3.23 Overlapping Items
You have already been shown two of the three overdubbing options on the Options menu command New recording that overlaps with existing media, i.e. Split existing items and add takes (default) and Trim existing items (tape mode).
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You have already been shown two of the three overdubbing options on the Options menu command New recording that overlaps with existing media, i.e. Split existing items and add takes (default) and Trim existing items (tape mode). A third option is to Add lanes (layer new lanes).
This example shows this. In the first illustration (top) a part of a track has been recorded. In the second illustration (above), we have returned to this track and with the option Add lanes (layer new lanes) enabled we have re-recorded the last part again, together with some new material. In this case, the second take is to all intents and purposes a separate media item. You can choose which of these media items are and are not played. There is also an Options menu command to Offset overlapping media items vertically. This will display overlapping items one above the other, provided, of course, there is sufficient track height to do so. This general topic will be addressed again later in this guide, especially throughout Chapters 4, 5 and 7.