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HTML
42 lines
2.0 KiB
HTML
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<img class="right" style="clear:both" src="/images/track-layer-dialog.png"
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alt="Track layering menu" />
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<p>
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Ardour allows arbitrary <dfn>layering</dfn> of regions—you can
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have as many regions you wish at a given position. By default, the regions are
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<dfn>overlaid</dfn> in the editor window, to save vertical space.
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</p>
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<p>
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However, this display mode can be confusing for tracks with many overdubs,
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because its not obvious in which order the overdubs are layered. Although
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there are other methods of moving particular regions to the top of an
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overlapping set, and although Ardour also has playlists to let you manage
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<a href="@@playlist-usecases">takes</a> a bit more
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efficiently than just continually layering,
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there are times when being able to clearly see all regions in a track without
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any overlaps is reassuring and useful.
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</p>
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<p>
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Here is an image of a track with a rather drastic overdub situation,
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viewed in normal <dfn>overlaid mode</dfn>:
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<img src="/images/a3_overlaps_layered.png" alt="overlapping regions in overlaid mode" />
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<p>
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To change this display, right click on the track header, and you'll see
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the menu displayed above. There are two choices for layers. <kbd
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class="menu">overlaid</kbd> is currently selected. Click on <kbd
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class="menu">stacked</kbd> and the track display changes to this:
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<img src="/images/a3_layers_stacked.png" alt="overlapping regions in stacked mode" />
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<p>
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You can still move regions around as usual, and in fact you can
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even drag them so that they overlay each again, but when you
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release the mouse button, things will flip back to them all being
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stacked cleanly. The number of <dfn>lanes</dfn> for the track is determined by
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the maximum number of regions existing in any one spot throughout
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the track, so if you have really stacked up 10 overdubs in one spot,
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you'll end up with 10 lanes. Obviously, using a large track height
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works much better for this than a small one.
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</p>
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