Ardour Glossary A ALSA Abbreviation for Advanced Linux Sound Architecture. ALSA provides audio and MIDI functionality to the Linux operating system. Audio Track Some reasonable definition here. Auditioner Some reasonable definition here. B Bus Some reasonable definition here. Bus Track Some reasonable definition here. C Crossfade Some reasonable definition here. D DAW Abbreviation of Digital Audio Workstation. Some reasonable definition here. Destructive Recording Some reasonable definition here. DSP Some reasonable definition here. E Embed Some reasonable definition here. H HDR Short for Hard Disk Recorder. Some reasonable definition here. I Insert Some reasonable definition here. J JACK Initialism of Jack Audio Connection Kit. Some reasonable definition here. L LADSPA Abbreviation of Linux Audio Developers Simple Plugin API. Some reasonable definition here. M MIDI Abbreviation for Musical Instrument Digital Interface. Some reasonable definition here. P Playlist some reasonable definition here. plugin some reasonable definition here. POSIX POSIX stands for Portable Operating System Interface for uniX. Some reasonable definition here. R Region Some reasonable definition here. Redirect Some reasonable definition here. S Send Some reasonable definition here. Session Some reasonable definition here. Session Template Some reasonable definition here. Submixing Some reasonable definition here. T Tape Track Some Reasonable definition here. Track Some reasonable definition here. V VST Short for Virtual Studio Technology