The Ardour team is happy to announce the release of Ardour 3.0 for Linux<br>systems (OS X releases will follow in a few weeks)<br><br>This is the first release of Ardour that features support for MIDI<br>recording, playback and editing. It also features a huge number of<br>
changes to audio workflow, which for many users may be more<br>significant than the MIDI support. For an overview of the changes,<br>please read the What&#39;s New page at <a href="http://ardour.org/whatsnew.html">http://ardour.org/whatsnew.html</a><br>
<br>Please Plan On Updating<br>-------------------------------<br><br>You should visit expect subsequent releases of 3.0 to follow at a<br>rapid rate. We plan to release a new version every 2-4 weeks. Since<br>3.0 has many areas that need to be improved in addition to actual<br>
bugs, please plan on upgrading and keeping track of the program as it<br>develops. There is every chance that the problem you encounter today<br>will be solved in a short time.<br><br>No Need To Remove Other Versions<br>---------------------------------------------<br>
This release can be installed on your system at the same time as any<br>previous or future version of Ardour. They will not interfere with<br>each other in anyway, except for possibly sharing your Ardour<br>preferences.<br>
<br>Working with 2.X Sessions<br>--------------------------------<br>Although Ardour 3.0 will open most sessions created with Ardour 2.X,<br>we recommend NOT working on such sessions with Ardour 3.0. Ardour 2.X<br>will continue to be available and may even see occasional maintainance<br>
updates from time to time. If you have old sessions, continue to work<br>on them with Ardour 2.<br><br>If you insist on opening existing Ardour 2.X sessions with 3.0, be aware that...<br><br>  - a backup copy of the 2.X version of the session file will be created<br>
  - panning information will be lost<br>  - crossfades may not precisely match their 2.X counterparts<br>  - once you save a session in Ardour 3.0, Ardour 2.X will not be able<br>    to open the main session file again. It will, however, be able to<br>
    use the backup that 3.0 created<br><br>Download<br>------------<br>As usual, you can get Ardour 3.0 from our Download page at<br><br>     <a href="http://ardour.org/download">http://ardour.org/download</a><br><br> <br>
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