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52 lines
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layout: default
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title: Independent and Dependent MIDI Region Copies
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menu_title: Copy MIDI Region
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---
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<p>
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When copying a MIDI region, Ardour has to decide whether to make the
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copy refer to the same data as the original or not. If it does refer
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to the same data, then editing either the copy or the original will
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affect the both of them. If it refers to an independent copy of the
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data then each one can be edited without affecting the other.
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</p>
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<h3>Changing dependent/independent copying for the entire session</h3>
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<p>
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<code>Sesson > Properties > Misc > MIDI region copies are
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independent</code> can be used to control the default behaviour when
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making a copy of a MIDI region.
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<p>
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When enabled, every new copy of a MIDI
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region results in a copy being made of the MIDI data used by the
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region, and the new copy of the region will refer to that data.
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</p>
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<p>
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When disabled, every new copy of a MIDI region will refer to the same
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MIDI data, and thus editing any copy will change the contents of all
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of them.
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</p>
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<p>Changing the status of this option has no effect on the existing
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dependent/independent status of existing region copies.
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</p>
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<h3>Making an existing copy of a MIDI region independent</h3>
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<p>
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<key>Context-click</key> on the MIDI region you want to be
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independent. From the context menu, select <code>MIDI > Unlink From
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Other Copies</code>. The copy is now using an independent version of
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the data, and edits to the copy will affect only the copy. Other
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copies will continue to share data.
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</p>
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<p>Note that the copied data only covers the extent of the region when
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the copy is made. If the region was already trimmed and then a copy
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is made, an independent copy will have no access to data that is
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earlier or later than the bounds of the region it was copied
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from. Put differently, if you make an independent copy of a trimmed
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MIDI region, you cannot "untrim" it to a larger size.
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</p>
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