No autoconnect to external devices

I am running ardour using pw-jack in a pipewire based debian system. I manage all my connections using qpwgraph and I want to avoid that ardour auto-connects to “external” devices. Can that be done?

Yes for the most part:

Ardour Preferences > Signal Flow > …

  • Auto-connect main output (master or monitor) bus to physical ports
  • Connect track inputs … → manually

Ardour will still save/recall manual connections, and metronome auto-connection is currently unconditional…

Thank you for the response