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
- new "Insert Time" operation (see the Track menu)
- fix problems with port insert I/O configuration
- clocks used for duration start at 0|0|0 in BBT mode, not 1|1|0
- audio file suffix detection is now case-insensitive
- fix missing undo/redo for region drags
- fix problems with dragging in Locked Edit mode
- rename menu items for monitoring options, and make the one based on JACK insensitive if there are no JACK ports capable of being monitored in that way
- make plugin latency compensation work for AU's
- fix incorrect muting of regions when auditioning a crossfade
- add a declicking fade at start and end of any audition
- fixes for window sizes of AU plugin GUIs,
- fix "hidden AU GUI shows up when app becomes active/focus again" bug
- new LevelMeter class used for all meters
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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