To take this feature to the next level, it would be awesome if FL Studio could remember which patterns also include the name of a channel, and keep those in synch accordingly. The most important use cases for this feature would be
- Split a pattern by channel - creates a set of patterns called ORIGINAL_PATTERN - CHANNEL
- Create an automation clip on a channel rack control - creates a pattern called CHANNEL - TWEAKED_CONTROL
Obviously in some cases the patterns will have been renamed or made unique in the meantime, in which case the link with the original channel will be broken, but in other cases FLS should be able to help me keep my project organized.
Maybe an alternative would be a global "search and replace" function? That might be simpler in some ways, for the renaming part at least.