3 In the <a href="@@audio-track-controls">track header</a> (editor window, left pane) is a button labelled <kbd
4 class="menu">p</kbd> (for "Playlist"). A click on this button displays the
10 <th><i>(Local Playlists)</i></th>
11 <td>Shows all of the playlists associated with this track, and indicates
12 the currently selected playlist</td>
15 <th>Select…</th>
16 <td>Allows switching playlists, either for this track or multiple ones (more about that later)</td>
19 <th>Rename…</th>
20 <td>Displays a dialog to rename the current playlist</td></tr>
22 <th>New Playlist…</th>
23 <td>Creates a new empty playlist, and the track switches to the new playlist</td>
26 <th>Copy Playlist…</th>
27 <td>Creates a new playlist that is an independent copy of the current playlist; the track switches to the new playlist</td>
30 <th>Clear Current</th>
31 <td>Removes all regions from the current playlist</td>
34 <th>Advanced</th><td></td></tr>
36 <th class="sub1">Copy from …</th>
37 <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>
40 <th class="sub1">Share with …</th>
41 <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>
44 <th class="sub1">Steal from …</th>
45 <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>
50 When <em>Stealing</em> a playlist, it does not remove the playlist from the
51 robbed track. The playlist now belongs to the current track, and the robbed track
52 uses the playlist as a shared playlist with the new owner. Hence, this playlist
53 won't be in the <i>(Local Playlists)</i> list from the robbed track anymore, but
54 will now appear in the current track's local playlists.
57 <h2>Sharing vs copying Playlists</h2>
59 It is entirely possible to <dfn>share playlists</dfn> between tracks. The only
60 slightly unusual thing that should be noted when sharing is that edits to the
61 playlist made in one track will magically appear in the other. It is an
62 obvious consequence of sharing. One application of this attribute is parallel
63 processing, described in <a href="@@playlist-usecases">Playlist Use Cases</a>.
66 To avoid this kind of behaviour, and nevertheless use the same (or substantially
67 the same) playlist on two tracks, the desired playlist must be copied and not shared.
68 This generates an <dfn>independent copy</dfn> of it for that track, which can
69 then be edited without affecting the original.
75 <img src="/images/playlist_select.png" alt="The Select playlist menu"/>
76 <figcaption>The Select playlist menu.</figcaption>
80 In its most basic use, the <kbd class="menu">Select …</kbd>
85 to switch from one playlist to another (with the added benefit,
86 compared to switching directly from the <i>Local Playlists</i>
87 list, to see the creation date and time),
90 to create a new, empty playlist, with the <kbd class="menu">New
91 Playlist(s)</kbd> button,
94 or to create an independent copy of the current one, with the
95 <kbd class="menu">Copy Playlist(s)</kbd> button.
99 When used for <kbd class="option">Only this track/group</kbd>, in the
100 selector below, it is the same as using the <kbd class="menu">New
101 Playlist …</kbd> and <kbd class="menu">Copy Playlist …</kbd> from the
105 But the selector also allows to apply these operation (changing
106 playlist, creating an empty new one or creating an independent copy)
107 for <kbd class="option">Rec-armed tracks</kbd> or <kbd
108 class="option">ALL tracks</kbd>. This can be useful in a recording
109 situation with many microphones and multiple takes to deal with.
112 These playlist operations, on multiple tracks, are also available
113 directly on the secondary toolbar in <a
114 href="@@recorder">Recorder</a> mode.