User guide

342 Chapter 13 Creating Your Arrangement
Converting an Alias into a Real Region
You can use MIDI > Alias > Convert to a Region Copy (or the Convert Alias to a Region
Copy key command) to make a real region from an alias; its contents will be identical to
those of the original region referenced by the alias, but its playback parameters will be
those of the alias. As a real region, you may freely edit it (or the original parent region,
without affecting the new real region).
Note: You can also double-click an alias to produce a dialog that asks whether you
want to create and edit a real copy, or to edit the original.
Cloning Audio Regions
You can create another version of an audio region in the Arrange area—a cloned
region, if you will—which is comparable to a MIDI region alias.
To create a cloned region:
m Hold Option-Shift while dragging an audio region.
Whenever you adjust the start or end points of any of these cloned regions, all other
cloned regions will also be adjusted in the same way.
To make several cloned regions independent of each other:
m Select the desired (cloned) regions and choose Audio > Convert Regions to New
Regions (or use the corresponding key command, default: Option-Command-R) in the
Arrange area.
Cloned regions that are made independent in this way can have their start or end
points altered, without all other cloned regions being affected.
To convert several selected regions into audio files:
1 Choose Audio > Convert Regions to New Audio Files (or use the corresponding key
command, default: Option-Command-F).