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**Ardour**

Open-source multiplatform DAW
Developer(s)	Paul Davis
Release information
Initial release	{{{released}}}
Stable release	0.99
Preview release	2.00b9
Compatibility
Operating system	Linux, Mac OS/X
Additional information
Use	Digital Audio Workstation
License	GPL
Website	http://www.ardour.org/

Introduction

Ardour is a complete Digital Audio Workstation similar to Pro-Tools, Nuendo, and Logic.

Features

Common

Designed to work with JACK, ALSA on Linux and Core Audio on OS X.
Internal chip sets and most external sound cards supported
Sample data is maintained internally in 32-bit floating point format
Multichannel recording and mixing
Partial support for VSTi's
Support for over thirty different audio codecs
Utilization of custom audio file database manager

Mixing

Mixing realies directly on the hardware and automated plugins

Editing

Timeline layout with trimming, crossfading, time-stretching, and splitting

Mastering

Integration with JACK makes mastering with tools like JAMin possible

Plug-ins

LADSPA support for over 100 DSP effects including, simple filters, analog flangers, and multiband EQ's.

Compatibility

Open-source nature allows the DAW to be ported to multiple platforms including Mac OS/X.

Screenshots

Main window this is a screenshot of Ardours main application window

Development API

Getting Involved

Ardour is written entirely in C++. The GUI is written using the gtkmm C++ wrapper. The application contains 160,000 lines of code, including 3rd party development efforts. Ardour makes heavy use of libsigc++ as a way to provide anonymous coupling between various application components.

MIDI Support

The lastest version supports limited MIDI timestamp codes, etc.

http://www.ardour.org/node/335

External links

Ardour official website of the new digital audio workstation