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diff --git a/manual/xml/tracks_and_busses.xml b/manual/xml/tracks_and_busses.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..0485f9c44f --- /dev/null +++ b/manual/xml/tracks_and_busses.xml @@ -0,0 +1,332 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" standalone="no"?> + +<!DOCTYPE section PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [ + +]> + +<section id="sn-tracks-and-busses"> + <title>Tracks and Busses</title> + <para> + This chapter covers basic management of tracks. Tracks are probably the most + important objects in Ardour. They represent the fundamental way to playback + and record audio, MIDI, and image data. + </para> + <mediaobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="images/signal_flow.png"/> + </imageobject> + </mediaobject> + <section id="creating-tracks"> + <title>Creating Tracks</title> + <para> + Tracks may be added to the session at any time. + </para> + + <orderedlist> + <title>Creating a new Track</title> + <listitem> + <para> + Choose <menuchoice> <guimenu>Session</guimenu> <guisubmenu>Add + Track/Bus</guisubmenu> </menuchoice> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + add_track.ps Add Track Dialog + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + In the Add Tracks dialog, choose whether you wish to add a new Track or a + new Bus. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Enter the number of new tracks/busses you want to add. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Choose the I/O configuration of the tracks/busses you are adding using + the clickbox. + </para> + </listitem> + </orderedlist> + <para> + After the track is created, it is recommended that you change its name from + the generic name it will have been provided with. To rename a track: + </para> + <orderedlist> + <title>Renaming a Track</title> + <listitem> + <para> + In the editor or mixer, the track name, and select <guimenuitem>Rename</guimenuitem> from the + dialog that appears. This will cause the "New Track Name" dialog to appear. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + In the New Track Name dialog, type a new track name, and then click the + <guibutton>OK</guibutton> button in that dialog. + </para> + </listitem> + </orderedlist> + </section> + + <section id="deleting-tracks"> + <title>Deleting Tracks</title> + <para> + Deleting a track is permanent operation that cannot be undone. However, + since the audio, MIDI, automation and other data associated with the track + will remain as part of the session, and the actual playlist(s) that were in + use by the track are still available. for use by other tracks. As a result, + although inadvertently deleting a track is inconvenient, it doesn't result + in any significant loss of information. + </para> + + <section id="deleting-a-track"> + <title>deleting a track</title> + <para> + Click on the name of the track you want to delete. From the menu that + appears, select <guimenuitem>Remove</guimenuitem>. A confirmation dialog will appear to ensure that + you really meant to remove the track. + </para> + </section> + </section> + + <section id="hiding-tracks"> + <title>Hiding Tracks</title> + <para> + The track list on the left edge of the Editor and Mixer can be used to hide + or show specific tracks in either or both of those two windows. To hide a + track, click to on the tracks name in the relevant track list. To show a + track, click on its name in the track list. Visible tracks have their names + shown in cyan, hidden ones in orange. + </para> + + <para> + You can also hide any track by clicking its hide button + (images/hidebutton.ps). + </para> + + <para> + Hiding a track in the Editor has no effect on its visibility in the Mixer, + and vice versa. Hiding a track in one or both windows does not affect the + playback of that track's material. + </para> + </section> + + <section id="track-visibility"> + <title>Track Visibility</title> + <section id="showing-all-tracks"> + <title>Showing all Tracks</title> + <para> + Click on the titlebar of the track list of the Editor or Mixer. From the + menu that appears, select "Show All" + </para> + </section> + + <section id="hiding-all-tracks"> + <title>Hiding all Tracks</title> + <para> + Click on the titlebar of the track list of the Editor or Mixer. From the + menu that appears, select "Hiding All". + </para> + </section> + + <section id="showing-classes-of-tracks"> + <title>Showing certain classes of tracks</title> + <para> + Click on the titlebar of the track list of the Editor or Mixer. From the + menu that appears, select "Show All Audio Tracks", or "Show all Busses" as + appropriate. + </para> + </section> + + <section id="hiding-classes-of-tracks"> + <title>Hiding certain classes of tracks</title> + <para> + Click on the titlebar of the track list of the Editor or Mixer. From the + menu that appears, select "Hide All Audio Tracks", or "Hide all Busses" as + appropriate. + </para> + </section> + + <section id="reordering-tracks"> + <title>Reordering