Working on a multi-song project, I like to have separate ‘views’ of each song. I often start by creating a custom template and using it to create a new session for each song.
When all songs are recorded, I start to mix on one song on my analogue mixing desk. In this process I often change output routing, a few default plugins, etc. I write these changes on paper and each time I open an other song, I manually apply those changes…
It would be perfect if ardour supported multiple timelines per session. This way all changes in track layout, routing and plugins are reflected over all songs and switching songs would be a breeze.
Benefits:
Separate view per song with easy switching
Switching timelines will display that timeline’s regions
You can easily copy/paste between timelines
Changes in settings, track layout, routing, and plugins are ‘global’
is this possible with the way ardour supports multiple playlists? it isn’t something i have looked into yet, but i agree it would be a great feature to have if it did work like that.
edit:
maybe this playlists feature could just be extended (if it isn’t already like this) to add ‘playlist lists’ (can’t think of a better term). ie, you select the ‘song 2’ option, and ardour switches to all the ‘song 2’ playlists in each track.
Global playlist support would be great. It could avoid some problems when the midi support comes in: When you have a project in Cubase (or something like it…) with a couple of songs and midi tempo changes and you add a bar at the beginning of the project, the whole timeline gets muddled.
