Copying all the ardour settings and templates to another computer

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#1

I am going to do a workshop with ardour by the end of this summer. For this i will have to demonstrate a lot of how i work with ardour.
Unfortunately i can’t take my studio computer with me but will have to switch to my performance laptop. Still i would like to be able to work on that machine exactly the same way as i work on the studiocomputer.
When updating ardour i commonly loose my colour/theme settings when staying on the same machine. Now i need to move all my settings, session and track templates, keyboardshortcuts, the colour theming and maybe even the plugins.
Which directories/files would i have to copy for this? :slight_smile:

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#2

assuming you are on linux and from top of my head:

  1. ~/.config
  2. ~/.vst ~/.vst3 ~/.lv2
  3. wherever you have choosen to put your ardour projects, default is ~
  4. wherever you have choosen to put your clips library, default is ~/.local/share/sounds/clips
  5. edit, right, i have a directory for soundfonts too. self-created.

As said, not a complete list, just from top of my head what i would start with.

#3

Ah nice, did not think of the clip library! Thanks!

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#4

There is also ~/.cache/ardour9/ which caches VST2/3 scan results and freesound downloads. The former may hover be system specific