Tracks</title> + <para> + Tracks may be reordered by clicking on their name in one of the track + lists and dragging it to a new position in the list. Note that the order + of tracks in the editor is totally independent of their order in the + mixer. + </para> + </section> + </section> + + <section id="io-configuration"> + <title>I/O Configuration</title> + <para></para> + </section> + + <section id="soloing-tracks"> + <title>Soloing Tracks</title> + <para> + "Soloing" a track refers to changing some aspect of the signal flow through + Ardour that makes it possible to listen to one (or just a few) tracks at a + time. It is often done during mixing and mastering to help an audio + engineer listen carefully to parts of the mix. + </para> + + <para> + Tracks may be soloed at any time. When one or more tracks are soloed, all + non-soloedntracks will no longer be audible. + </para> + + <para> + Soloing tracks does not affect the solo status of busses, nor vice versa. + That is, soloing a track leaves all busses audible and soloing a track + leaves all tracks "audible". You may not actually be able to hear the + "audible" material if it is routed through a non-soloed bus. + </para> + + <para> + This design is intended to allow FX busses and master outs to be useful + even when soloing. Soloing is made significantly more complex by the + presence of control outs (see control_outs_soloing for more details on + soloing with control outs). + </para> + + <section id="rude-solo-light"> + <title>Rude Solo Light</title> + <para> + Whenever one or more tracks are soloed, the "rude solo light" in the + transport window will flash. You can cancel any current solos by clicking + on the "rude solo light". + </para> + </section> + + <section id="solo-modes"> + <title>Solo modes</title> + <para> + Ardour has two solo modes. + </para> + + <variablelist> + <title></title> + <varlistentry> + <term>solo latch</term> + <listitem> + <para> + soloing a track adds it to the set of soloed tracks, so you may have + any number of soloed tracks. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term>solo unlatch</term> + <listitem> + <para> + soloing a track unsolos any other soloed track, so you can have only + one soloed track at a time. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> + </section> + + <section id="changing-solo-mode"> + <title>Changing Solo Mode</title> + <para> + To change the solo mode, goto the Options editor (options_editor) and view + the <guilabel>Misc</guilabel> tab. + </para> + </section> + + <section id="soloing-a-track"> + <title>Soloing a Track</title> + <para> + To toggle the solo state of a track, click on the solo button in either + the mixer strip for the track or the track controls section in the editor. + </para> + + <para> + To toggle the solo state of all tracks in an edit or mix group, use Ctrl1 + on the solo button of a track in the group. If you do this in the Editor, + the edit group will be used; in the Mixer, the mix group will be used. + </para> + + <para> + To toggle the solo state of all tracks, use + <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>Shift</keycap><mousebutton>Button1</mousebutton></keycombo> + on a track solo button. + </para> + </section> + + <section id="solo-safe"> + <title>Solo safe</title> + <para> + To protect a track's current solo status, use Shift1 on that track's solo + button. The color of the button will change to a pale blue to indicate + "solo safe" status. No changes to the solo state for that + track are possible until "solo safe" has been unset for the track. + </para> + </section> + + <section id="momentary-solo"> + <title>Momentary solo</title> + <para> + Use 2 on a track's solo button to solo the track for as long as the mouse + button is pressed. + </para> + </section> + </section> + + <section id="track-display-size"> + <title>Track Display Size</title> + <para> + In the editor window, tracks always extend across the full extent of the + track display area, but they can have varying heights. In the mixer window, + tracks always from the top to the bottom of the mixer (as strips), but they + can have varying widths. + </para> + + <section id="changing-editor-track-height"> + <title>Changing editor track height</title> + <para></para> + </section> + + <section id="changing-mixer-track-width"> + <title>Changing mixer track width</title> + <para></para> + </section> + </section> + + <section id="track-groups"> + <title>Grouping Tracks</title> + <section id="creating-a-track-group"> + <title>Creating a Group</title> + <para></para> + </section> + + <section id="renaming-track-group"> + <title>Renaming a Group</title> + <para></para> + </section> + + <section id="changing-members-of-a-track-group"> + <title>Changing members of a group</title> + <para></para> + </section> + + <section id="deleting-a-track-group"> + <title>Deleting a Group</title> + <para></para> + </section> + </section> +<!-- + <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" + href="Some_Subsection.xml" /> + --> +</section> |