Cubase 12 + Melodyne 5 Workflow

Cubase
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Hi folks! I am trying to use Cubase with Melodyne in the ARA mode.

What I am trying to do is, I have a vocal audio event where I set a certain melody with Melodyne (in ARA, having it as an extension), and then I need to copy the same audio event, but I would like to do some changes in the melody in this second clip (since this second melody would be a continuation of the previous one), without changing the previous one. Is this possible? Because if I do that and I change the melody, the previous also suffers the changes and I don’t want to.

If it is not possible, how would be the right way of working in Cubase with Melodyne with ARA to achieve such goal?

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I’m not at my DAW so the details may be a bit off.

In the Project Window select the Audio you’ve tweeked with Melodyne. There is a function named something along the lines of ‘make ARA changes permanent’ in the Audio menu and maybe right+clicking on the Audio. This will render all your changes into a new regular audio file. Duplicate this and then use ARA to make changes to it.