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Add a timer that displays the time spent working on a song.

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asked Jun 7, 2017 in Studio One Feature Requests by requestsandquestions (1,040 points)
Often I find myself curious as to the amount of hours I've sunk into a song so far. It would be great to have a simple timer that displays just that, possibly added to the Song Setup > General tab window. It could be as simple as tracking the amount of time the song has been loaded for (across all saves/versions). If you wanted it to be slightly more advanced, it could pause upon an inactivity of say, 5 minutes, or when a screensaver appears. But even just the first suggestion would be good enough for me. Perhaps this would be useful information for those who deal with "Projects" too, as opposed to just "Songs".

Thanks.

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answered Jun 7, 2017 by AlexTinsley (925,410 points)
 
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That's a really great idea, Jira by Atlassian has a Start Progress function in it that tracks time. 

Thank you for the feature request. 

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+3 votes
answered Jul 29, 2019 by atscomms (570 points)
YES!
Between recording, editing, & mastering, a project timer would helps us to track our efficiency, but more importantly for justifying billing. Timers should accumulate for each song /project, with options to stop /pause /end.

I would suggest starting a new timer after "Save As" and "Save as Version".

Thanks!
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answered Nov 26, 2023 by fredfischer1 (190 points)
So, Presonus, why is there no response to this?  Is it a difficult add to the program?  It would be really nice, for time tracking/billing purposes, if there was some sort of time tracker that records you actively working on a song/project.
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