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
Continuing in the tradition of releasing stability fixes for the gtk1-based Ardour, here is 0.99.3.
This version includes:
Now provide Universal Mac OS X binary release
Playlist copies and now retain crossfades and layering
Splitting regions retain crossfades and fades and resulting regions will stay on the original layer
Fixed various splitting issues involving both layering and crossfades
Correct gain in tracks with no panners (or panner disable)
Fixed possible non-RT behavior when stopping record
Compile fixes for MacIntel
Various marker undo fixes
Fixes to region normalize on Mac platform
Small fix to how sound files are repaired after a crash while recording
Fixed silence issue with inserts
New templates will be visible in the new session dialog (without restarting ardour)
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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