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The arranger track
Flattening the arranger chain
Flattening the arranger chain
When you have found an arranger chain that suits your purposes, you can “flatten” it,
i.
e. convert the list into a linear project. Proceed as follows:
1. Click the Flatten button (or select Flatten Chain from the pop-up menu in the
Inspector for the arranger track).
The events and parts in the project are reordered, repeated, resized, moved and/or
deleted (if these are not within the boundaries of any used arranger event), so that
they correspond exactly to the arranger chain.
The Flatten
button
2. Activate Playback.
The project will now play back exactly as in Arranger mode, but you can view it and
work with it as usual.
Flattening options
Sometimes it might be useful to keep the original arranger events even after flattening
the arranger track. By using flattening options you can define which chain is flattened,
where it is stored and how it is named together with other options.
1. Click the Flattening options button.
2. In the window that opens, select the desired options.
In the Source section you can specify which arranger chains are flattened. The
available options are:
!
Flattening the arranger chain may remove events and parts from the project. Only use
the Flatten function when you know you do not want to edit the arranger track/chain
any more. If in doubt, save a copy of the project before flattening the arranger chain.
Option Description
Current Chain If you activate this option, only the current chain will be flattened.
Checked
Chains…
If you activate this option, you can select the arranger chains you want
to flatten in the list to the left.
All Chains If you activate this option, all arranger chains of the current project will
be flattened.