sub retrieve_state_storable {
	$debug2 and print "&retrieve_state_storable\n";
	my %oid_status_temp;
	my $file = shift;
	-e $file or warn ("file: $file not found\n"),return 0;
	my $hash_ref = retrieve($file);
	$monitor_version= ${ $hash_ref->{monitor_version} } if defined $hash_ref->{monitor_version} ;
	$last_version =   ${ $hash_ref->{last_version} } if defined $hash_ref->{last_version} ;
	%track_names 	= %{ $hash_ref->{track_names} } if defined $hash_ref->{track_names} ;
	%state_c 		= %{ $hash_ref->{state_c} } if defined $hash_ref->{state_c} ;
	%state_t 		= %{ $hash_ref->{state_t} } if defined $hash_ref->{state_t} ;
	%cops 			= %{ $hash_ref->{cops} } if defined $hash_ref->{cops} ;
	$cop_id 		= ${ $hash_ref->{cop_id} } if defined $hash_ref->{cop_id} ;
	%copp 			= %{ $hash_ref->{copp} } if defined $hash_ref->{copp} ;
	@all_chains 	= @{ $hash_ref->{all_chains} } if defined $hash_ref->{all_chains} ;
	$i 				= ${ $hash_ref->{i} } if defined $hash_ref->{i} ;
	$t 				= ${ $hash_ref->{t} } if defined $hash_ref->{t} ;
	%take 			= %{ $hash_ref->{take} } if defined $hash_ref->{take} ;
	@takes 			= @{ $hash_ref->{takes} } if defined $hash_ref->{takes} ;
	%chain 			= %{ $hash_ref->{chain} } if defined $hash_ref->{chain} ;
	@marks			= @{ $hash_ref->{marks} } if defined $hash_ref->{marks} ;	
	$unit			= ${ $hash_ref->{unit} } if defined $hash_ref->{unit} ;	
	%oid_status		= %{ $hash_ref->{oid_status} } if defined $hash_ref->{oid_status} ;	
	%old_vol		= %{ $hash_ref->{old_vol} } if defined $hash_ref->{old_vol} ;	
	$jack_on		= ${ $hash_ref->{jack_on} }	if defined $hash_ref->{jack_on};
	
	my $toggle_jack = $widget_o[$#widget_o];
	&convert_to_jack, $ui->paint_button($toggle_jack, q(lightblue) ) if $jack_on;

	$ui->refresh_oids;


	# restore mixer settings

	my $result = system "sudo alsactl -f $file.alsa restore";
	$debug and print "alsactl restore result: " , $result >> 8 , "\n";

	# restore time marker labels

	$ui->restore_time_marker_labels();

=comment
	map{ $time_marks[$_]->configure( 
		-text => &colonize($marks[$_]),
		-background => $old_bg,
	)} 
	grep{ $marks[$_] }1..$#time_marks;
=cut

	# restore take and track guis
	
	for my $t (@takes) { next if $t == 1; $ui->take_gui }; #
	# Why skip first????? XXXX first in &initialize_project
	my $did_apply = 0;
	$last_version = 0; 
	for my $n (@all_chains) { 
		$debug and print "restoring track: $n\n";
		&restore_track($n) ;
		for my $id (@{$state_c{$n}->{ops}}){
			$did_apply++ 
				unless $id eq $state_c{$n}->{vol}
					or $id eq $state_c{$n}->{pan};

			
			&add_effect({
						chain => $cops{$id}->{chain},
						type => $cops{$id}->{type},
						cop_id => $id,
						parent_id => $cops{$id}->{belongs_to},
						});

		# TODO if parent has a parent, i am a parameter controller controlling
		# a parameter controller, and therefore need the -kx switch
		}
	}
	$did_apply and $ew->deiconify();

}