Complex sessions need organization to be manageable. You can organize tracks with color-coding and groups, but time-wise, your best tools are location markers and region markers. Here is how you can create and edit the latter
Paul Davis has just published an overview of what's likely coming in Ardour v9.0: UI rearrangement, pianoroll windows, recording in Cue, region FX, a real-time analyzer, and more
We've just released v8.12 with two fixes:
1. The fix for region lengths from v8.11 was incorrect, we implemented it differently this time.
2. Translation file packaging on macOS is now correct; localization should work again on that platform.
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When you record the same instrument in the same studio and process it more or less the same way, you can avoid doing all the configuration over and over again. All you have to do to save time is create and then use a track template. Here is how you do it
Complex plugins can display tens and even hundreds of controls. You might just want quick access to a couple of them to tweak while working. That's where inline mixer controls come in handy!
We will ship an updated General MIDI soundfont in Ardour 9 (whenever it's ready for release). It will sound better, but it may also sound different in some cases. Please test it and tell us what you think!