Configuration

If you don’t like it, change it!

Audacity’s Preference dialog window is split into more than a dozen different sections, such as Devices, Playback, Recording, Keyboard Shortcuts, and Import/export. Each section is described in detail in the user manual and features relevant screenshots for easy assimilation of the information. There are also a number of plugins to extend the default functionality of Audacity. The application ships with four themes by default, and you can also create a custom theme. You’ll find to-the-point instructions on the wiki. One of its unique features is that you can control various aspects of the graphical interface with keyboard shortcuts, and the application also lets you define custom shortcuts.

You can access the Preferences dialog box on Audacity and

Ardour by clicking Edit>preferences. Ardour also lets you tweak different parameters for more than a dozen different sections. As

Ardour is a fully featured DAW and not merely an audio editor, these settings would be of little interest to novice users who will most likely find the default configuration suitable for all their needs. Although the application supports unlimited undo/redo, you can define a limit should you so desire, and also change the default font/size of the text buttons in the interface.

LMMS is also highly malleable and lets you change its appearance using themes. You can find a host of user-contributed themes on the project’s sharing platform. In addition to various audio and MIDI configuration options, the General Settings tab lets you enable tooltips for the interface, enable HA mode for output sounds, etc. Each of these options are explored and described in the wiki.