Container Import

Since Synfire 2 no longer provides the feature to import containers directly from another arrangement via the import dialog, you have to think about how to deal with this situation. The officially suggested workflow is now to import each instrument individually, using the sound setup wizard to adjust the sound accordingly. I will illustrate, based on my personal workflow, why this is not a particularly good idea for me:

I assume that most users edit the entire composition in a single arrangement when working on a project. So they have a single arrangement file where everything takes place. However, with me, it's different. For me, it's always the case that for a single project, the editing is spread over a whole number of arrangement files. For example, I often end up with different versions of the same section of the composition (for example, three different versions of the intro, some more for the middle sections, and then a couple of versions for the outro). All of these parts and versions are each kept in their own arrangement file. Then comes the time when everything is combined into one overall composition. That means I try out which parts fit together best. A new arrangement file is then opened, into which a few individual parts are copied and tested in the overall context. If it doesn't fit, another combination is tried out. 

All this obviously leads to countless container import operations. Due to the ingenious concept of the "Global Rack", this has worked without any problems so far. After all, all arrangement files involved in this process belong to the same project and therefore have the same sound setup based on a single Global Rack.  The only thing you usually had to do in the container import dialog was to press "OK". Maybe you still had to adjust the global settings, like "Inheritance", but that was it. The proposed new workflow for container import is almost useless for this use case. It means hundreds of drags and drops and clicks. If I were to do it that way, I can make an appointment with an orthopedist right now.

I understand that perhaps you should not implement a feature that only works reliably in this special case. But the basic possibility to keep individual parts of the composition in separate arrangements should be kept. For this I would have an idea:

Couldn't it be made possible to keep multiple arrangements in a single project file? This would ensure that all these arrangements have the same sound setup and container exchange between them would not be a problem. You could have tabs labeled "Arrangement 1", "Arrangement 2", etc. Just like in Excel, where you have tabs for several spreadsheets. I've already noticed that the previous "Arrangement" tab is now called "Structure". So it would be no problem to introduce new tabs with the name "Arrangement", right?