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6.9 Updates to the playlist management

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</p>
<table class="dl">
<tr><th>(Local Playlists)</th>
<td>Shows all of the playlists associated with this track, and indicates
the currently selected playlist</td></tr>
<tr><th>Rename&hellip;</th>
<td>Displays a dialog to rename the current playlist</td></tr>
<tr><th>New&hellip;</th>
<td>Creates a new empty playlist, and the track switches to the new playlist</td></tr>
<tr><th>New Copy&hellip;</th>
<td>Creates a new playlist that is a copy of the current playlist; the track switches to the new playlist</td></tr>
<tr><th>Clear Current</th>
<td>Removes all regions from the current playlist</td></tr>
<tr><th>Select From All&hellip;</th>
<td>Displays a playlist browser to manually choose which playlist this track should use. (from this track or another one)</td></tr>
<tr>
<th><i>(Local Playlists)</i></th>
<td>Shows all of the playlists associated with this track, and indicates
the currently selected playlist</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Select&hellip;</th>
<td>Allows switching playlists, either for this track or multiple ones (more about that later)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Rename&hellip;</th>
<td>Displays a dialog to rename the current playlist</td></tr>
<tr>
<th>New Playlist&hellip;</th>
<td>Creates a new empty playlist, and the track switches to the new playlist</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Copy Playlist&hellip;</th>
<td>Creates a new playlist that is an independent copy of the current playlist; the track switches to the new playlist</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Clear Current</th>
<td>Removes all regions from the current playlist</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Advanced</th><td></td></tr>
<tr>
<th class="sub1">Copy from &hellip;</th>
<td>Creates a new playlist that is an independent copy of a playlist from this track or another one; the track switches to the new playlist</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="sub1">Share with &hellip;</th>
<td>Uses a playlist from this track or another one; any edit to this playlist will be reflected on the other track(s) that use this playlist</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="sub1">Steal from &hellip;</th>
<td>Uses a playlist from this track or another one and removes it from the local playlists in the "robbed" track. Otherwise, behaves like "Share with &hellip;"</td>
</tr>
</table>
<h2>Renaming Playlists</h2>
<p>
Playlists are created by default with the name of the active playlist, plus a
version number, and the first playlist is named after the track with which it is
associated. So, the first playlist for a track called "Cowbell" will be called
"Cowbell.1", the next one "Cowbell.2", etc. This name can be changed at any
time, to anything: Ardour does not require playlist names to be unique,
although it will make the user's life easier if they are. Suggested examples
of user-assigned names for a playlist might include <kbd class="input"> Lead
Guitar, 2nd take</kbd>, <kbd class="input">vocals (quiet)</kbd>, and <kbd
class="input">downbeat cuica</kbd>. These might be different from the
associated track names, which for these examples might be <kbd
class="input">Lead Guitar</kbd>, <kbd class="input">Vocals</kbd> and <kbd
class="input">Cuica</kbd>. The playlist name provides more information because
it is about a specific version of the material that may (or may not) end up in
the final version of the track.
<p class="note">
When <em>Stealing</em> a playlist, it does not remove the playlist from the
robbed track. The playlist now belongs to the current track, and the robbed track
uses the playlist as a shared playlist with the new owner. Hence, this playlist
won't be in the <i>(Local Playlists)</i> list from the robbed track anymore, but
will now appear in the current track's local playlists.
</p>
<p class="note">Using the fact that playlist names are based on the active one with
an incremented version number, one can rename a playlist "Cowbell take.1" so that
the next playlist created is automatically named "Cowbell take.2" etc. This allows
for a quick way to label different takes.
</p>
<h2>Sharing Playlists</h2>
<h2>Sharing vs copying Playlists</h2>
<p>
It is entirely possible to <dfn>share playlists</dfn> between tracks. The only
slightly unusual thing that should be noted when sharing is that edits to the
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</p>
<p>
To avoid this kind of behaviour, and nevertheless use the same (or substantially
the same) playlist on two tracks, the desired playlist must be chosen in the
second track, and then the <kbd class="menu">New Copy&hellip;</kbd> button clicked.
the same) playlist on two tracks, the desired playlist must be copied and not shared.
This generates an <dfn>independent copy</dfn> of it for that track, which can
then be edited without affecting the original.
</p>
<h2>Select menu</h2>
<figure>
<img src="/images/playlist_select.png" alt="The Select playlist menu"/>
<figcaption>The Select playlist menu.</figcaption>
</figure>
<p>
In its most basic use, the <kbd class="menu">Select &hellip;</kbd>
menu allows:
</p>
<ul>
<li>
to switch from one playlist to another (with the added benefit,
compared to switching directly from the <i>Local Playlists</i>
list, to see the creation date and time),
</li>
<li>
to create a new, empty playlist, with the <kbd class="menu">New
Playlist(s)</kbd> button,
</li>
<li>
or to create an independent copy of the current one, with the
<kbd class="menu">Copy Playlist(s)</kbd> button.
</li>
</ul>
<p>
When used for <kbd class="option">Only this track/group</kbd>, in the
selector below, it is the same as using the <kbd class="menu">New
Playlist &hellip;</kbd> and <kbd class="menu">Copy Playlist &hellip;</kbd> from the
Playlist menu.
</p>
<p>
But the selector also allows to apply these operation (changing
playlist, creating an empty new one or creating an independent copy)
for <kbd class="option">Rec-armed tracks</kbd> or <kbd
class="option">ALL tracks</kbd>. This can be useful in a recording
situation with many microphones and multiple takes to deal with.
</p>
<p>
These playlist operations, on multiple tracks, are also available
directly on the secondary toolbar in <a
href="@@recorder">Recorder</a> mode.
</p>

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