0007594: Make MIDI region copies independent by default

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0007594

ardour

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2018-04-08 10:48

2018-04-08 14:30

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unfa

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5.12

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0007594: Make MIDI region copies independent by default

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One thing I always have to do for fresh Ardour installations is go to my Session Properties and enable "MIDI region copies are Independent".

When it is enabled creating uinked copies requires a lot of menu-diving and almost always causes data loss - I copy some region, made changes and find out later that the original region is also changed and I need to reconstruct it from memory.

I also always warn new users about this, and I thought maybe it's a good idea to disable this by default.

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(0020246) x42 (administrator) 2018-04-08 10:54	This has been discussed in the past. There is no correct default. It is a 50/50 game and the correct setting depends on your workflow and style of music. However, you can always unlink regions after the fact, but you cannot re-link regions once they're unlinked. Hence linked by default is the better and saver default for new installations.

(0020248) unfa (reporter) 2018-04-08 14:30	Maybe a default hotkey for unlinking MIDI regions would be a good option?

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2018-04-08 10:48	unfa	New Issue
2018-04-08 10:54	x42	Note Added: 0020246
2018-04-08 14:30	unfa	Note Added: 0020248