Are the expression map saved with .cpr ? Are they also saved when exporting track archive xml?

Cubase
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Hello, let’s say I delete my regular expression map folder, or I edit an expression map just inside one project, do any of the .cpr that had expression maps still keep them ? A copy is stored inside the .cpr or elsewhere ? What about when exporting track archive xml

Thank you

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They are only saved within the .cpr so each .cpr file has its own maps and so editing one won’t change the others. The folder you keep them in on disk doesn’t matter at all, once you import the map its original location is forgotten and ignored, the copy of the map saved in the .cpr is used for everything.

If when exporting a track archive you get the map back after importing into a new project that didn’t have the map before, yes it is in the archive xml.

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but when reading the archive xml, I can only see the map name or id, I cannot find the actual details of every expression map

Also do you have any idea if .cpr files are readable somehow by a text editor, like xml files ?

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No, I don’t think the .cpr files are readable in any way. Again if you load up the archive xml in a new project that doesn’t have the map already and you get the map in there, it has to be in there somewhere. If you don’t get the map in there, it isn’t there.

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I get the full map when importing back the xml as a track archive. I’ll investigate, thank you