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A simple way to temp mute an instrument

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It probably has occurred to others.  I want to keep a copy of an instrument, an make changes, but wan't an easy way back in case I make a lot of changes and don't like it.

 

I make a new same instrument, Then copy - paste contents of original to clone.  I pause the first track, and I've always got a quick safety back up.  

 

You can also strore the insrument notes in a phrase, and recovrer, to take parts an rewrite over your new version. 

 

Which brings up the fact that sometimes 'undo' doesn't undo.  Not sure what I'm overlooking or misunderstanding. I gather that if you open a 2nd window and process something you should probably use that undo rather than one at top of monitor...


Fri, 2012-06-29 - 09:27 Permalink

You can put an empty library aside and drop phrases there, and use it just like a clipboard. You can even drop a whole container there, or individual parameters.

The only thing to take care about is naming the folders, so you remember when or for what they've been created.

Fri, 2012-06-29 - 14:45 Permalink

Hi mark

""I make a new same instrument, Then copy - paste contents of original to clone""

you can use "Duplicate" command for this.

Tue, 2012-07-03 - 15:42 Permalink

The  library is a much more elegant solution.  You can save multiple copies of same phrases that have modified and give different name. You can also save all work phrases you culled from other libraries for ideas, should you decide to work on same project later. 

 

Leaving it in arrangement and muting is a quick way to A/B which phrasee you like better.