We've just released Ardour 8.8, a bugfix update to v8.7 with additional minor improvements ardour.org/whatsnew.html

We've just released Ardour 8.9 with a couple of major bug fixes. Upgrading is highly recommended. discourse.ardour.org/t/ardour-8-9-r…

We've just released Ardour 8.10 with a few more bugfixes. The main development branch is now switching for v9.0 development discourse.ardour.org/t/ardour-8-10-…

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! discourse.ardour.org/t/general-midi…

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! youtube.com/watch?v=iKl__4…

You can get quick access to a small selection of hundreds of plugins easily by adding them to your favorites. Here is how you do that youtube.com/watch?v=JMJogG…

Ardour 8.11 is out with a fix for a critical workflow-blocking bug, please see here for the explanation: discourse.ardour.org/t/ardour-8-11-… We highly recommend upgrading: community.ardour.org/download

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 youtube.com/watch?v=wae-H1…

We have just re-released Ardour 8.11 to fix a nasty UI localization bug. If you are interested in the arcane details, here is a write-up: discourse.ardour.org/t/abstraction-… Otherwise, you can head over to community.ardour.org/download to re-download

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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. Download: community.ardour.org/download

Ardour has a very neat semi-hidden feature that enables voice-activated recording in a track of your choice. Here's how to use it youtube.com/watch?v=4hSSFt…

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 discourse.ardour.org/t/whats-coming…

Lots and lots of great things in the works. Subscriptions have been very helpful to fund this development

This quick guide explains how to use the “MIDI Input following MIDI track selection” and set up MIDI input channels to avoid playing back on all tracks from a single MIDI input youtube.com/watch?v=L81cxZ…

If you missed it Fedora Magazine recently ran a great article on Wireplumber, our PipeWire Session Manager - fedoramagazine.org/introduction-t… #linux #audio #pipewire

By default, Ardour snaps the beginning and the end of a region to the grid. However, you may want to use a different location within a region to snap. Here is how you can set a custom sync point youtube.com/watch?v=1Q3OxU…

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 youtube.com/watch?v=ZCQXPi…

Edit mode is a crucial concept in Ardour. It defines what happens when you edit a region on the timeline and what you can and cannot do when dragging regions around. Ardour has three edit modes: Slide, Ripple, and Lock. Let's take a look at how they work youtube.com/watch?v=xnht3P…

🎼 I feel like Beethoven! This was the nicest first time user software experience I've had in a long while Ardour DAW 🏷 :: #daw #music #producer #dj #ardour