NAME¶

Ardour - digital audio workstation

SYNOPSIS¶

ardour [ OPTIONS ] [ SESSION-NAME ]

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

-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

July 2020

ardour 6