Changes

Changes

This page lists major changes in the Ardour tutorial since the port to Hugo in March 2022.

March 2025

  • Infrastructure: start the ‘Changes’ page to list main changes in the documentation
  • Improved content: cleanup of the markup in the French translation

February 2025

  • Infrastructure: port to the hextra theme for Hugo
  • Structure: new ‘Basics’ section introduces main concepts now
  • New content: ‘Using your gear’ section
  • New content: ‘What is MIDI?’ page
  • Improved content: full revamp of the ‘Welcome’ page
  • Improved content: pages in the Performing Live section now have better structure and screenshots
  • Improved content: the Credits page now has structure
  • Improved content: the ‘How to contribute’ guide has been updated to match theme changes

January 2025

  • Improved content: mention DND as importing method
  • Improved content: provide an example of complex routing

September 2024

  • New content: ‘Performing live’ section
  • New content: ‘Recording modes’ page
  • Fix: incorrect advice on metronome routing

May 2024

  • Improved content: explain the Latch automation mode
  • Improved content: update the edit modes documentation
  • Fixes: various small issues spotted by users

February 2024

  • Translations: localized screenshots (FR)

November/December 2023

  • Translations: the ‘Mixing’ section (FR)

October 2023

  • Improved content: update for Ardour 8.0 (EN and FR)
  • Translations: the ‘Exporting’ section (FR)

August/September 2023

  • Translations: the ‘Getting started’ and ‘Editing sessions’ sections (FR)

January 2023

  • Improved content: screenshot updates

August 2022

  • New content: cover importing MIDI
  • New content: cover editing MIDI regions
  • New content: cover recording MIDI
  • New content: recommended plugins (free/libre)
  • New content: perfoming on time (metronome, pre-roll, count-in)

April 2022

  • Improved content: full update to match newer software capabilities
  • Fixes: Meter -> Time Signature

March 2022

  • Infrastructure: port to Hugo and the relearn theme
  • New content: a section on non-destructive editing
  • New content: quick intro to MIDI tracks and busses, foldback busses, and VCA masters
  • Improved content: start updating to match newer software capabilities