diff options
author | Tim Mayberry <mojofunk@gmail.com> | 2007-05-22 09:56:15 +0000 |
---|---|---|
committer | Tim Mayberry <mojofunk@gmail.com> | 2007-05-22 09:56:15 +0000 |
commit | b917242ddd9f7387e4ad10c4a5baa788a1238ebd (patch) | |
tree | 9743c35094eec67e70c55ed255b3c4bd20d41f69 /manual | |
parent | d811eb184f3baff5858b13fca9ad145e98190ad4 (diff) |
Add a section on deactivating tracks
git-svn-id: svn://localhost/ardour2/trunk@1905 d708f5d6-7413-0410-9779-e7cbd77b26cf
Diffstat (limited to 'manual')
-rw-r--r-- | manual/images/inactive_track.png | bin | 0 -> 13308 bytes | |||
-rw-r--r-- | manual/xml/deactivating_tracks.xml | 43 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | manual/xml/tracks_and_busses.xml | 2 |
3 files changed, 45 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/manual/images/inactive_track.png b/manual/images/inactive_track.png Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000000..79cb8ab592 --- /dev/null +++ b/manual/images/inactive_track.png diff --git a/manual/xml/deactivating_tracks.xml b/manual/xml/deactivating_tracks.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..a625467cee --- /dev/null +++ b/manual/xml/deactivating_tracks.xml @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +<?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" [ + +<!ENTITY % BOOK_ENTITIES SYSTEM "./entities.ent"> +%BOOK_ENTITIES; + +]> + +<section id="sn-deactivating-tracks"> + <title>Deactivating Tracks</title> + <indexterm> + <primary>Tracks</primary> + <secondary>Deactivating</secondary> + </indexterm> + <para> + A track can be deactivated from the track context menu which is accessed + by clicking on the empty space in the &TRACK_CONTROLS; and choosing the + <guimenuitem>Active</guimenuitem> menu item. A track can also be made + inactive from the track name button in a &MIXER_STRIP;. + </para> + <mediaobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="images/inactive_track.png"/> + </imageobject> + <caption> + <para> + The &TRACK_CONTROLS; and &MIXER_STRIP; of inactive tracks have a + different background color to differenciate them from active tracks. + </para> + </caption> + </mediaobject> + <para> + Deactivating a track will silence it and reduce the amount of system + resources required to operate the session. An inactive Audio Track will + not read audio data from disk, unlike when a track is + <link linkend="sn-muting-tracks">muted</link>. + </para> +<!-- + <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" + href="Some_Subsection.xml" /> + --> +</section> diff --git a/manual/xml/tracks_and_busses.xml b/manual/xml/tracks_and_busses.xml index f6cb0d4f5f..9b539920ec 100644 --- a/manual/xml/tracks_and_busses.xml +++ b/manual/xml/tracks_and_busses.xml @@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ href="muting_tracks.xml" /> <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="soloing_tracks.xml" /> + <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" + href="deactivating_tracks.xml" /> <section id="track-display-size"> <title>Track Display Size</title> <para> |