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