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116 lines
4.2 KiB
HTML
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<p>
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In the <a href="@@audio-track-controls">track header</a> (editor window, left pane) is a button labelled <kbd
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class="menu">p</kbd> (for "Playlist"). A click on this button displays the
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following menu:
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</p>
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<table class="dl">
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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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<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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<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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playlist made in one track will magically appear in the other. It is an
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obvious consequence of sharing. One application of this attribute is parallel
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processing, described in <a href="@@playlist-usecases">Playlist Use Cases</a>.
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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 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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</p>
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