In the track header (editor window, left pane) is a button labelled p (for "Playlist"). If you click on this button, Ardour + class="menu">p (for "Playlist"). If you click on this button, Ardour displays the following menu:
- Playlists are created with the name of the track of which they are - associated, plus a version number. So, the first playlist for a track - called "Cowbell" will be called Cowbell.1. This name will - be used to define the names of any regions added to the playlist by - recording. You can change the name at any time, to anything you want. - Ardour does not require that your playlist names are all unique, but it - will make your life easier if they are. Suggested examples of user-assigned + Playlists are created with the name of the track of which they are + associated, plus a version number. So, the first playlist for a track + called "Cowbell" will be called Cowbell.1. This name will + be used to define the names of any regions added to the playlist by + recording. You can change the name at any time, to anything you want. + Ardour does not require that your playlist names are all unique, but it + will make your life easier if they are. Suggested examples of user-assigned names for a playlist might include Lead Guitar, 2nd - take, vocals (quiet), - and downbeat cuica. Notice how these might be - different from the associated track names, which for these examples might - be Lead Guitar, - Vocals and Cuica. The - playlist name provides more information because it is about a specific - version of the material that may (or may not) end up in the final version + take, vocals (quiet), + and downbeat cuica. Notice how these might be + different from the associated track names, which for these examples might + be Lead Guitar, + Vocals and Cuica. The + playlist name provides more information because it is about a specific + version of the material that may (or may not) end up in the final version of the track.
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- It is entirely possible to share playlists between tracks. The only - slightly unusual thing you may notice when sharing is that edits to the - playlist made in one track will magically appear in the other. If you - think about this for a moment, its an obvious consequence of sharing. - One application of this attribute is parallel processing, described + It is entirely possible to share playlists between tracks. The only + slightly unusual thing you may notice when sharing is that edits to the + playlist made in one track will magically appear in the other. If you + think about this for a moment, its an obvious consequence of sharing. + One application of this attribute is parallel processing, described below.
- You might not want this kind of behaviour, even though you still want - two tracks to use the same (or substantially the same) playlist. To - accomplish this, select the chosen playlist in the second track, and - then use New Copy to generate an independent copy of it for + You might not want this kind of behaviour, even though you still want + two tracks to use the same (or substantially the same) playlist. To + accomplish this, select the chosen playlist in the second track, and + then use New Copy to generate an independent copy of it for that track. You can then edit this playlist without affecting the original.
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