Song listed twice in SoundSwitch: move a show
If a song is in SoundSwitch twice, for example as “Song.wav” and “Song..wav”, a show can easily end up on the entry you never load at the gig. “Move show” copies it to the second entry with one click.
Step by step
- Open the show in Droplit and save it to SoundSwitch once.
- Open Songs on the left. Under the song you’ll see “Also in SoundSwitch as Song..wav, without a show.”.
- Tap “Move show”.
- If you edited a copy, bring the project folder to the SoundSwitch computer as usual. SoundSwitch has to be closed.
- Load the second entry in SoundSwitch.
When does the button appear?
- The two entries differ only in the dots before the file extension.
- The second entry has no show yet.
- Both have the same beatgrid.
- You’re working in a copy. Droplit doesn’t change the original.
Good to know
- An existing show is never overwritten.
- The show also stays on the old entry.
- If the second entry is shorter, the show isn’t shortened. It plays until the song ends and the rest goes unused.
- The song list doesn’t show entries without a show as their own row. You only see them through this note. More in A song is missing from the list.
If something goes wrong
- No button: If both entries already have a show, or the beatgrid differs, Droplit doesn’t offer the move. Load the entry that has your show.
- Show doesn’t appear in SoundSwitch: Close SoundSwitch before copying the folder, and check that you loaded the second entry.
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