ARDOUR(1)

📦 version 8.12.0, in debian trixie, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing

💖 ARDOUR(1) — the General Commands Manual page, but make it a group chat 💖

okay bestie, so this is the manual for ARDOUR (you know, the digital audio workstation) — specifically the lil' session utilities that come bundled with it. no GUI, no drama, just command line slay. let's get into it 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

ardour8-copy-mixer</purl>, ardour8-export, ardour8-new_empty_session, ardour8-new_session, ardour8-lua — session utilities for the ardour digital audio workstation 🦋

like, that's the whole squad. five little command-line besties that do session stuff for you. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

the way that every single one of these follows the exact same shape… iconic. here's the vibe:

ardour8-copy-mixer [ --help ] [ arguments ]
ardour8-export [ --help ] [ arguments ]
ardour8-new_session [ --help ] [ arguments ]
ardour8-new_empty_session [ --help ] [ arguments ]
ardour8-new_aaf_session [ --help ] [ arguments ]
ardour8-lua [ --help ] [ arguments ]
🙈 yes, ardour8-new_aaf_session shows up here in the SYNOPSIS even though it's not in the NAME list. not me pointing that out… just saying, she's there. fr fr.

every one of them takes --help optionally and then arguments. that's it. that's the whole structure. lowkey elegant ngl.

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so here's who does what, one by one, no cap:

  • ardour8-copy-mixer — copies mixer-settings from one session to another. like moving your whole mixer vibe from one session into another. 💅
  • ardour8-export — exports an ardour session from the commandline. bye-bye session, hello exported files. 🔥
  • ardour8-new_session — creates a new session from the commandline. fresh start, main character energy. ✨
  • ardour8-new_empty_session — creates a new empty session from the commandline. same energy, but literally nothing in it. a blank canvas, a clean slate, a vibe. 🎀
  • ardour8-new_aaf_session — creates a new session based on an AAF file from the commandline. so you bring the AAF and it builds the session around it. 🦋
  • ardour8-lua — interactive Ardour Lua interpreter. yes bestie, you get to talk to Ardour in Lua, live, interactive, iconic. 🌸

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • --help — displays detailed usage information. she's the only option listed here but she's carrying the whole section. whenever you're lost, just ask for help. 🫶

✨ AUTHORS ✨

this manual page was written by IOhannes m zmölnig <zmoelnig@iem.at> for the Debian system (but may be used by others). yes, the whole page. credit where credit is due, periodt. 👑

permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation. so go wild, but legally. 🌈

on Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.

💀 also just a heads up bestie: this whole thing is dated 2023-12-18, it's part of the General Commands Manual (that's the source manual section), and it's the ARDOUR(1) page — so if you're looking for the ardour8 session utilities, you found them, congrats, you ate. 💖

stay hydrated, read your man pages, and remember: --help is always there for you. ✨🎀🦋💅

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