[ardour-dev] Changing track names while recording

[Jan Depner]

On Wed, 2005-01-12 at 17:19, Paul Davis wrote:
> >On Wed, 2005-01-12 at 15:06 -0600, Jan Depner wrote:
> >> I don't know why I did it but I was recording from big black CD today
> >> and halfway through I decided to change the track names while it was
> >> recording.  Bad idea!  This should probably be prevented somehow. 
> >> Possibly you can make the text widgets insensitive while the track is
> >> armed.  Don't know if that counts as a bug or a feature.  I know it
> >> comes under the heading of "Doc, it hurts when I go like this..."  ;-)
> >> 
> >> Jan
> >
> >I think it would be great if it were possible to rename tracks while
> >recording. In a boring multitrack transfer scenario, this could be a
> >real time saver.
> >Just my 2c..
> 
> Jan - you didn't actually what happens ...
> 

    Sorry.  Record keeps rolling but nothing gets recorded and the
waveforms don't show up anymore.  When you get finished nothing is
aligned correctly.  I think the simple solution is to not allow changing
track names when the track is rec enabled.

Jan