Occasionally parts on different tracks in my arrangement window become linked. That is to say, if I select, splice or otherwise edit one, it also effects the linked part. I have no idea how the parts become linked, or how to unlink them. I’m not even sure if this could be a bug. I am talking about regular MIDI tracks, not folders.
Anyone have any suggestions as to what could be going on here? It only happens rarely, but when it does it can be quite destructive, as deleting one part also deletes the other.
Is it a shared copy? They are indicated with an “=” sign in the upper right corner of the part. If so, check the manual on page 62 for how to work with shared copies. If not, then I don’t have any other ideas.
Sincerely,
J.L.
Yes, I’ve fought with this ‘feature’ myself. I have a workaround: Draw an empty clip immediately after one of the linked clips. Then glue them (linked clip + the empty clip). The clips will then be unlinked. Curiously, if you later cut the extended clip to be the same length as its former mate, they are frequently linked again.
I am definitely getting this problem too but I can’t seem to make it happen again. Has nothing to do with grouping or locking clips. EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING! Is it a bug?
Actually on reading again, the clues are above, but with subtle differences.
I was trying to recreate and noticed that this happens in some songs and not in others at all. All my tracks are in groups - one group for VSTs, one for external hardware, so on… Somehow I had pressed the K key which turned on grouping for the whole group ie all tracks!
The only visual clue is an = button on the group lane itself in the inspector and the group lane becomes dotted out. From then on all parts of the same size seem to group in this way.
Press K again (or click the = button) and its gone away!
What’s really vexing about this one is when you are working in folder tracks - the folder is often scrolled off screen so you cannot event see the [=] button and you have no clue what’s happening, There should be a “global group indicator” somewhere, this feature is outright dangerous this way
I have a similar problem but the solution is not the same unfortunately: when I explode chords into new tracks in score editor it creates several new tracks and parts. The parts are all linked, I can’t change (example) instrument without changing all the others. it doesn’t work ctrl U nor K… what could it be?
