Apple Logic Express 8 - Manual (Page 346)

346 Chapter 13 Creating Your Arrangement
To convert an existing loop into a real copy:
1 Select the original region.
2 Choose Region > Loops > Convert to Real Copies (or use the corresponding key
command, default: K). New regions will replace the loop repeat segments.
The advantage of real copies is that they can be independently resized. This may be
useful in situations where you would like to resize a few loop copies among hundreds
that span the song length.
To convert a loop into aliases or clones:
1 Select the original region.
2 Choose Region > Loops > Convert to Aliases (or use the corresponding key command).
MIDI region loop repeats are converted into aliases. Audio region loop repeats are
converted into cloned audio regions.
As such, any alterations to the length of the original region affect all aliases and cloned
regions.
Dividing, Demixing, and Merging Regions
There are often occasions where some portions of regions may be suitable for use, and
others may not be. This section concentrates on functions that help you to split regions
and reuse portions of them (or entire regions) to create new, combined regions.
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Tip: Don’t forget the Marquee tool (see “ Selecting Parts of a Region ” on page 320) for
similar region editing tasks.
Dividing Regions
You can divide one or more selected regions with the Scissors tool.
To divide one or more regions:
1 Make your region selections.
2 Select the Scissors tool.
3 Click-hold on the desired regions.
The help tag shows the current divide position.