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A _snapshot_ is a representation of the current state of a session at some point
in time. In a nutshell, it's like versioning your project by giving every
version a meaningful name.
A _snapshot_ is a representation of the current state of a session. In a
nutshell, it's like versioning your project by giving every version a
meaningful, descriptive name. Even though it's not really exposed to users,
every session always has at least one snapshot which is whatever you have
there at the moment.
Let's say you recorded a song in your home studio and you are trying different
arrangements to see which one works best. Instead of creating multiple sessions
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**Snapshot (& keep working on current version)**
: You will create a new snapshot and continue working on the original version.
Mental model: "I think this is good enough, I might want returning to that
later, so I'll save a snapshot, undo, then carry on with my original idea
regardless".
Any new saves will overwrite the current state of the project, the newly
created snapshot will not be affected. Mental model: "I think I'm about to
change things in a major way, so I need a backup if everything goes sideways
with my experiment".
**Snapshot (& switch to new version)**
: You will create a new snapshot and switch to working on that version. Mental
model: "This is actually quite interesting, let's explore this idea further and
get back to the previous one if this turns out to be a dead end."
: You will create a new snapshot and switch to working on that version. Any new
saves you do will affect the new snapshot until you switch to the original
snapshot. Mental model: "This is actually quite interesting, let's explore this
idea further and get back to the previous one if this turns out to be a dead
end".
![snapshots](en/ardour7-snapshot-menu.png)
By default the program will name the new snapshot according to the current date
and timestamp of your system. If you wish, you can change the name to one that
more meaningfully corresponds to the session you are working on. From the menu,
you can also choose whether to save a snapshot and keep working on the present
version, or save a snapshot and switch immediately to that snapshot.
more meaningfully corresponds to the session you are working on.
![snapshots](en/ardour7-snapshot-name.png)