Ardour Monitor Modes¶
The table below details what will be seen on the meter and heard on the monitor according to Ardour’s settings.
Ref |
Monitoring Mode(Audio/MIDI Setup) |
Auto Input does'talkback'(System Prefs) |
TrackRec Enable |
MasterRec Enable |
Transport |
Auto Input(Session Props) |
Meter(What you see) |
Monitor(What you hear) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Ardour |
On |
Off |
Off |
◼ |
On |
Input |
Input |
2 |
Ardour |
On |
Off |
Off |
◼ |
Off |
Disk (Silence) |
Disk (Silence) |
3 |
Ardour |
On |
Off |
Off |
▶ |
On |
Disk (Audio) |
Disk (Audio) |
4 |
Ardour |
On |
Off |
Off |
▶ |
Off |
Disk (Audio) |
Disk (Audio) |
5 |
Ardour |
On |
Off |
On |
◼ |
On |
Input |
Input |
6 |
Ardour |
On |
Off |
On |
◼ |
Off |
Disk (Silence) |
Disk (Silence) |
7 |
Ardour |
On |
Off |
On |
▶ |
On |
Disk (Audio) |
Disk (Audio) |
8 |
Ardour |
On |
Off |
On |
▶ |
Off |
Disk (Audio) |
Disk (Audio) |
9 |
Ardour |
On |
On |
Off |
◼ |
On |
Input |
Input |
10 |
Ardour |
On |
On |
Off |
◼ |
Off |
Input |
Input |
11 |
Ardour |
On |
On |
Off |
▶ |
On |
Disk (Audio)[†](#footnote-1){.footnote} |
Disk (Audio) |
12 |
Ardour |
On |
On |
Off |
▶ |
Off |
Input |
Input |
13 |
Ardour |
On |
On |
On |
◼ |
On |
Input |
Input |
14 |
Ardour |
On |
On |
On |
◼ |
Off |
Input |
Input |
15 |
Ardour |
On |
On |
On |
▶ |
On |
Input |
Input |
16 |
Ardour |
On |
On |
On |
▶ |
Off |
Input |
Input |
17 |
Ardour |
Off |
Off |
Off |
◼ |
On |
Disk (Silence) |
Disk (Silence) |
18 |
Ardour |
Off |
Off |
Off |
◼ |
Off |
Disk (Silence) |
Disk (Silence) |
19 |
Ardour |
Off |
Off |
Off |
▶ |
On |
Disk (Audio) |
Disk (Audio) |
20 |
Ardour |
Off |
Off |
Off |
▶ |
Off |
Disk (Audio) |
Disk (Audio) |
21 |
Ardour |
Off |
Off |
On |
◼ |
On |
Disk (Silence) |
Disk (Silence) |
22 |
Ardour |
Off |
Off |
On |
◼ |
Off |
Disk (Silence) |
Disk (Silence) |
23 |
Ardour |
Off |
Off |
On |
▶ |
On |
Disk (Audio) |
Disk (Audio) |
24 |
Ardour |
Off |
Off |
On |
▶ |
Off |
Disk (Audio) |
Disk (Audio) |
25 |
Ardour |
Off |
On |
Off |
◼ |
On |
Input |
Input |
26 |
Ardour |
Off |
On |
Off |
◼ |
Off |
Input |
Input |
27 |
Ardour |
Off |
On |
Off |
▶ |
On |
Disk (Audio)[†](#footnote-1){.footnote} |
Disk (Audio) |
28 |
Ardour |
Off |
On |
Off |
▶ |
Off |
Input |
Input |
29 |
Ardour |
Off |
On |
On |
◼ |
On |
Input |
Input |
30 |
Ardour |
Off |
On |
On |
◼ |
Off |
Input |
Input |
31 |
Ardour |
Off |
On |
On |
▶ |
On |
Input |
Input |
32 |
Ardour |
Off |
On |
On |
▶ |
Off |
Input |
Input |
33 |
Audio Hardware |
On |
Off |
Off |
