How We Set Up Ardour for Band Live Streaming (Step by Step)

by Tom Ray

I wanted to share a full follow-along walkthrough showing exactly how we set up our Ardour DAW workflow on Linux for our weekly band live stream, and save it as a reusable template.

What I walk through in the video

  • Starting a clean Ardour session for streaming
  • Building a practical track layout for drums, instruments, and vocals
  • Routing tracks into buses
  • Applying basic EQ/compression for better clarity
  • Running a quick soundcheck before going live
  • Saving the whole setup so next stream is faster

Why this workflow helped us

Instead of fixing routing problems every week, we now open one file template and update it each performance when needed.

If you stream with multiple inputs and want fewer last-minute audio surprises, this process should help.

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