) Shape</kbd></th>
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<td>[Ardour]The eleventh send of a mixer strip / Send to the eleventh mixbus</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="knob">High Mid Gain</kbd></th>
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<td>The Gain (reduction or boost) of the semiparametric high mid eq</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="knob">(High Mid) Frequency</kbd></th>
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<td>The frequency of the semiparametric high mid eq</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="knob">(High Mid) Shape</kbd></th>
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<td>[Ardour]The twelfth send of a mixer strip / Send to the twelfth mixbus
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(see section Mixbusses) </td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="knob">High Gain</kbd></th>
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<td>The Gain (reduction or boost) of the semiparametric treble eq</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="knob">(High) Frequency</kbd></th>
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<td>The frequency of the semiparametric treble eq<td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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<h4>Compressor Section [Mixbus]</h4>
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<table class="dl">
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="button">Compressor</kbd></th>
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<td>Switches the Compressor on or off</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="fader">Compressor Meter</kbd></th>
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<td>Shows the gain reduction of the leveler/compressor/limiter<td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="button">Order</kbd></th>
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<td><em>Above this section</em> Switches between the compressor modes: Leveler/Compressor/Limiter</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="knob">Ratio</kbd></th>
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<td>Ratio of the compressor<td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="knob">Parallel Dry/Wet</kbd></th>
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<td>Makeup gain of the compressor</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="knob">Attack</kbd></th>
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<td>Attack time of the compressor<td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="button">Release</kbd></th>
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<td>Release time of the compressor</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="knob">Threshold</kbd></th>
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<td>Threshold of the compressor</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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<h4>Sends</h4>
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<div class="well">
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All Encoders in the equalizer-section are working as sends when 'shift' is selected.<br/>
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Additionally the Low-Mid and High-Mid shape encoders are sends to the mixbusses
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eleven and twelfe. The Idea behind this is to have some common effects on this two
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mixbusses which are accessible without 'shift'. Currently, this is focused on Mixbus. <br/>
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The functionality will be extended to fit better with Ardour in a second development phase.
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However, if a mixer strip in Ardour has sends to busses, these are accessible with the send encoders
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as well. These are numbered from top to bottom. The topmost send can be changed by
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the send 1 encoder <kbd class="knob">Shift</kbd>+<kbd class="knob">(Low) Frequency</kbd>,
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the next send below by the send 2 encoder
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<kbd class="knob">Shift</kbd>+<kbd class="knob">(Low Mid) Frequency</kbd> and so on.
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</div>
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<table class="dl">
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="knob">Shift</kbd>+<kbd class="knob">(Low) Frequency</kbd></th>
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<td>Send 1<td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="knob">Shift</kbd>+<kbd class="knob">(Low Mid) Frequency</kbd></th>
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<td>Send 2</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="knob">Shift</kbd>+<kbd class="knob">(High Mid) Frequency</kbd></th>
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<td>Send 3</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="knob">Shift</kbd>+<kbd class="knob">(High) Frequency</kbd></th>
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<td>Send 4</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="knob">Shift</kbd>+<kbd class="knob">Low Gain</kbd></th>
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<td>Send 5</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="knob">Shift</kbd>+<kbd class="knob">Low Mid Gain</kbd></th>
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<td>Send 6</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="knob">Shift</kbd>+<kbd class="knob">High Mid Gain</kbd></th>
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<td>Send 7</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="knob">Shift</kbd>+<kbd class="knob">High Gain</kbd></th>
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<td>Send 8</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="knob">Shift</kbd>+<kbd class="knob">(Low Mid) Shape</kbd></th>
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<td>Send 9</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="knob">Shift</kbd>+<kbd class="knob">(High Mid) Shape</kbd></th>
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<td>Send 10</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="knob">(Low Mid) Shape</kbd></th>
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<td>Send 11</td>
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</tr>
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<th><kbd class="knob">(High Mid) Shape</kbd></th>
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<td>Send 12</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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