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58 lines
2.4 KiB
HTML
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<p>
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Sometimes you will want to save a <dfn>snapshot</dfn> of the current state of a session for possible
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use in the future. For example, you may be about to change the entire
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arrangement of a piece, or drastically alter the signal processing, and
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want a reference to come back to, should that not work out.
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This is easily accomplished using <kbd class="menu">Session >
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Snapshot</kbd>.
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A small dialog will appear, allowing you to enter a name for the snapshot.
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The default name is based on the current date and time.<br>
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You can create any number of snapshots.
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<p class="warning">
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Creating a snapshot does <strong>not</strong> modify your session,
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nor does it save your session. Instead, it saves an alternate version
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of the session, within the session folder. The snapshot shares all data
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present in the session.
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After creating a snapshot, you can continue working on the session and
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save it normally using <kbd class="menu">Session > Save</kbd> and any
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existing snapshots will remain unchanged.
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<h2>Switching to a Snapshot</h2>
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If you are already working on a session and want to to switch to an
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existing snapshot, navigate the <a href="@@the-snapshot-list">Snapshot List</a>.
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Find the name of the snapshot in the list and click it. Ardour will switch
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to the snapshot. If there are unsaved changes in the current session, Ardour
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will ask what you want to do.
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<h2>Starting Ardour With a Snapshot</h2>
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<p>
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Since a snapshot is just another session file stored within the session
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folder, you can specify that "version" when loading an existing session.
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The browser in the "Open Session" dialog will show an expander arrow for
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sessions that have more than 1 session file (i.e. snapshots)
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present—click on it to see the list, and then click on the name of the
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snapshot you want to load.
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</p>
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<h2>Saving and Switching to a Snapshot</h2>
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<p>
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Sometimes you may want to create a snapshot and then have all future
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edits and modifications saved to that snapshot rather than the main
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session. This is easily done using <kbd class="menu">Session > Save
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As</kbd>. This does not create a new session folder, but saves your
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session as a new snapshot and then switches the "current snapshot"
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to the newly created one. All subsequent saves of the session will
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be stored in this new snapshot, and existing snapshots (and the main
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session) will be left unaffected.
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