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On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 8:08 PM, jonetsu  wrote:
> Thanks to everyone who shared tips on how to use Ardour.  I see that up

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> to now I haven't used much of it really and the recent tips on hardware

> monitoring are great and I'm still experimenting.

>

> At the beginning of a new session I've added a hardware monitor track

> with 4 outputs PCMs 1 to 4.  I'm still not doing much with it at the

> moment and noticed that in the mixer window there's a fader for it

> along with a space at the bottom containing 4 green dots numbered 0 to

> 3.  When dragging them in the square space the mix would slightly move

> sideways.  That seems useful.  But what about the orange squares

> located at each corner of the space ?  They also can be moved but seem

> to change nothing - what is their purpose ?

>

First of all, it is absolutely critical when asking questions about Ardour

that you specify which version you are using, since Ardour2 and Ardour3

differ in many critical and common areas.
In your particular case, its fairly clear what is going on - you are using

Ardour2 and have created a 4 channel monitor/control out bus. This is a

very specialized configuration that requires something other than the

conventional panners than would be seen if you had a 1 or 2 channel

monitor/control out bus. In Ardour2, its also means that you've ended up

with a fairly useless 2D panner.
You should not configure your monitor out/control out bus in this way. Make

it a conventional 2 channel bus, and things will work better and be more

understandable. Multichannel (>2) monitor and master busses are generally

reserved in Ardour for ambisonics, which I doubt that you're using.
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On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 8:08 PM, jonetsu =

<jonetsu@teksavvy.com> wrote:

Thanks to everyone who shared tips on how to use Ardour. =A0I see that up

to now I haven't used much of it really and the recent tips on hardware=
monitoring are great and I'm still experimenting.
At the beginning of a new session I've added a hardware monitor track

with 4 outputs PCMs 1 to 4. =A0I'm still not doing much with it at the<=

br>

moment and noticed that in the mixer window there's a fader for it

along with a space at the bottom containing 4 green dots numbered 0 to

3. =A0When dragging them in the square space the mix would slightly move

sideways. =A0That seems useful. =A0But what about the orange squares

located at each corner of the space ? =A0They also can be moved but seem

to change nothing - what is their purpose ?First =

of all, it is absolutely critical when asking questions about Ardour that y=

ou specify which version you are using, since Ardour2 and Ardour3 differ in=

 many critical and common areas.

In your particular case, its fairly clear what is going on - you are us=

ing Ardour2 and have created a 4 channel monitor/control out bus. This is a=

 very specialized configuration that requires something other than the conv=

entional panners than would be seen if you had a 1 or 2 channel monitor/con=

trol out bus. In Ardour2, its also means that you've ended up with a fa=

irly useless 2D panner.

You should not configure your monitor out/control out bus in this way. =

Make it a conventional 2 channel bus, and things will work better and be mo=

re understandable. Multichannel (>2) monitor and master busses are gener=

ally reserved in Ardour for ambisonics, which I doubt that you're using=

.

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