This ended up not being relevant so far, but after I started using playlists, I realized there doesn’t seem to be an easy way to move regions to a new playlist while preserving the position. I don’t know if I’m just missing something or if you’re really supposed to create a new playlist before recording a new take.
Usually it’s not an issue and I don’t forget, but sometimes I’ll just keep recording and recording and realize I technically have a few different takes all in one playlist. Being able to move some of those recordings to new playlists while preserving the position would be useful in that scenario.
I just tested the scenario you’re talking about. And it seems you have two(?) options:
1: Select and copy (ctrl-c) the regions you want to transfer to another playlist; turn on snap and snap-align the playhead to the beginning of the region(s); press delete to delete them; switch to the new playlist (or the one you want to paste onto); then paste them (ctrl-v).
2: Use AudioClipboard’s copy-paste ability to do the same thing. (-The only benefit with this option is not having to snap-align the playhead to preserve original region positioning. -AudioClipboard automatically pastes and preserves the original positioning, no matter where the playhead is.)
For you, option 1 probably involves the least amount of clicking.
Now, for the future, it seems like some setting like ‘Automatically create a new playlist with each recording/take’ would be beneficial for what you desire(?). And it’s possible(???) something like that already exists that I’m not seeing… …
For moving regions from track to track while preserving their position, one can Middle-Mouse-Button - Drag the thing.
Have not tested if this works for playlists, though.
Helpful! Unfortunately, more than one playlist cannot be active on one track at a time, so there’s nowhere to drag to. But one workflow could be creating a new track for the final version and drag from the recording track. Not ideal, but plausible!
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