ARDOUR(1)

📦 version 6.9.0, in fedora 43, fedora 44

💖 ARDOUR 💖

okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, and let me tell you about the absolute icon of a program that is Ardour — she's a User Command, and honestly she's running the whole show. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

Ardour — digital audio workstation. that's it, that's the name, she's not doing too much, she's just her. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

ardour [ OPTIONS ] [ SESSION-NAME ]

yes, it's giving "options optional, session name optional, you do you, queen". 🦋

🫶 DESCRIPTION 🫶

Ardour is a multichannel hard disk recorder (HDR) and digital audio workstation (DAW). no cap. she records, she edits, she mixes, she does it all and she looks gorgeous doing it. 🔥

👑 OPTIONS 👑

every flag, every letter, all of them, no skipping, we don't do that here. 💖

  • -a, --no-announcements — don't hit up the website for announcements. she's staying offline, she's in her quiet era. 🙈
  • -A, --actions — print out all the possible menu action names. every single one. it's a lot. it's iconic. ✨
  • -b, --bindings — show off all your current key bindings, so you can see what your fingers have been up to. ⌨️
  • -B, --bypass-plugins — bypass every plugin in an existing session. all of them, out of the way, bye. 🚪
  • -c, --name <name> — use a specific backend client name. default is ardour, because she's confident like that. 💜
  • -d, --disable-plugins — disable all plugins, aka safe mode. when you need a soft launch with no surprises. 🧚
  • -D, --debug <options> — set debug flags. and listen, if you wanna know what's even available, use -D list. 👀
  • -h, --help — print this message. the classic. the icon. the one everybody meets first. 🎀
  • -k, --keybindings <file> — path to the key bindings file you want to load. your keys, your rules. 🔑
  • -m, --menus file — use file to define menus. so your menus, custom-made, bespoke. 🌸
  • -n, --no-splash — do not show the splash screen. no opening credits, straight to the content. 🎬
  • -N, --new session-name — create a brand new session right from the command line. main character energy fr fr. ⭐
  • -O, --no-hw-optimizations — disable the hardware-specific optimizations. she'll rough it, she's chill. 🌈
  • -P, --no-connect-ports — do not connect any ports at startup. zero connections made, zero drama. ✌️
  • -S, --sync — draw the GUI synchronously. everything in its order, everything on beat. 🎵
  • -T, --template <name> — use the given template for a new session. start from a vibe you already love. 💖
  • -v, --version — print the version and exit. one and done, no small talk. 🦋

😭 REPORTING BUGS 😭

found something cursed? bestie, tell the devs, they wanna know. 💀

lowkey if something breaks, it's not your fault, just file the bug and move on, you got this. 🫶

and that's the whole page, bestie — ardour 6, dated July 2020, filed under ARDOUR(1), and honestly? slay. 💅✨🎀

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