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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0006862 | ardour | features | public | 2016-04-20 08:39 | 2024-04-12 17:29 |
| Reporter | efenstor | Assigned To | |||
| Priority | normal | Severity | feature | Reproducibility | N/A |
| Status | new | Resolution | open | ||
| Platform | PC | OS | Debian Linux | OS Version | Jessie |
| Summary | 0006862: Subtracks instead of stacked layers | ||||
| Description | I know it would probably be not easy to implement, but what about aborting the concept of "stacked" and "overlaid" layers in favour of sub-tracks? The sub-track thing would be a great asset for multi-take recording. Of course, currently I can use the track group feature for something similar but every full-scaled track produces a CPU overhead which is completely unneeded in this case. The main downsides of the stacked layers concept: 1. Complex rearranging of many regions between layers sometimes produces a mess, because every single overlap expands the track area vertically. 2. No way to create automatic micro-overlaps between adjacent regions instead of micro-gaps. The micro-overlaps would be the default fades overlapped, instead of following each other, as of now. The micro-overlaps would greatly help in re-arranging flute recordings and other similar instruments, where the gaps produced by a fade-out followed by a fade-in are very easily heard, no matter how short it is. This is how the sub-tracks would work: 1. If the sub-track feature is tuned on, a new sub-track would be created every time you start a new recording; in other words, every new take is placed in a new sub-track. 2. The "Choose top" feature remains, but now it rearranges the sub-tracks. 3. If the corresponding feature is selected in the preferences, cutting regions would produce a micro-overlap between them. Putting regions together with the snap to region option on would also produce a micro-overlap between them by slightly shifting the region being moved towards the region it is being glued to. 4. When there are no regions left in a sub-track it is automatically removed. 5. When you start dragging a region from the top sub-track upwards a new sub-track is temporarily created when the cursor is near the split between tracks. Dragging it back down without releasing a mouse button removes the temporary sub-track. Releasing a mouse button makes the sub-track permanent and places a region being dragged into it. | ||||
| Tags | comping comps take-management, feature request | ||||
