This video shows how to create the effect somewhat similar to the one that can be heard in Telephone and Umbrella.
Using the shuttle in Ardour you can control the playback speed. The positional sync source first has to be set to:
Then it’s possible to control the playback simply by dragging the shuttle. If you right-click you can set the max speed.
Play around with it!
If you want to get your Hydrogen drum tracks into Ardour, one way of doing it is to record the Hydrogen outputs. You can use either the stereo output or the track specific outputs. This example uses a stereo sampled drum kit that is exported into Ardour as mono track(s). This is done by using the left outputs and panning the channels fully to the left.
Recording individual outputs to separate tracks
Ardour inputs are connected to track specific outputs (track_out_1_kick, track_out_2_snare, track_out_8_crash). Each output is recorded on a separate mono track.
Recording several outputs to one track
Ardour input is connected to track specific outputs (track_out_2_snare, track _out_4_snare, track _out_5_snare). Each output is recorded on the same mono track.
Recording master output allowing volume adjustment
Ardour input is connected to master output (out_1). Output is recorded on the same mono track. By using the master output it’s possible to adjust the output volume. You can use solo (s) to export a single track or mute (m) for several.
To this date there’s no function to delete a plug-in effect preset in Ardour. A feature request has been filed and you can follow the status here. In this case we will delete an obsolete duplicate that has been saved under the same name.
Open the file:
~/.ladspa/rdf/ardour-presets.n3
On my system the .ladspa dir is located in the user home dir. If you’re using a file browser make sure you enable the “show hidden files” function. Before you edit the file remember to keep a back up.
In the image below the highlighted part represents the duplicate preset.
When the highlighted part is removed the preset is also removed. Open Ardour and have a look.
This works for every preset and to find the desired preset to be removed, start by searching for the name of the preset (line including #hasLabel). Then select everything from two lines down (line including #hasSetting) up to the line below including next“#hasSetting” and delete selection.