• INTRODUCTION
• INTRODUCTION
• ABOUT THIS MANUAL
• WHAT IS DIGITAL AUDIO?
• INSTALLATION OS X
• INSTALLING JACKOSX
• INSTALLING ARDOUR
• POWERBOOKS & MACBOOKS
• INSTALLATION LINUX
• UBUNTU
• OTHER LINUX
• ADVANCED LINUX CONFIGURATION
• GETTING STARTED
• STARTING JACKOSX
• STARTING ARDOUR ON OSX
• STARTING JACK ON UBUNTU
• STARTING ARDOUR ON UBUNTU
• AN OVERVIEW OF THE INTERFACE
• STARTING SESSIONS
• STARTING A SESSION
• SETTING UP THE TIMELINE
• CREATING A TRACK OR BUS
• IMPORTING AUDIO
• RECORDING AUDIO
• UNDERSTANDING ROUTING
• ROUTING BETWEEN JACK APPLICATIONS
• EDITING SESSIONS
• ARRANGING TRACKS
• SETTING UP THE METER
• USING RANGES
• WORKING WITH REGIONS
• FURTHER REGION OPERATIONS
• CHANGING EDIT MODES
• CREATING LOOPED SECTIONS
• STRETCHING / SHRINKING REGIONS
• ADJUSTING THE RHYTHM OF A REGION
• MIXING SESSIONS
• USING THE MIXER STRIP
• MIXING LEVELS
• PANNING
• USING PLUGINS
• USING SENDS
• DYNAMICS
• EQUALIZING
• USING AUTOMATION
• MOVING AUTOMATION
• EXPORTING SESSIONS
• EXPORTING A REGION
• EXPORTING A RANGE
• EXPORTING A SESSION
• SAVING SESSIONS
• SAVING A SESSION
• SAVING A SNAPSHOT
• SAVING A TEMPLATE
• APPENDICES
• FURTHER HELP
• LINKS
• GLOSSARY
• CREDITS

Installing Jack OS X on Mac OS X

Ardour runs in conjunction with the JACK Audio Connection Kit ( http://jackosx.com/ ). JACK is an audio system which manages connections between Ardour and the soundcard of your computer, and between Ardour and other JACK-enabled audio programs on your computer. You must install Jack OS X before you can use Ardour.

After downloading Jack OS X, you will be automatically prompted to open the installer with a window similar to the one below. If you don't see any window, just find the file you just downloaded and double-click on it.

The Jack OS X installer should open automatically. Just follow the instructions from the installer.

Once you are finished with the installation, you should see a newly created Jack folder in your Applications folder.

JackPilot is the user interface that allows you to control the Jack server and manage the audio connections between applications and/or Plugins. Double-click on JackPilot to start exploring Jack.