{"id":497,"date":"2008-01-24T20:29:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-24T20:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/2008\/01\/24\/ardour-repor\/"},"modified":"2015-06-19T00:24:15","modified_gmt":"2015-06-18T23:24:15","slug":"ardour-repor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/2008\/01\/24\/ardour-repor\/","title":{"rendered":"Ardour Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have advice. I spent some time with the native version of ardour<\/a> yesterday, and, of course, a lot of time previous to that with the X11 version. If I were on OS X 10.4, I would run the X11 version because it’s very reliable and it’s pretty easy to install. The only drawback is that you have to first install X11, but that’s worth doing anyway.
\nOn Intel 10.5, I’m going to run the native version. While using it, I encountered a crash bug, (which I reported). It crashed very reliably, but, unlike Audacity, crashes do not result in the loss of saved data. The way I work with audio software is that whenever I make a change to a project, I save. Record audio. Save. Adjust panning. Save. To use the native version of Ardour, you must work this way, but you should be working this way anyway. Save early and often!
\n(I’ve worked in higher education as a lab assistant and I can’t tell you how many times I’ve comforted weeping students who’ve just lost hours of work. Every program crashes occasionally. My sad students were all using commercial software and lost their data. Save. And backup!)<\/p>\n

Getting Started<\/h3>\n

First do all the configuration and whatnot in my previous post<\/a>. Then<\/p>\n

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  1. Start Jack Pilot<\/li>\n
  2. Click it’s start button<\/li>\n
  3. Start Ardour<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    That’s either version, native or X11. (The other issue I encountered with Ardour is that I keep forgetting to turn on Jack. This is not a big deal, as the friendly GUI will altert you and you can go do it. I’m forgetful enough that I created an Automator script to do it for me. If there is demand, I will distribute some version of the script.) After you start it, Ardour will open a dialog box in which it asks you to eiahter make a new session or open a previous one. Then, a large window opens which should look familiar to you if you’ve used other audio software before.<\/p>\n

    A Wee Bit More Configuration<\/h4>\n

    Go to the Options menu, then go to Autoconnect. Put a checkmark next to “Auto-connect inputs to physical inputs”. Then, again in Autoconnect, put a checkmark next to “Auto-connect outputs to physical outputs”. Finally, still in the Options menu, go to Monitoring and select “Software Monitoring”.
    \nThese options are what I think most users will need. If you have fancy hardware or whatever, you may need to do something different.<\/p>\n

    Why I Recommend Ardour<\/h3>\n