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title = "Saving a snapshot"
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#pre = "<b>1. </b>"
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Saving a **Snapshot** in Ardour is similar to saving your Session to a
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new file, however using a Snapshot avoids overwriting the original
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Session file. A Snapshot contains the current state of your work, while
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sharing all the audio and data files of the Session.
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A _snapshot_ is a representation of the current state of a session at some point
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in time. In a nutshell, it's like versioning your project by giving every
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version a meaningful name.
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Let's say you recorded a song in your home studio and you are trying different
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arrangements to see which one works best. Instead of creating multiple sessions
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and copying files between them, you can make snapshots every time you think you
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have something worth preserving. At any point in time, you can save the current
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state of the session and switch to an earlier snapshot to compare your
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arrangements.
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## Saving a Snapshot
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You can save a Snapshot via the menu: *Session > Snapshot* (shortcut "*Control*" + "*Shift*" + "*S*").
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Ardour provides two commands in the _Session_ menu to create a snapshot:
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![snapshots](en/Ardour4_Snapshot_Menu.png)
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**Snapshot (& keep working on current version)**
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: You will create a new snapshot and continue working on the original version.
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Mental model: "I think this is good enough, I might want returning to that
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later, so I'll save a snapshot, undo, then carry on with my original idea
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regardless".
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By default the program will name the new Snapshot according to the
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current date and timestamp of your system. If you wish, you can change
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the name to one that more meaningfully corresponds to the Session you
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are working on. From the menu, you can also choose whether to save
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a snapshot and keep working on the present version, or save a snapshot
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and switch immediately to that snapshot.
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**Snapshot (& switch to new version)**
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: You will create a new snapshot and switch to working on that version. Mental
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model: "This is actually quite interesting, let's explore this idea further and
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get back to the previous one if this turns out to be a dead end."
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![snapshots](en/Ardour4_Snapshots_Name.png)
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![snapshots](en/ardour7-snapshot-menu.png)
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By default the program will name the new snapshot according to the current date
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and timestamp of your system. If you wish, you can change the name to one that
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more meaningfully corresponds to the session you are working on. From the menu,
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you can also choose whether to save a snapshot and keep working on the present
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version, or save a snapshot and switch immediately to that snapshot.
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![snapshots](en/ardour7-snapshot-name.png)
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## Recalling Snapshots
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You can recall a saved Snapshot via the '*Snapshots*' tab in the area on
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the right:
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You can recall a saved snapshot via the _Snapshots_ tab in the area on the
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right:
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![snapshot2](en/Ardour4_Snapshot_List.png)
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![snapshot2](en/ardour7-snapshot-list.png)
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There you see a few Snapshots that we created, and the '*my_session*' entry
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There you see a few snapshots that we created, and the _my\_session_ entry
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represents the original state of our session.
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Click on any Snapshot from the list to reload it.
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Click on any snapshot from the list to reload it.
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## Continuing
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Sometimes it is helpful to have a default starting point for new
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Sessions, for example for a set-up that you use all the time when starting a new project. To learn how
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to do this, please continue to the next session called **Saving a Template**.
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Sometimes it is helpful to have a default starting point for new sessions, for
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example, for a setup that you use all the time when starting a new project. To
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learn how to do this, please continue to the next section called _Saving a
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Template_.
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Next: [SAVING A TEMPLATE](../saving-a-template)
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