Can I set up two different Preferences sets?

[PGA]

A reply in a different topic which I hope I have linked to correctly here (http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... ad#p169207) coincided with my pondering this subject. My working set-up is as follows:
- I have a top level folder called "My Digital Studio". Anything that I am working on is stored in sub-folders beneath that. For these projects I use only those features of Audacity that I am familiar with.
- I have a top level folder called "My Playpens". This is where I experiment with new functions and ideas.

When I am working in "My Digital Projects" I like to have Preferences...Tracks...Solo set to "Standard" so that I can listen in on any combination of tracks. When working in the Playpens I like to have Solo set to Simple, since what I want to do most is listen to a modified and unmodified track pair, switching to and fro between them.

Is there any way in which I could have different Preferences?

It's no big deal; I can change the Solo setting on first launch in the Playpens - if I remember; and then reset it afterwards - if I remember. And there's the problem - I usually forget to reset.

[steve]

I hope I have linked to correctly here

Yes that link works fine

There is no easy way to have more than one set of Preferences.
The idea is that Preferences stores settings the way that you "prefer" them (which becomes a bit of a contradiction when you prefer things one way some of the time and a different way at other times)

There is a keyboard shortcut to the Preferences: Ctrl+P (Command + P on Macs).

[waxcylinder]

There is no easy way to have more than one set of Preferences.

The only way I know is to have two different logon user ids. The preferences (from 1.3 onwards) are stored per user.

The downside for PGA would be having to log on and off as different users (I note that Windows (XP anyway) allows you to have more than one user logged on - but you still need to switch between them).

WC

[PGA]

OK. Thanks guys. So, it's a no-no - I will have to train my memory instead

[ragnar.jensen]

I have actually made two scripts that does just that; switches between Solo=Simple and Solo=Standard.
They live on my desktop, so I just double-click the one that starts up Audacity configured the way I want it for the time being.

They'll need a tiny bit of polishing to be post-able, but if you're up for some Windows scripting, I'll gladly polish them.

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Ragnar

[PGA]

Ragnar,

That's a very kind offer. Yes, I would be interested.

regards,
Peter

[ragnar.jensen]

Polishing is done

In the attached zip file you'll find two CMD scripts; audacity_solo_simple.cmd and audacity_solo_standard.cmd.
They are practically identical, the only difference is that in one you'll find the lines

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SET CHANGE_FROM="Solo=Standard"
SET   CHANGE_TO="Solo=Simple"

and in the other one

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SET CHANGE_FROM="Solo=Simple"
SET   CHANGE_TO="Solo=Standard"

The scripts make use of Windows PowerShell, so you must have that installed.
Chances are that you already have PowerShell, it comes as standard in Windows 7 and it came with XP SP3 and Vista SP1.
If you don't have it, it is available for download from Microsoft.

I'd suggest that you open the scripts in an editor such as Notepad, there is quite a bit of comments that might be useful to read.

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Ragnar

[PGA]

Many thanks, Ragnar. I'll investigate this next week.