Basic Mixing¶ Metering in Ardour Introduction Meter Types Ardour Specifics Overview of meter types Meterbridge Signal Routing Routing for audio tracks Routing for MIDI tracks Bundle Manager Creating a bundle Connecting a bundle Editing and deleting bundles Reusing bundles Aux Sends Adding a new aux bus Adding a send to an aux bus Pre-fader and Post-fader Aux Sends Adding a new aux bus and sending a Track Group to it Altering Send Levels Using the Send Fader Map Aux Sends To Main Faders Disabling Sends Send Panning Comparing Aux Sends and Subgroups External Sends Adding an External Send Removing an External Send Altering Send Levels Disabling Sends Editing Send Routing Inserts Subgrouping Patchbay Variants on the Patchbay Other patchbay features Track/Bus Signal Flow Overview Strict I/O Customizing the Signal Flow: The Pin Connection window Sidechaining A simple example: Sidechain compression MIDI Sidechaining Pre-processing the sidechained signal Muting and Soloing Without a monitor bus With a monitor bus Other solo options Solo-in-place mute cut Exclusive solo Show solo muting Soloing overrides muting Mute affects… Panning Types of Panners Mono Panner Mono Panner User Interface Using the mouse Keyboard bindings Using the scroll wheel/touch scroll Balance Control Stereo Panner Stereo Panner User Interface Position vs. L/R Examples In Use Using the mouse Keyboard bindings Using the scroll wheel/touch scroll []{#caveat}Stereo panning caveats VBAP Panner Basic concepts Speaker layout Experimental 3D VBAP {#experimental-3d-vbap .clear} N:M panning {#nm-panning .clear} Mixer Scenes What mixer scenes can and cannot do Storing a mixer scene Recalling a mixer scene Renaming a mixer scene Clearing a mixer scene Overwriting a stored scene Accessing more mixer scenes Saving and Importing Mixer Strips Reusing Mixer Strips Saving Mixer Strips Importing Mixer Strips Managing Mixer Strip Templates {#managing-strip-templates} Loudness Analyzer and Normalizer The Loudness Graph {#loudness-graph} Normalization Parameters Presets The Conformity Analysis Panel {#conformity-analysis-panel} Realtime Perceptual Analyzer Adding sources to analysis Reading the spectrum display Removing sources from analysis Real-time analyzer options Controlling RTA performance