MIDI Merge Recording

You can incorporate newly recorded data into an existing (and selected) MIDI region, with the intention of combining the recordings.

To combine several recording takes into one MIDI region

Open the Recording project settings by doing one of the following:
- Choose File > Project Settings > Recording (or use the Open Recording Project Settings key command, default assignment: Option-*).
- Click the Settings button in the Arrange toolbar, and choose Recording from the pop-up menu.
- Control-click (or right-click) the Record button in the Transport bar, and choose Recording Settings from the pop-up menu.
Open the Overlapping Recordings pop-up menu and choose “Merge with selected regions.”

To limit merge recording to Cycle mode

Open the Recording project settings by doing one of the following:
- Choose File > Project Settings > Recording (or use the Open Recording Project Settings key command, default assignment: Option-*).
- Click the Settings button in the Arrange toolbar, and choose Recording from the pop-up menu.
- Control-click (or right-click) the Record button in the Transport bar, and choose Recording Settings from the pop-up menu.
Open the Overlapping Recordings pop-up menu and choose “Merge only in Cycle record.”

MIDI region recording will behave as usual, with new regions created for each recording. When the Transport bar’s Cycle button is turned on, however, all MIDI region recording will result in a single, merged region.