Strange things happen - where's my track? [SOLVED]

#1

Good evening Ladies and Gentlelords,

I thought I’d just drop by and say cheerie-bye, so:

Cheerie-bye!

And while I’m at it, I might as well entertain everybody with the latest issue that came up while working with Ardour 8.12.

I run Debian 11 on a slightly outdated Lenovo Thinkstation S10 which came with an even more outdated Nvidia Quadro FX 1700 graphics card. For some reason, this card doesn’t go too well with the Nouveau graphics driver and it is no longer supported with a proprietary driver.

So, not the most powerful array, which proves everytime I’m working on automation in the Editor. The more automation I add, the longer it takes to scroll up and down, and every change between, say, “manual” and “write” takes seconds, let alone switching between mixer and editor. Well, I can live with that until I can afford a more contemporary graphics card or, better still, an S30.

Now: Today Ardour froze while I had volume and processor automation running on two tracks simultaneously. I had to kill it, and don’t thank God but the developers that it is capable of restoring all data after a freeze or a crash.

BUT: One track is missing now after I restarted it. And the really strange thing is that the track is still audible, it just doesn’t show up on the GUI. I looked in the preferences if there is a default limitation of tracks, since I have at least 25 active on the current project, but I found nothing of the kind, which I didn’t seriously expect anyway.

Can anybody give me a hint where to look next?

Apart from this incident which is certainly nobody’s fault but my hardware’s, I’m glad to say that Ardour 8.12 works flawlessly and I’m happy to work with it.

The song I’m currently working on is almost finished and you can soon listen to it on “Made with Ardour”.

Cetero censeo microsoft esse delendam.

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#2

Perhaps it became hidden as the result of the crash? Check the “V” column in the Editor List at the right of the editor window.

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#3

THANKS! It appears to be exactly what happened. I’m not quite familiar with editor and mixer list I have to say, but I’ll pay more attention to them in the future. I just looked and the track in question was indeed unchecked. Problem solved! If everything in life was that easy, man what a wonderful world this would be.

All the Best,
Frank

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#4

Glad that worked out.

Good idea. seems like I’m always learning more of its function. Like many features in Ardour, it’s exceedingly well thought out and useful. As far as I’m aware it’s the only way to modify the order of the tracks in the main edit window.

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#5

We added drag-n-drop for track order in the edit window several versions ago. Just grab somewhere in the track header and drag…

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#6

This is most useful, I just tried it. And the beauty of it is that the order is changed in the Mixer window accordingly. Of course it is, what else! Well, well done.

To be honest, this thread is actually a typical case for the RTFM department, innit. I always tell myself to study it between sessions, but Gordon Lightfoot… And once I’m working on the next song, my patience quickly runs out.

I apologise if I have scared the horses and I sincerely thank everyone for their valuable work and the help!

Cetero censeo microsoft esse delendam.

See ya,
Frank

#7

Also, here’s another method, and something very helpful for moving groups of tracks/buses up and down: I discovered on my Mac that you can simply select the ones you want to reposition in the editor, and then press cmd-↑ (command + up arrow) and cmd-↓ (command + down arrow) respectively. (So I’m assuming on GNU/Linux (and Windows) it’s probably ctrl-↑/ctrl-↓ or something close to that.)

This has recently proven invaluable for quickly and reliably organizing large (±75-100 track/bus) projects, as I am doing now.

#8

Hi there!

Drag and drop works in the editor itself and in the editor list, as I found out. I’ll say it again, this is brilliant.

Ctrl - up or down doesn’t work on my screen, for whatever reason…

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