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diff --git a/manual/xml/creating_a_new_session.xml b/manual/xml/creating_a_new_session.xml deleted file mode 100644 index d969f04d78..0000000000 --- a/manual/xml/creating_a_new_session.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,138 +0,0 @@ -<?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-creating-a-new-session"> - <title>Creating a new Session</title> - <para> - The first step in starting a new project with Ardour is to create a new - session. When you do this, Ardour creates a new folder named after your - session, and stores differents kinds of files and subfolders within it. - The two most important subfolders are <filename>sounds</filename> which - contains all the audio recorded or imported for the session and - <filename>automation</filename> which contains automation data for - various parts of the session. - </para> - - <para> - When you start ardour without specifying an existing session, it - automatically brings up the new session dialog. If you want to create a - new session at other times, choose <menuchoice> - <guimenu>Session</guimenu> <guisubmenu>New Session</guisubmenu> - </menuchoice>. - </para> - <mediaobject> - <imageobject> - <imagedata fileref="images/session_control.png"/> - </imageobject> - </mediaobject> - <para> - Enter a name for the new session. You can use any characters you like as - part of the name, but you should know that more or less anything other - than alphabetic and numeric characters will be converted to underscores - to form the name of the session folder. - </para> - - <para> - Next, choose where you want to store the new session folder. If its not - in your current working folder, click on the browse button to expand the - file selector, and then navigate to your desired location. - </para> - <mediaobject> - <imageobject> - <imagedata fileref="images/new_session_select_directory.png"/> - </imageobject> - </mediaobject> - <section id="new-session-io"> - <title>Input and Output Configuration</title> - <para> - Next, configure the basic IO setup for the session. You have several - choices here, and doing nothing is one of them. This will give you a - session that includes: - </para> - - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para> - a stereo master bus with its outputs connected to the first two - outputs of your audio interface - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - all new track will have their outputs sent to the master bus - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - all new track inputs will be connected to Ardour’s best guess at - the relevant input of your audio interface. - </para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - - <para> - However, if you want more control over this, click on the expander - next to <guilabel>Advanced options</guilabel> label to show the full - set of options: - </para> - <mediaobject> - <imageobject> - <imagedata fileref="images/new_session_advanced_tab.png"/> - </imageobject> - </mediaobject> - <para> - There are two options available for track input configuration: - autoconnect or manual. If you select autoconnect (the default) then - new tracks will be connected to an input of your audio interface. If - you select manual, it will be up to you to configure the input for - each track. - </para> - - <para> - For output, the first two choices are whether to have control and - master outs. Most DAWs assume the presence of master outs, and few (if - any) offer control outs. - </para> - - <section id="new-session-master-outs"> - <title>Master Outputs</title> - <para> - A Master out is a bus to which all (or most) tracks and other busses - send their output. It provides a convenient single point of control - for the output of ardour, and is a typical location for global - effects. Because of this, using master outs is enabled by default, - and the master out bus is setup to be stereo (2 inputs, 2 outputs). - However, if you are feeding Ardour’s output through a hardware - mixing console, you may not want master outs. In such cases, disable - them by clicking on the radio button next to “Use master outs”. - Alternatively, you may want some other channel configuration for the - master output (for example, 8 channel surround sound). Select this - by using the clickbox (see clickboxes) next to the radio button. - </para> - </section> - - <section id="new-session-control-outs"> - <title>Control Outputs</title> - <para> - Control outs are unusual for DAWs, but because Ardour is designed to - be as flexible as possible, and in particular is intended to be - useful as a live mixer, they are included here. Using control outs - provides you with a dedicated bus to which all tracks have an - additional output connection. As well as feeding their regular - outputs, they send data to the control outs as well. In an - unadjusted session, this means that the control outs carry the same - signal as the master outs. However, once you start soloing tracks, - the control outs will carry only soloed tracks while the master outs - continue to carry the entire mix. A typical use of control outs is - when doing live stage work. The mix engineer will be listening to - the control outs, and can therefore solo tracks without affecting - the signal being sent to the master outs (the main speakers). - </para> - </section> - </section> -</section> |