I track/mix ITB and OTB with Ardour. I have been taking a picture of my analog signal chains (instrument/mic setup/ mixdown) and insert it as a plugin so that it was an easy way to recall when changing sessions but I probably think I am burdening my system unnecessarily. It worked great for really small or initial sessions but I believe I am probably adding audio latency or using unnecessary resources. I noticed the plugin (which is run through yabridge) is probably not the best for resources.
Is there an easy way (other than writing down in notes which is too cumbersome), to view any format of picture within Ardour? i was thinking of the audio visual component of ardour but i see the manual says importing a video not picture. It is really only used in the initial setup of the session so i could de activate the track once the setup is done.
Any thoughts or ideas on how people are doing this are welcome or maybe there is a feature that I could use better.
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What’s wrong with taking screen shots (maybe that’s what you meant by pictures), and just open an image viewer, on another screen or desktop outside of Ardour: Ardour is a DAW, not an operating system.
If you mean you made photographs of audio recording hardware, like a mixing board, then just do the same with photos.
Any which way it would help if you were more specific, and also tell us what OS you are using, (Linux, MacOS or Linux) so people who also use it can help you. I like the suggestion from @SpotlightKid and since I’d like an easier way to log the overwhelming amount of settings of my gadgetry too, and I will check it out, and see if it works for me.
So I use hardware a lot and keeping track of the hardware settings can be a chore. My workaround is:
Snapshot plugin which allows you to store a jpg in a vst in the track.
The cons of this is it taking up resources (unless you put in deactivated channel) but the pros is that the pics get imported into your session so it always moves and less external programs to use. Ideally it would be great to put in the actual channel but think it is just needlessly using resources in this manner. I have been adding it to a bus which does not pass any audio and loading the Snapshot Plugins with all the pics of my audio for that session. The name reflects the channels i use. It helps keep everything really organized.
I have to check that out.