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<script type=text/javascript>var baseurl="https://prokoudine.github.io/ardour-tutorial/en"</script><script type=text/javascript src=/ardour-tutorial/js/search.js?1650832600></script></div><section id=homelinks><ul><li><a class=padding href=/ardour-tutorial/en/><i class="fas fa-home"></i> Home</a></li></ul></section><div class=highlightable><ul class=topics><li data-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/introduction/ title=Introduction class=dd-item><a href=/ardour-tutorial/en/introduction/><b>1. </b>Introduction</a><ul><li data-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/introduction/conventions/ title=Conventions class=dd-item><a href=/ardour-tutorial/en/introduction/conventions/>Conventions</a></li><li data-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/introduction/what-is-digital-audio/ title="What is digital audio?" class=dd-item><a href=/ardour-tutorial/en/introduction/what-is-digital-audio/>What is digital audio?</a></li></ul></li><li data-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/getting-started/ title="Getting started" class=dd-item><a 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ranges</a></li><li data-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/editing-sessions/working-with-regions/ title="Working with regions" class=dd-item><a href=/ardour-tutorial/en/editing-sessions/working-with-regions/>Working with regions</a></li><li data-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/editing-sessions/further-region-operations/ title="Further region operations" class=dd-item><a href=/ardour-tutorial/en/editing-sessions/further-region-operations/>Further region operations</a></li><li data-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/editing-sessions/changing-edit-modes/ title="Changing edit modes" class=dd-item><a href=/ardour-tutorial/en/editing-sessions/changing-edit-modes/>Changing edit modes</a></li><li data-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/editing-sessions/creating-looped-sections/ title="Creating looped sections" class=dd-item><a href=/ardour-tutorial/en/editing-sessions/creating-looped-sections/>Creating looped sections</a></li><li data-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/editing-sessions/stretching-shrinking-regions/ 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parent"><a href=/ardour-tutorial/en/saving-sessions/><b>7. </b>Saving sessions</a><ul><li data-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/saving-sessions/saving-a-session/ title="Saving a session" class="dd-item active"><a href=/ardour-tutorial/en/saving-sessions/saving-a-session/>Saving a session</a></li><li data-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/saving-sessions/saving-a-snapshot/ title="Saving a snapshot" class=dd-item><a href=/ardour-tutorial/en/saving-sessions/saving-a-snapshot/>Saving a snapshot</a></li><li data-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/saving-sessions/saving-a-template/ title="Saving a template" class=dd-item><a href=/ardour-tutorial/en/saving-sessions/saving-a-template/>Saving a template</a></li></ul></li><li data-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/appendices/ title=Appendices class=dd-item><a href=/ardour-tutorial/en/appendices/><b>8. </b>Appendices</a><ul><li data-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/appendices/further-help/ title="Further help" class=dd-item><a href=/ardour-tutorial/en/appendices/further-help/>Further help</a></li><li data-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/appendices/glossary/ title=Glossary class=dd-item><a href=/ardour-tutorial/en/appendices/glossary/>Glossary</a></li><li data-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/appendices/credits/ title=Credits class=dd-item><a href=/ardour-tutorial/en/appendices/credits/>Credits</a></li><li data-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/appendices/license/ title=License class=dd-item><a href=/ardour-tutorial/en/appendices/license/>License</a></li><li data-nav-id=/ardour-tutorial/en/appendices/how-to-contribute/ title="How to contribute" class=dd-item><a href=/ardour-tutorial/en/appendices/how-to-contribute/>How to contribute</a></li></ul></li></ul><section id=shortcuts><h3>More</h3><ul><li><a class=padding href=https://github.com/prokoudine/ardour-tutorial><i class="fab fa-fw fa-github"></i> This tutorial on GitHub</a></li><li><a class=padding href=https://ardour.org/><i class="fas fa-fw fa-home"></i> Ardour's homepage</a></li><li><a class=padding href=https://manual.ardour.org><i class="fas fa-fw fa-bookmark"></i> User manual</a></li><li><a class=padding href=https://discourse.ardour.org/><i class="fas fa-fw fa-users"></i> Forum</a></li><li><a class=padding href=https://prokoudine.github.io/ardour-tutorial/en/appendices/credits/><i class="fas fa-fw fa-bullhorn"></i> Credits</a></li></ul></section><section id=prefooter><hr><ul><li><a class=padding><i class="fas fa-language fa-fw"></i><div class=select-style><select id=select-language onchange="location=this.value"><option id=en value=https://prokoudine.github.io/ardour-tutorial/en/saving-sessions/saving-a-session/ selected>English</option></select><svg id="Capa_1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" width="255" height="255" viewBox="0 0 255 255" style="enable-background:new 0 0 255 255"><g><g id="arrow-drop-down"><polygon points="0,63.75 127.5,191.25 255,63.75"/></g></g></svg></div></a></li></ul></section><section id=footer><p>Built with <a href=https://github.com/matcornic/hugo-theme-learn><i class="fas fa-heart"></i></a> from <a href=https://getgrav.org>Grav</a> and <a href=https://gohugo.io/>Hugo</a></p></section></div></nav><section id=body><div id=overlay></div><div class="padding highlightable"><div><div id=top-bar><div id=breadcrumbs itemscope itemtype=http://data-vocabulary.org/Breadcrumb><span id=sidebar-toggle-span><a href=# id=sidebar-toggle data-sidebar-toggle><i class="fas fa-bars"></i></a></span>
