Crash course
Learn the basics of Ardour: setting up your gear, recording, editing, and mixing your first session, exporting, and performing live.
User manual
Comprehensive guide covering everything from basic setup and audio/MIDI recording to advanced mixing, editing, and plugin use.
Introduction
What is Ardour?
Initial configuration
User interface: the toolbar
Recording
Recording modes in Ardour
Voice-activated recording
MIDI
Smarter MIDI input selection in Ardour
How to use MIDI Learn in Ardour
How to use a MIDI keyboard to control Ardour
MIDI Drawing Toolbar
Split and join notes
Edit velocity in MIDI regions
Mixing
Using the mixer
Mixer scenes
Show automation on touch
Inline mixer controls
Adding plugins to favorites
External plugins
Live Performance
Basic concepts of Cue
Loading clips to trigger slots
Launching and stopping cues
Stretch options for trigger slots
Trigger types, legato, and cue isolate
How to program cue sequences
Program trigger probability
How to use cue markers
Library
Clips browser overview
Build a custom clips library
Loop downloads manager
