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