3 Sometimes you will want to save a <dfn>snapshot</dfn> of the current state of a session for possible
4 use in the future. For example, you may be about to change the entire
5 arrangement of a piece, or drastically alter the signal processing, and
6 want a reference to come back to, should that not work out.
9 This is easily accomplished using <kbd class="menu">Session >
11 A small dialog will appear, allowing you to enter a name for the snapshot.
12 The default name is based on the current date and time.<br>
13 You can create any number of snapshots.
16 Creating a snapshot does <strong>not</strong> modify your session,
17 nor does it save your session. Instead, it saves an alternate version
18 of the session, within the session folder. The snapshot shares all data
19 present in the session.
22 After creating a snapshot, you can continue working on the session and
23 save it normally using <kbd class="menu">Session > Save</kbd> and any
24 existing snapshots will remain unchanged.
27 <h2>Switching to a Snapshot</h2>
29 If you are already working on a session and want to to switch to an
30 existing snapshot, navigate the <a href="@@the-snapshot-list">Snapshot List</a>.
31 Find the name of the snapshot in the list and click it. Ardour will switch
32 to the snapshot. If there are unsaved changes in the current session, Ardour
33 will ask what you want to do.
36 <h2>Starting Ardour With a Snapshot</h2>
38 Since a snapshot is just another session file stored within the session
39 folder, you can specify that "version" when loading an existing session.
40 The browser in the "Open Session" dialog will show an expander arrow for
41 sessions that have more than 1 session file (i.e. snapshots)
42 present—click on it to see the list, and then click on the name of the
43 snapshot you want to load.
46 <h2>Saving and Switching to a Snapshot</h2>
48 Sometimes you may want to create a snapshot and then have all future
49 edits and modifications saved to that snapshot rather than the main
50 session. This is easily done using <kbd class="menu">Session > Save
51 As</kbd>. This does not create a new session folder, but saves your
52 session as a new snapshot and then switches the "current snapshot"
53 to the newly created one. All subsequent saves of the session will
54 be stored in this new snapshot, and existing snapshots (and the main
55 session) will be left unaffected.