When you add a new arrangement and tell FL to copy instrument/audio tracks, it rearranges them alphabetically and discards track order and grouped sub tracks. (so any offset added by automation clips or grouped takes is discarded) So, as if this isn't dissorienting enough ("why are things no longer in the order I added them?") suddenly merging is an absolute mess! For example:Say you add a couple instrument tracks and automation:
Then you add a new arrangement and accept the prompt to copy instrument and audio track settings; now the tracks are ordered as follows:
- GMS (Track 1)
- GMS filter cutoff (Track 2)
- Drum Synth (track 3)
- Vol (Track4)
- Pan (Track 5)
- Beepmap (Track 6)
When you merge the previous arrangement with this new one, you get patterns and automation in all the wrong places, because FL doesn't keep the track order in mind, or take grouped sub-tracks into consideration when it merges arrangements. I don't know if this is something that can be fixed,
- Beepmap (Track 1)
- Drum Synth (track 2)
- GMS (Track 3)
at least in the context of instrument tracks, but boy would it be helpful! If nothing else, because suddenly having my instrument/audio tracks rearranged is a bit disorienting.