Core dump - Add BBT Marker

#1

Hi there,

Here is what I have so far as a minimal working example (MWE) for an ardour core dump.

http://de.gauthier.pl/pour/.ardour/2026-09-25_CoreDump.ardour (~24.4 KiB)

^ All is fine with this file until you Add BBT Marker (By right clicking in the Bars:Beats time line trying with most any name, any bar, any beat) after which I get :
[1] 295294 segmentation fault (core dumped) ardour9

Archlinux
Ardour9.8.0 (built using 9.8 and GCC version 16.2.1 20260810)

#2

Could you archive the whole session (rather than just the session file itself) and make that available?

#3

Of course !

http://de.gauthier.pl/pour/.ardour/coreDump.zip

but those file where created automatically when I oppened the coreDump.ardour file.

I really hope this helps.

#4

Or maybe I should start over :

I have this studio session that I want to setup for a full symphony orchestra where everything is written down in typical PDF scores. From this LilyPond project I have this MIDI file in which most sections, tempo, time signatures resides.

Workflow :

  • Start a fresh ardour9 session
  • Session → Import Audio/MIDI files…
  • Select metronome.mid
    • as new tracks
    • playhead (which is at bar 3 since I want two extra counting bars before bar 1)
    • one track per file
    • -none- as MIDI Instrument
    • by track number
    • X Use MIDI Tempo Map
    • X Import MIDI markers
    • Import
  • Add BBT Marker to set current bar 3 as bar 1.
  • Core dump :sob:
#5

I can add the BBT marker just fine, but then double-clicking on it crashes.

It also looks like Ardour does not import the Time Signatures present in the file, but that’s a different story.