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<span class=links><a href=/ardour-tutorial/en/>Home</a> > <a href=/ardour-tutorial/en/saving-sessions/>Saving sessions</a> > Saving a session</span></div><div class=progress><div class=wrapper><nav id=TableOfContents><ul><li><a href=#ardour-file-and-folder-format>Ardour File and Folder Format</a></li><li><a href=#moving-a-session-to-another-computer-or-disk>Moving a Session to Another Computer or Disk</a></li><li><a href=#continuing>Continuing</a></li></ul></nav></div></div></div></div><div id=head-tags></div><div id=body-inner><h1>Saving a session</h1><p>There are a number of ways to save Sessions in Ardour, so that each session
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can be use later on. The simplest way is to save the entire session just like
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you would save other documents: hitting <strong>Ctrl+S</strong>.</p><p>A new session is first saved at the moment you create it. While you are working
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on it, you should save it frequently. Get into the habit of hitting <strong>Ctrl+S</strong>
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(or <strong>Command+S</strong> on a Mac) every few minutes.</p><div class="notices tip"><p>Avoid using any characters other than letters and numbers when naming your
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session. Avoid white spaces, accented letters, !@#$%*()+, periods, commas, etc.
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Use dashes or underscores if you like. For example, instead of “My Great
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Session!”, prefer “My_Great_Session”, or “MyGreatSession”, or
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“my-great-session”. Instead of “Açaí”, write “Acai” (without accented letters),
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etc. Once you have created your Ardour session, do <em>not</em> manually rename any
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folders or files that belong to the session.</p></div><h2 id=ardour-file-and-folder-format>Ardour File and Folder Format</h2><p>The contents of a typical session’s folder on your hard drive might look
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something like this:</p><p><img src=en/Ardour4_Session_Folder_Structure.png alt="Ardour Folder"></p><p>A bit of information about some of the components inside that folder:</p><ul><li>The name of this session is <em>my_session</em>.</li><li>The main session file is called <code>my_session.ardour</code>. The session file is
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periodically backed up by Ardour with a <code>.bak</code> extension.</li><li>The <code>.history</code> file keeps a record of changes you have made during your
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session, and is also periodically backed up.</li><li>The <code>interchange</code> folder contains the actual audio data of all the regions
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used in your session.</li><li>The <code>export</code> folder is where exported files are saved by default.</li></ul><p>If double-clicking on the session file does not launch Ardour, use the standard
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method of first opening the application itself, then choosing a session from the
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<em>Session Setup</em> dialog.</p><p><img src=en/ardour7-session-setup-dialog.png alt="Ardour Opening"></p><h2 id=moving-a-session-to-another-computer-or-disk>Moving a Session to Another Computer or Disk</h2><p>If you need to move your Ardour session to another computer, or if you would
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like to make a backup of it on an external drive, <em>you must copy the entire
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folder</em> containing all of the files mentioned above. It is <em>not</em> enough to copy
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just the <code>*.ardour</code> file.</p><div class="notices warning"><p>When copying an Ardour folder to another computer or drive, do not manually
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change its name or the name of any of the internal files. Please also note that,
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as Ardour sessions are case-sensitive, copying a session to a USB stick (VFAT
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file-system) will likely corrupt the session. ZIP up the session folder to move
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it between machines.</p></div><p>The easiest way to transfer the entire project is indeed to just ZIP the
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session’s folder. If you don’t have snapshots in your session, you can also use
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the <code>Session > Archive...</code> command. This will create a single ZIP file
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containing the project file and all audio data transcoded to lossless FLAC
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files. Please note that an archive will <em>not</em> contain snapshot, only the current
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state of the session will be preserved.</p><h2 id=continuing>Continuing</h2><p>Saving an entire allows you to open it again at a later time. However, if you
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would like to preserve a certain state that your is in, to be able to return to
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that state later on after you have made changes, then please continue to the
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