Ardour 9.0 has been released as one of the most substantial updates to this open-source digital audio workstation. A central change is the expansion of clip-based workflows. The Cue page now allows direct editing of both MIDI and audio cues, with MIDI clips opening a full pianoroll editor that mirrors the capabilities of the main timeline.
Users can also record directly into cue slots, effectively turning Ardour into a live-looping environment similar in concept to other contemporary DAWs. Recordings can be constrained to fixed musical lengths or stopped manually, then launched in sync with the project’s quantization grid.
