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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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| 0001362 | ardour | features | public | 2006-12-15 00:53 | 2007-01-26 19:58 |
| Reporter | oofus | Assigned To | |||
| Priority | normal | Severity | feature | Reproducibility | N/A |
| Status | closed | Resolution | open | ||
| Platform | Centrino 1.6GHz Laptop | OS | Linux | OS Version | Mandriva 2007 |
| Summary | 0001362: Would be good, if when importing existing audio to a new track, stereo, paired, files were added as a new stereo track. | ||||
| Description | Would be good, if when importing existing audio to a new track, stereo, paired, files were added as a new stereo track and not two mono tracks. | ||||
| Steps To Reproduce | Select 'Add existing audio' -> 'As tracks' Select two files 'foo.L.wav' and 'foo.R.wav' currently these would be added as two new tracks, on for each file. Would be good to have them added a one track with 2 inputs and two outputs. Or maybe asked the question which is preferred, a single track or two tracks. | ||||
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more details needed. what's the rule for deciding that files are paired? what happens if the user imports just one file, but the apparent pair exists? what happens if they want two mono tracks, not stereo? |
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The Rule. Check every file that is imported for having '.L.wav' or .R.wav' at the end. If it has either of these then check for the corresponding other file. i.e. if the file 'foo.L.wav' is imported check for the existence of 'foo.R.wav'. If it doesn't exist (in this case exists means, exists within the selection made by the user), import as a mono track. If it does, a pop up could ask what needs to be done. E.g. 'Do you wish to import the files foo.L.wav and foo.R.wav to the same stereo track ?' with a 'Yes' and a 'No' button. If the user imports one file and the apparent pair exists (but not in the selection they have made) I think you have to assume that they know what they are doing and don't want to import the files as a stereo pair. If they wanted a stereo pair they would have selected both files for import at the same time. If they want two mono tracks not a stereo I think that's covered in the rule above. As an alternative to a pop-up question when importing, an option could be added to the 'options window'. Maybe : 'When importing, add paired files as a stereo track' followed by a tick box. |
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Just noticed that Ardour uses '%L.wav' and '%R.wav' as its stereo track indicators. As far as I remember ProTools uses '.L.wav' and '.R.wav'. Both would have to be checked for in that case. I don't know what other indicators are used by other DAWs but this would be a start. As I'm thinking about this the issue of tracks that were recorded with more than two inputs arises ! Stereo is the most common though and would more than enough initially. |
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implemented for embedded files, but not for imported. the imported case is a bit harder at the implementation level because we actually create new files. working on that. |
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Tried embedding some stereo linked files and all seems to work. My only comment so far is that the text in the dialogue boxes is a bit 'un-formatted', specifically the dialogue shows the whole path to the files being imported. I was importing from quite a long path which created a dialogue box wider than the width of my screen ! I would suggest it's only necessary to mention the file name in these dialogues and not the whole path. Will keep testing. |
| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
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| 2006-12-15 00:53 | oofus | New Issue | |
| 2006-12-15 02:45 | paul | Note Added: 0002896 | |
| 2006-12-15 02:51 | taybin | Status | new => feedback |
| 2006-12-15 12:24 | oofus | Note Added: 0002901 | |
| 2006-12-15 15:30 | oofus | Note Added: 0002902 | |
| 2006-12-21 18:43 | paul | Note Added: 0002948 | |
| 2007-01-03 14:34 | oofus | Note Added: 0002983 | |
| 2007-01-26 13:00 | oofus | Status | feedback => resolved |
| 2007-01-26 19:58 | oofus | Status | resolved => closed |
