diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'manual/xml/setting_up_to_record.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | manual/xml/setting_up_to_record.xml | 231 |
1 files changed, 231 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/manual/xml/setting_up_to_record.xml b/manual/xml/setting_up_to_record.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..bde52fd06a --- /dev/null +++ b/manual/xml/setting_up_to_record.xml @@ -0,0 +1,231 @@ +<?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-setting-up-to-record"> + <title>Setting Up To Record</title> + <para> + This page needs massive work + </para> + + <para> + It is very important that you check your system is connected and configured + correctly before attempting to record. See Hardware Installation for more + information on this topic. + </para> + + <section id="setup-connections"> + <title>Connections</title> + <para></para> + </section> + + <section id="setup-levels"> + <title>Levels</title> + <para></para> + </section> + + <section id="setup-clipping"> + <title>Clipping</title> + <para></para> + </section> + + <section id="record-enabling-tracks"> + <title>Record Enabling Tracks</title> + <para></para> + </section> + + <section id="setup-monitoring"> + <title>Monitoring</title> + <para></para> + </section> + + <section id="setup-hardware-monitoring"> + <title>Hardware Monitoring</title> + <para></para> + </section> + + <section id="setup-software-monitoring"> + <title>Software Monitoring</title> + <para></para> + </section> + + <section id="setup-latency"> + <title>Latency</title> + <para></para> + </section> + + <section id="setup-external-monitoring"> + <title>External Monitoring</title> + <para></para> + </section> + + <section id="setup-auto-input"> + <title>Auto-Input</title> + <para></para> + </section> + + <section id="setup-track-naming"> + <title>Track Naming</title> + <para></para> + </section> + + <section id="setup-default-names"> + <title>Default names</title> + <para></para> + </section> + + <section id="disk-allocation"> + <title> Disk Allocation </title> + <para> + It is of course possible to use Ardour on a single-disk system, but you are + more likely to have performance problems this way. + </para> + + <para> + If you have more than one disk available, we highly recommend using one + "system" disk and one or more "audio" disks. + </para> + + <section id="using-the-system-disk"> + <title>Using the system disk </title> + <para> + The "system" disk is the main disk on which your operating system and + (usually) all your installed software reside. + </para> + + <para> + If you have any other disks available, it is usually + <emphasis>not</emphasis> + advisable to put your Ardour session and all its soundfiles on the main + system disk. The reason is that this disk may be used at any time by the + OS or other programs and, if Ardour is trying to play a large amount of + disk data at that moment, in the worst case this can cause Ardour's + playback to stop completely. (insert screenshot of error dialog here) + </para> + + <para> + Even so, if you have only two disks (the system disk and your audio disk), + it is possible that a large session will reach the performance limits of a + single dedicated audio disk. In this case, it may be better to put some + audio data on the system disk as described in the Soft RAID section below. + </para> + </section> + + <section id="using-multiple-disks"> + <title> Using Multiple Disks </title> + <section id="hardware-raid"> + <title>Hardware RAID</title> + <para> + You can of course use a normal RAID disk array to spread data across + multiple disks. This is beyond the scope of this manual. + </para> + </section> + + <section id="soft-raid-path"> + <title>Ardour's "Soft" RAID Path</title> + <para> + It is possible to spread the resources for your Ardour session across + multiple disks. This can increase the number of tracks or regions you can + work with at once. + </para> + + <para> + There is no reason to do this if your computer has only one disk. + </para> + + <para> + To use the "soft RAID" feature, manually create a new directory on + another disk. Open the Options Editor window. Click on the Paths/Files + tab. In the "session RAID path" text box, you will see that the default + value is the path to the directory where your current session lives. But + this Session RAID Path can actually be a colon-separated list of + directories. To add your new directory to this list, type a single colon + after the existing Session RAID Path, followed by the full path to the + new directory. Ardour will now record new tracks to either directory. + (question: how does ardour decide which files go where?) + </para> + + <para> + You can squeeze some more disk performance out of an existing session by + following the above procedure, then manually moving some files from the + <code>sounds/</code> + subdirectory of the existing session into a + <code>sounds/</code> + subdirectory of your new directory. Be very careful when doing this! If + you accidentally delete these sound files, Ardour cannot magically fix it + for you. + </para> + + <note> + <para> + If you use the "soft" RAID feature described above, take care to + remember this when making and restoring session backups! You will not be + happy if you forget to back up one of your data directories; and + restoring a backup won't work if you don't make sure that the "Session + RAID Path" setting corresponds to the directories where you actually put + the restored files. + </para> + </note> + </section> + </section> + </section> + + <section id="recording-modes"> + <title> Recording modes </title> + <section id="destructive-recording"> + <title> destructive recording </title> + <para> + When creating tracks, there are 2 different options: Normal tracks and + Tape tracks. Tape tracks implement a "destructive" style of recording that + is useful when you will be making multiple recordings to the same track, + and you don't want to keep a separate "region" on disk for each take. + There is no undo function (yet) and there is no way to edit a tape track + (yet). So what is this good for? Well, consider the case where you are + doing a final mixdown of a project. You could record-enable two Tape + tracks, and send the master bus output to these tracks. Every time you + play through a section of the project, the resulting mix will be recorded + onto the continuous tape track. Once you reach the end of the project, you + can send the resultant wav file directly to the next production step. + There is no "rendering" step required. The utility of this increases when + you are using an outboard, automated mixer. This type of recording is very + common on a film dubbing stage. + </para> + </section> + </section> + + <section id="setup-loop-recording"> + <title>loop recording</title> + <para></para> + </section> + + <section id="setup-punch-recording"> + <title>Punch Recording</title> + <para></para> + </section> + + <section id="recording-with-a-click-track"> + <title>Recording with a Click track</title> + <para></para> + </section> + + <section id="the-click-track"> + <title>The Click Track</title> + <para> + Enabling the click Routing the click Specifying click sounds Default Meter + Default Tempo + </para> + </section> + + <section id="tempo"> + <title>Tempo</title> + <para> + manual tempo tap tempo + </para> + </section> +<!-- + <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" + href="Some_Subsection.xml" /> + --> +</section> |