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:This WIKI explains how to use the '''Ardour''' application to create complex more advanced recordings.
:'''Ardour''' is similar to '''Audacity''' application since is designed to ''create'', ''edit'' and ''produce'' an ''auditory product''.
=== Adding Vox Organ Track Keyboard Tracks / Adding Reverb Effect Assigning Instruments for Keyboard ===
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:In order to assign MIDI channels in Qsynth, when you click the '''Channels'''Refer to button, you will see the diagram on the right-hand side for reference.'''Channels dialog box''' appear. Notice that this dialog box allows for a total of 16 midi channels (this is more than I require for a typical practice or performance). If you require more, you can save different midi instrument assignments to various profiles (perhaps to be loaded between your sets).
:'''Steps to Assignment of Instruments:'''
[[Image:midi2.png|thumb|right|300px|'''Assigning Instrument''' (program) to a '''Bank''' (i.e. "''SFID"'' or ''"Offset"'').]]
:# '''When adding sound-fonts into Qsynth, write-down the SFID number''' (i.e. Sound-font Identification number) - Do NOT close this dialog box quite yet!
:# Now, here's the trick: For each sound font, '''make certain that the "Offset" number corresponds to the same number as the SFID!'''
:# Now, '''click OK to save and exit''' the sound-font dialog box.
:# If you are running Jack, then you need to '''restart the Jack engine'''. This will require that you manually connect the instruments in the "Jack Connections" dialog box. If this is "a pain", you could always quit all applications, and re-run your Bash shell script to launch your music session...
:# Go to the '''Channels dialog box, and double-click on a midi channel'''.<br />I am selecting the next available '''channel - 13'''.
:# The '''Channel 13 Midi Channel Dialog box''' appears.
:# '''Select the Bank number''' (which corresponds to the Offset or SFID that you have written-down).
:# Then '''click on the program number to select an instrument''' (depending on the sound-font, there may be only one to select, or a wide variety if the sound-font is a bank of sounds).
:# '''!! NOTE: in order for the changes to take effect, you need to click the Save button; otherwise, all your changes will be lost!'''
:# You may need to restart the Jack engine and re-establish your connections.
===How to Re-establish or Add Connections in Jack Audio Server===
To be completed...
===Adding Reverb Effect===
When playing the Vox organ, it sounds nice, but it may be better to add a little '''reverberation (or "reverb") to soften this high-pitched organ sound in order to make it blend in better with the other instruments'''. We will be added in an effect which will be running a plug-in called '''Calf Reverb'''..
Record your Organ track and then unarm the track and unarm Ardour when you completed your track recording...
===Recording Guitar / Bass Guitar / Vocals===
The procedure to record Guitar, Bass Guitar, or vocals is similar, but after creating new track (mono), select the device ('''System -left''', '''System - right''')
Follow same procedures to arming and recording the new tracks...
== Exporting Project to Standard Audio File ==
[[Image:ardourExport.png|thumb|300px|The '''ardour Export dialog box''' used to create a final audio product ]]
Unfortunately, there is no method with the current version of Ardour that will export audio projects to the MP3 format. This feature may be available in future versions.
===Exporting Audio Project to an OGG File===
===Program to Convert Ogg to MP3 File Format===
