Logic Pro 9 region inviolacy?

[peterlemer]

Is there any way to protect a region from any cuts?

Having performed a 12 minute improv, I want to work it up to a performance piece.
I want the original to be inviolate yet be ready to hand for reference.

Can I do this?

pete

 

[Staircase2]

Not sure what you mean by 'inviolacy'. But (assuming I understand what youre asking) If Im doing that I would just drag and drop the original 12 minute recording onto one track and then duplicate it to another.

I would then use the original as a reference and use the duplicate for chopping up. (Audio editing is non destructive in Logic)

Does that help?

 

[peterlemer]

Thanks for your reply Stephe - I want to be able to select ALL, then cut, insert time, remove time, copy, do whatever it takes to restructure my song, without touching the original region.

pete

 

[sonnykeyes]

Peter, is your performance MIDI or audio? Either way, Stephe's strategy is good, but if it's an audio recording, you may want to perform a "Convert Regions to New Audio Files" from the Audio menu in the Arrange window. There are some audio processes that are destructive, like Time Machine functions.

 

[peterlemer]

Sonny - either MIDI OR Audio. Thinking about it, I guess the original audio file will remain in the bin where I can resurrect it at any time, although any MIDI file will be broken.

I was looking for a way to save an audio region on the Arrange page while all else is being cut up in 'Select ALL' cutting and pasting edits.

 

[sonnykeyes]

Ahh. I guess if it was me, I'd do what Stephe suggested, but add an extra step: after selecting-All, I would shift-click the original region so it wasn't part of the cut-and-paste.

 

[Eli]

Or maybe hide the track that has the original on it?

 

[peterlemer]

Eli - that's a great idea - will test

pete

 

[peterlemer]

sonny, that would certainly do it, but risky for me

pete