Reference

ardour(1)

digital audio workstation

NAME

Ardour - digital audio workstation

SYNOPSIS

ardour [ OPTIONS ] [ SESSION-NAME ]

DESCRIPTION

Ardour is a multichannel hard disk recorder (HDR) and digital audio workstation (DAW).

OPTIONS

-a, --no-announcements

Do not contact website for announcements

-A, --actions

Print all possible menu action names

-b, --bindings

Display all current key bindings

-B, --bypass-plugins

Bypass all plugins in an existing session

-c, --name <name>

Use a specific backend client name, default is ardour

-d, --disable-plugins

Disable all plugins (safe mode)

-D, --debug <options>

Set debug flags. Use "-D list" to see available options

-h, --help

Print this message

-k, --keybindings <file>

Path to the key bindings file to load

-m, --menus file

Use "file" to define menus

-n, --no-splash

Do not show splash screen

-N, --new session-name

Create a new session from the command line

-O, --no-hw-optimizations

Disable h/w specific optimizations

-P, --no-connect-ports

Do not connect any ports at startup

-S, --sync

Draw the GUI synchronously

-T, --template <name>

Use given template for new session

-v, --version

Print version and exit

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to https://tracker.ardour.org
Website https://ardour.org

History

--actions since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --bindings since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --bypass-plugins since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --debug since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --disable-plugins since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --keybindings since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --menus since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --name since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --new since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --no-announcements since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --no-connect-ports since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --no-hw-optimizations since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --no-splash since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --sync since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --template since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --version since Debian 11 (Bullseye); -A since Debian 11 (Bullseye); -B since Debian 11 (Bullseye); -D since Debian 11 (Bullseye); -N since Debian 11 (Bullseye); -O since Debian 11 (Bullseye); -P since Debian 11 (Bullseye); -S since Debian 11 (Bullseye); -T since Debian 11 (Bullseye); -a since Debian 11 (Bullseye); -c since Debian 11 (Bullseye); -d since Debian 11 (Bullseye); -h since Debian 11 (Bullseye); -k since Debian 11 (Bullseye); -m since Debian 11 (Bullseye); -n since Debian 11 (Bullseye); -v since Debian 11 (Bullseye).

-U until Debian 3.1 (Sarge).