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 Features:
alternate file name filters for the soundfile browser (allow user to see all files, not just guesses at audio files)
switch monitoring default to external
add declicking xfades when looping
new denormal handling options, including both DC bias and processor feature choices
Added/improved the ability to record while the transport is looping. This works for both Internal (seamless) and JACK sync, new regions are created each cycle around the loop and stacked on top of each other. It is recommended for now that automatic crossfades be turned off when doing this. Punch-In/Out may be used also.
added basic support for the Griffin Powermate "big knob+button" controller
- Bug Fixes:
correct middle button bindings on redirect names
fix use of .ardour rather than .ardour2 for VST presets
correct problems with redirect/insert dialogs being invisible
correctly manage video sync state
allow L and R as possible audio file suffixes
allow middle-click pasting in several dialogs
fix diskstream deletion crash after track removal
fix crashes caused by clicking in region list when there is no associated region for that line
better default buttons+icons for crossfade editor
move clock modes from submenu to top level
stop undo/redo from duplicating plugins and more
fix audio clock keypress/release handling
fix most problems with dragging close to 2^32-1 samples
crossfade editor usability improvements
fix for crash on ctrl-middle click in regions
fixed the stuttering/stuck problem when looping with JACK sync
fixed gui bug that prevented record-disable when latch record option is on
fixed issue where it would rec-enable unnecessarily when passing through the punch-out point
fixed corner case in diskstream record length (that no one would ever notice)
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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