Ardour 6 Quickstart (recording, editing, mixing and exporting)

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--- TIMESTAMPS (contributed by Wepache):

0:00 Intro
0:42 Initial Configuration
2:47 Adding a Track
3:34 Track Inputs

4:40 Recording Audio
5:09 Importing Audio

6:07 Basic Audio Editing Intro
7:46 Moving Audio Regions
8:12 Cutting and Splitting
9:02 Delete a Region
9:23 Cropping a Region

10:16 Cross-Fades
11:28 Gain Automation

14:13 Audio Effects Intro
14:18 Adding Reverb
15:56 Adding a Compressor

17:53 Adding a MIDI Track
18:28 Recording MIDI
20:56 *
20:12 Muting an Audio Region

24:49 Exporting your Project
26:07 Adding a Limiter before Export
27:18 Exporting Continued

30:11 Outro

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Now go, make some music!

[tuxk]

5:02 I love how he just did the coolest jazz solo with his mouth and just said "ok, now we have some basic audio"

[bassistguy]

I have been using Ardour for years. I don't think people realize the capabilities they have with Ardour. The fact that it's free and has all of these features is beyond great.

[AlTerego]

This has been incredibly useful, without any unnecessary bloat or annoying Ums & Ahs which so often blight these types of introductory/showcase explanatory videos. Very well done.

[ivakimaki]

OMG, I think I'm in love with this DAW! It looks so really easier and intuitive for me after using FL Studio for 15 years till now. And no more need to run Windows as well. I think Ardour is a real pain relief I've been thinking of. That's what caught me up on the site. I'm truthfully inspired and will move onto it! I believe musicians are gonna feel what I mean. Thank you for the video, bro!

[batlin]

This is seriously mindblowing. I've been using Audacity for years, but didn't realise until now how good Ardour was and how easy it is to use. I've ordered a cheapish USB cardioid mic and am excited to try multitrack recording now. Thanks so much for this tutorial!

[luiggiibanez]

Unfa your content is always top tier. Ardour 6 is amazing.

[codergeek]

This is exactly the sort of "quick start" I was looking for to use Ardour for doing basic podcast editing, and was incredibly helpful. Thanks so much for doing this!

[gregokeefe]

I've been studying this video in detail for weeks, reproducing all the stuff Unfa does. Just a very helpful leg-up into the world of Ardour. Great stuff!!

[LilaoftheWind]

Recently switched to Linux and started using Ardour. This is an awesome tutorial! Thank you. I've subscribed.

[FrancisFurtak]

Hey, old school here (analog tape) Thanks so much, a good place to start. More than enough! Good job.

[CraigCalabrese]

thanks good info got it up everything works great recorded a guitar track today i have pipewire jack alsa a interface and had issues yesterday had the inputs and outputs wrong on master and audio SO MANY jack connections I JUST HAD ONE TWO MANY CHECKED OFF going OUT on AUDIO found it wrote the right set ups down

[sixro]

Thanks for this intro.
I found your channel thanks to a post on reddit and I have to confirm that you explained Ardour in a very good way.
Thanks again and I hope you'll fix your current issues 🙏

[AndreaTorre_andtorg]

I owe you a huge thanks, unfa. This tutorial put me on the right path to record a backing track from youtube, and mix it with an audio track recorded with my bass guitar. Meanwhile I managed to sync hydrogen drum machine with Ardour. In the end I mixed in Kdenlive the audio exported from Ardour with a videoclip recorded with an action cam. Without your help I was still pushing random buttons in ardour ui 😁

[kishoreshreedharan]

Came across this channel after moving to Linux recently. I must say this is a life saver for people like me.

[fh]

This should go on the Ardour YouTube channel as well!

[dstinnettmusic]

Your videos are really helping me get started in music production. I am trying to learn piano all at the same time, so probably a little much, but I want to be able to record what I'm learning and make stuff at the same time, so oh well

I followed your setup guide for Manjaro and was like ”okay, I managed to record some awful audio through my webcam mic, but my computer won't actually play that sound.” and now I think I know why from this video, I never told ardour to output through my system audio.

[cyanlos]

Not a musician, but this was exactly what I needed for sound-mixing for videos. Thanks!

[ToniLinkNull]

The best Ardour introduction tutorial, I always come back here.

[guinogueira]

You're the type of channel I subscribe by watching just one video. I already know everything else will be good.

[dododeltaRgw]

Its amazing to see the FOSS ecosystem pickup with DAWs. Ardour is amazing. Please make more detailed tutorials for mixing & mastering with Ardour.