On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 08:05:13AM -0400, Joe Hartley wrote: > On Tue, 12 Jun 2012 09:20:01 +0200 > Atte André Jensen <atte@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > When working with ardour projects, I'd like to backup the project, in > > case I'd like to go back a step in the mixing process. There won't be > > added new audio files to the projects from now on. Will it make sense to > > store old copies of the .ardour files? Are all information regarding > > mixer levels, plugins and cuts in the audio files contained in the > > .ardour file? > > Yes, the .ardour file stores all the information about the session, > and it does make sense to keep older versions, but for easy session > and backup management, it makes sense to take snapshots along the > way and use those if/when you want to go back to an earlier point. > > Taking a snapshot creates an .ardour file with the snapshot name > rather than the session name, allowing you to go back to that mix. > I made a habit of putting all my .ardour files in git when recording/mixing, and "git commit -a" as often as I would save. Then when I'd do something stupid, like move a fader on a group, realize it was a group, hit UNDO, and then realize that undo doesn't undo fader moves, and then curse and grind my teeth-- a mistake I made constantly--, I could just go "git reset --hard" and get back to where it was. -ken _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
