Ardour is a digital audio workstation. You can use it to record, edit and mix multi-track audio. Produce your own CD's. Mix video soundtracks. Experiment with new ideas about music and sound. Generate sound installations for 12 speaker gallery shows. Have Fun.
Ardour capabilities include: multichannel recording, non-linear, non-destructive region based editing with unlimited undo/redo, full automation support, a mixer whose capabilities rival high end hardware consoles, lots of plugins to warp, shift and shape your music, and controllable from hardware control surfaces at the same time as it syncs to timecode. If you've been looking for a tool similar to ProTools, Nuendo, Cubase SX, Digital Performer, Samplitude or Sequoia, you might have found it.
What's new in this version
Significant New Features:
audio analysis framework
rhythm ferret
tab-to-transient
new glue-region-to-musical-time option
set-tempo-from-region and set-tempo-from-edit-range
new boost-region-gain and cut-region-gain operations
LV2 support
Improvements:
waveforms are outlined
a real splash screen
keybinding changes
ctrl-click on nudge buttons moves playhead
add a Restore Defaults button to the theme manager
beautification of multi-duplicate dialog, tempo dialog, meter dialog
keep verbose canvas cursor within the editor canvas visible area
provide instructional hint for the shortcut editor
fix keybindings on OS X to allow use of arrow keys with modifiers
OS X native version now finds control surface support modules
moving fade in/out points makes the fade in/out active
font size changes throughout
show loop & punch locations properly in Locations dialog
use a separate drag rect for cd marker bar, show cd marker details on load in location ui
rationalize all region selection for editor operations
sessions now have their "nominal sample rate" stored; if you load a session while JACK is running at the wrong rate, there will be a warning dialog
changing track heights now applies to all selected tracks
Bug Fixes:
fix misdisplay of track control headers
don't crash if history refers to a location that no longer exists
prevent errors when reactivating deactivated tracks
prevent excessively long track names from conflicting with JACK port name restrictions
fix missing static mutex initialization that causes 100% CPU use on Leopard
fix use of template selection from new session dialog
fix up JACK discovery on systems (OS X) with an inadequate PATH setting
fix invisible cursor in selected track name entry box
Fix reversed bounds check in Region::adjust_to_sync (), regions with a sync point snap to the sync point again.
Workaround for gui hang when adding gain points (#2048)
recognize ambisonic files (.amb) as candidates for import
fix loading of VST plugins in older (2.1 and earlier) sessions
fix align_selection_relative() to use regions once only, and in the correct order
"Set Range Selection" in per-region context (sub)menu now uses all selected regions, not just the first one
fix OS X native crashes with gain points, canvas updating and more.
fix crash when closing a session that had a selected marker
Requirements
Mac PowerPC or Intel
MacOS X 10.4 or more (A version
that also runs on Panther is also available on ardour.org)
X11
Jack 0.73 or more
)
Freeware
MacOS X UB
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