Duplicating Tracks

Tracks can also be easily duplicated, with or without the Events they contain. To duplicate a Track, select the Track or any Event it contains and then select Duplicate from the Track menu. This duplicates the Track and all of its settings, including Inserts and Sends.

If you want the Events the Track contains to be duplicated, as well, select Duplicate (complete) from the Track menu. If multiple Tracks are selected when the Duplicate function is used, each of the selected Tracks is duplicated. To select multiple Tracks in order, select a Track, hold [Shift], and then press the Up or Down Arrow keys to select adjacent Tracks.

You can also duplicate a Track by [Right]/[Ctrl]-clicking its control area and choosing Duplicate Track or Duplicate Track (complete) from the pop-up menu.

Alternatively, you can duplicate selected Tracks by holding [Ctrl] on the keyboard and clicking-and-dragging the Tracks up or down in the Track Column. Holding both [Ctrl] and [Alt] lets you duplicate Tracks along with their Events. A horizontal blue line appears in the Track Column while dragging the Tracks to indicate the Duplicate function, as opposed to simply reordering Tracks in the Track Column.

Duplicating Instrument Tracks

By default, duplicating an Instrument Track creates a second Instrument Track that sends its note data to the instrument on the original track. This comes in handy when you wish to have several Tracks of note data, all addressing the same Instrument (discrete Tracks for each drum type in an instance of Impact, for example).

If you want to completely duplicate an Instrument Track (including its instrument and effects plug-ins and settings), use the Duplicate (Complete) command in the Track menu, or Duplicate Track (complete) in the contextual menu reached by [Right]/[Ctrl]-clicking the control area of the Track in Arrange view.