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Cloned and alias regions – Apple Logic Pro 8 User Manual

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Chapter 12

Getting to Know Regions

When opened, folders look just like the Arrange area and track list of a project.

Cloned and Alias Regions

Aliases can be created for MIDI regions and folder regions. A MIDI or folder region alias
is like an alias in the Finder. It looks like a region, but contains no actual data. It is just a
reference to the data of the original region—a virtual reflection of the original. You can
easily recognize an alias because its name is written in italics.

If the data in the original (source) region is altered, this immediately affects all aliases of
the region. Each alias has independent region parameters, however.

Clones can be created for audio regions (by Option-Shift-dragging). These are
comparable to MIDI region aliases, but differ in that adjustments to the start or end
points of any cloned region will affect all other cloned regions in the same way.
Adjustments to the source region do not affect clones.

You can, of course, create independent copies of audio regions (by Option-dragging),
which can be adjusted without affecting other copies or the source region.

Please see Chapter 13, “

Creating Your Arrangement

,” on page 293, for further details.