Apple Logic Express 8 - Manual (Page 341)

Chapter 13 Creating Your Arrangement 341
Searching for an Original or Alias
If you have forgotten where the original is for a certain alias, you can search for it.
To find and select the original region of an alias:
m Select the alias, and choose MIDI > Alias > Select Original (or use the Find Original of
Alias key command).
To find any aliases you’ve made from a region:
m Choose MIDI > Alias > Select All Aliases of Region (or use the corresponding key
command, default: Shift-A).
All existing aliases will be found, and selected.
Selecting and Deleting Orphan Aliases
If you delete a source region that one or more aliases were derived from, Logic Express
will display the following warning message:
 Cancel: Click to cancel the erase procedure.
 Convert: Click to change all alias MIDI regions into real copies.
 Keep: Click to delete the parent region, and retain all (orphaned) alias regions.
Although such orphan aliases serve no useful purpose, Logic Express doesn’t
automatically delete them, as you might decide to re-assign them to new originals at
a later stage.
If your project file contains several unneeded aliases, you can quickly tidy up by
selecting and deleting all orphan aliases.
To select all orphan aliases:
m Choose MIDI > Alias > Select All Orphan Aliases (or use the Select All Orphan Aliases
key command).
To delete all orphan aliases:
m Choose MIDI > Alias > Delete All Orphan Aliases (or use the Delete All Orphan Aliases
key command).