trouble duplicating clips.

hi first off i am a complete ableton newbie and am only using the intro version at the moment.i am going all right so far with the beginners course but have hit a wall when trying to duplicate a clip using the alt key.every time i try it just moves the clip from one place to another.not sure if i am missing something,i click on the clip then hold the alt key and click and drag but does not work.i am on a sony vaio useing windows 7.any help would be great.cheers paul

hi rob i have tried it again,i hold the alt first,then click to drag but nothing happens and if i click first then press alt it just moves the clip.if i press the alt key say on a file on my d/l page the file on the task bar lights up blue and i get a message saying create link to d/l and a shortcut copied file appears so i am assuming the alt key works.looks like i might have a bug in the sofware.thanks for your help and can i say i am enjoying your course.cheers paul

P mac>  Try Ctrl instead of Alt.  

Hey Jose,

It sounds like you want to record several clips to a new clip on an audio track? If so, then you need to route all the audio tracks with the existing clips on to the audio track that you want to record the new clip into. For example, if the existing clips are on tracks called 1-Audio and 2-Audio and the new audio track you want to record into is called 3-Audio, then you need to choose '3-Audio' in the 'Audio To' option for tracks 1-Audio and 2-Audio (you need to make sure the i-o switch is active in the bottom right corner of the Session View window so that you can see the input and output options on each track). Then, if you put track 3-Audio into record (activate the record enable switch), play the clips on tracks 1-Audio and 2-Audio and hit record on one of the slots on track 3-Audio, you'll record a new clip containing both of the existing clips....

I hope this makes sense! Let me know if not, or if I've misunderstood the question...

Cheers,

Rob