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+
+<p>
+ When <dfn>copying a MIDI region</dfn>, Ardour has to decide whether to make the
+ copy refer to the same data as the original or not. If it does refer
+ to the same data, then editing either the copy or the original will
+ affect the both of them. If it refers to an independent copy of the
+ data then each one can be edited without affecting the other.
+</p>
+
+<h2>Changing dependent/independent copying for the entire session</h2>
+
+<p>
+ <kbd class="menu">Sesson > Properties > Misc > MIDI region copies are
+ independent</kbd> can be used to control the default behaviour when
+ making a copy of a MIDI region.
+</p>
+<p>
+ When enabled, every new copy of a MIDI
+ region results in a copy being made of the MIDI data used by the
+ region, and the new copy of the region will refer to that data.
+</p>
+<p>
+ When disabled, every new copy of a MIDI region will refer to the same
+ MIDI data, and thus editing any copy will change the contents of all
+ of them.
+</p>
+<p>
+ Changing the status of this option has no effect on the existing
+ dependent/independent status of existing region copies.
+</p>
+
+<h2>Making an existing copy of a MIDI region independent</h2>
+<p>
+ Context-click on the MIDI region you want to be
+ independent. From the context menu, select <kbd class="menu">MIDI > Unlink From
+ Other Copies</kbd>. The copy is now using an independent version of
+ the data, and edits to the copy will affect only the copy. Other
+ copies will continue to share data.
+</p>
+
+<p class="note">
+ Note that the copied data only covers the extent of the region when
+ the copy is made. If the region was already trimmed and then a copy
+ is made, an independent copy will have no access to data that is
+ earlier or later than the bounds of the region it was copied
+ from. Put differently, if you make an independent copy of a trimmed
+ MIDI region, you cannot "untrim" it to a larger size.
+</p>
+