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0007594ardourfeaturespublic2018-04-08 21:30
Reporterunfa Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityhave not tried
Status newResolutionopen 
Product Version5.12 
Summary0007594: Make MIDI region copies independent by default
DescriptionOne 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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x42

2018-04-08 17:54

administrator   ~0020246

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.

unfa

2018-04-08 21:30

reporter   ~0020248

Maybe a default hotkey for unlinking MIDI regions would be a good option?

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2018-04-08 17:48 unfa New Issue
2018-04-08 17:54 x42 Note Added: 0020246
2018-04-08 21:30 unfa Note Added: 0020248