◼ |
On |
Input |
Silence |
34 |
Audio Hardware |
On |
Off |
Off |
◼ |
Off |
Disk (Silence) |
Disk (Silence) |
35 |
Audio Hardware |
On |
Off |
Off |
▶ |
On |
Disk (Audio) |
Disk (Audio) |
36 |
Audio Hardware |
On |
Off |
Off |
▶ |
Off |
Disk (Audio) |
Disk (Audio) |
37 |
Audio Hardware |
On |
Off |
On |
◼ |
On |
Input |
Silence |
38 |
Audio Hardware |
On |
Off |
On |
◼ |
Off |
Disk (Silence) |
Disk (Silence) |
39 |
Audio Hardware |
On |
Off |
On |
▶ |
On |
Disk (Audio) |
Disk (Audio) |
40 |
Audio Hardware |
On |
Off |
On |
▶ |
Off |
Disk (Audio) |
Disk (Audio) |
41 |
Audio Hardware |
On |
On |
Off |
◼ |
On |
Input |
HW Pass Through |
42 |
Audio Hardware |
On |
On |
Off |
◼ |
Off |
Input |
HW Pass Through |
43 |
Audio Hardware |
On |
On |
Off |
▶ |
On |
Disk (Audio)[†](#footnote-1){.footnote} |
Disk (Audio) |
44 |
Audio Hardware |
On |
On |
Off |
▶ |
Off |
Input |
HW Pass Through |
45 |
Audio Hardware |
On |
On |
On |
◼ |
On |
Input |
HW Pass Through |
46 |
Audio Hardware |
On |
On |
On |
◼ |
Off |
Input |
HW Pass Through |
47 |
Audio Hardware |
On |
On |
On |
▶ |
On |
Input |
HW Pass Through |
48 |
Audio Hardware |
On |
On |
On |
▶ |
Off |
Input |
HW Pass Through |
49 |
Audio Hardware |
Off |
Off |
Off |
◼ |
On |
Disk (Silence) |
Disk (Silence) |
50 |
Audio Hardware |
Off |
Off |
Off |
◼ |
Off |
Disk (Silence) |
Disk (Silence) |
51 |
Audio Hardware |
Off |
Off |
Off |
▶ |
On |
Disk (Audio) |
Disk (Audio) |
52 |
Audio Hardware |
Off |
Off |
Off |
▶ |
Off |
Disk (Audio) |
Disk (Audio) |
53 |
Audio Hardware |
Off |
Off |
On |
◼ |
On |
Disk (Silence) |
Disk (Silence) |
54 |
Audio Hardware |
Off |
Off |
On |
◼ |
Off |
Disk (Silence) |
Disk (Silence) |
55 |
Audio Hardware |
Off |
Off |
On |
▶ |
On |
Disk (Audio) |
Disk (Audio) |
56 |
Audio Hardware |
Off |
Off |
On |
▶ |
Off |
Disk (Audio) |
Disk (Audio) |
57 |
Audio Hardware |
Off |
On |
Off |
◼ |
On |
Input |
HW Pass Through |
58 |
Audio Hardware |
Off |
On |
Off |
◼ |
Off |
Input |
HW Pass Through |
59 |
Audio Hardware |
Off |
On |
Off |
▶ |
On |
Disk (Audio)[†](#footnote-1){.footnote} |
Disk (Audio) |
60 |
Audio Hardware |
Off |
On |
Off |
▶ |
Off |
Input |
HW Pass Through |
61 |
Audio Hardware |
Off |
On |
On |
◼ |
On |
Input |
HW Pass Through |
62 |
Audio Hardware |
Off |
On |
On |
◼ |
Off |
Input |
HW Pass Through |
63 |
Audio Hardware |
Off |
On |
On |
▶ |
On |
Input |
HW Pass Through |
64 |
Audio Hardware |
Off |
On |
On |
▶ |
Off |
Input |
HW Pass Through |
† Until Ardour 8.6.388 the meter was set to display
Input
.