On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 4:30 AM, Alf Haakon Lund <alf@mellomrommet.no> wrote:

When creating a track with name 'elephant' and then recording onto it, regions are created with variations of the name 'elephant' (1.1, 2.1, etc).

If there are several takes until I'm satisfied, several regions are created, and easily accessible from the regions list (View -> show editor list).

Then I discover that I actually recorded 'giraffe'. I change names of tracks and regions to avoid confusion. Unfortunately the regions list does not update names accordingly - there regions are still filed under 'elephant'.

rename tracks BEFORE recording. region names are based on the name of the track they were captured for at the time they were captured. there is no long term association (allowing you to copy/move regions into other tracks without them being renamed).

Is there a way to update names in the region list?

No.

When copying and moving regions around, multiple and more or less identical regions appear in the regions list. Can identical regions somehow be ignored?

Automatically created regions (e.g. the left-overs after cropping or separation) can be hidden. Other than that, no.

Is it possible to use the regions list to navigate to that region in the session?

Selecting a region in the region list will select it in the session but will not navigate to it.

And lastly, does anybody have tips for good workflows regarding regions and the regions list?

The region list is pretty useless.

In general, the ardour-users mailing is a better place to ask such questions.

--p