[Ardour-Users] What are [control] connections?

[Paul Davis]

On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 7:23 PM, Brett Clark <brett.clark at zirous.com> wrote:

> Onto my issue: when i create a new session using the template and add a
> track, the new track automatically outputs to the Master (which is what i
> want), but it also creates another output that has the word '[control]' on
> it that links to the Monitor bus too. This can create issues since the
> Monitor now has inputs from both the Master send and directly from the new
> track.

this is how control outs in ardour2 work. each track has its own
independent signal pathway to the control out bus.

this has been totally and utterly revised in ardour3.

there's no reason to add a send from master->control out bus in either version.

--p