noob question:Why does separate track duplicate step sequencer?

[Charles Carrol]

Hi, noob to cakewalk and music production

I am making a song and when I duplicate a track and edit the separate tracks step sequencer keys, it always changes the the previous tracks keys on the step sequencer. Does anyone know why it does this?

[scook]

By default step sequencer clips are linked

From http://www.cakewalk.com/Documentation?product=Cakewalk&language=3&help=Views.26.html

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To unlink copied Step Sequencer clips

When you copy step sequencer clips, all copies are linked to each other. This means that any further edits to any of the clips will be automatically reflected in all other linked sibling clips.

If you want to edit one instance of a step sequencer clip without affecting any other clips, you must first unlink the clip you want to edit:

1. Right-click the step sequencer clip in the Clips pane to show the Clips pane context menu.

2. Select Unlink Step Sequencer Clips from the context menu (point the mouse over the bottom of the context menu in order to show any “hidden” commands).

The clip is now unlinked from the other clips.