Committing Region FX

I recently used Melodyne to correct a couple of bass notes in a bass track (it worked wonderfully by the way). I used ARA and did the correction in line as a region FX... now, that it is done, I would like to commit the changes to the audio track so I can remove MELODYNE from being part of the project.  
 
I know I can export the audio and then re import the track and that MELODYNE will no longer be needed but I do assume there is a much more straight forward way to do this.
 
Can anyone help me with this?  I tried to read the MELODYNE Sonar FAQ and TIPS on the Celemony website, which did tell me about using the software as a ARA Region FX but it didn't mention how to commit the audio edit.
 
Thanks in advance,
Jim

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Do yourself a favour and clone the track first (then archive off the RegionFX Track). You never know you might need the RegionFX back one day.

Fear of commitment 

mixmkr
When using V Vocal... the original track was muted.  What's happening with Melodyne?  I don't seem to be able to find the original (and muted?).  Do I need to copy the track first, so one version is left unaltered, but still useable?  (say for like double tracking effects, etc)

Yes. You need to create the copy yourself.

We took out the the logic to save the original. If you need the original save a copy of your project :)
Keeping the backup was confusing and caused a lot of problems when people tried to move the region fx clip.
If you need the original clone the track. There is rarely a need to save a copy however since a region effect can easily be removed giving you back the original clip anyway.

Noel Borthwick [Cakewalk]
Freeze the track. It gives you best of both worlds since you can unfreeze if you need to edit in Melodyne again.

Makes sense. I guess I have fear of freezing with RegionFX. I still back up the original before RegionFX gets anywhere near it. Not saying RegionFX is unreliable, I'm just easily scared.

As far as I understand the original will still be available as an audio file in your audio folder. If you REALLY run into trouble you can import from there.

You are saying I can melodyne myself? Great Scott!! Maybe I can use it on my posts...

Noel Borthwick [Cakewalk]

WallyG

Noel Borthwick [Cakewalk]
... There is rarely a need to save a copy however since a region effect can easily be removed giving you back the original clip anyway.

Is this only true if you "freeze" the track?
Walt
 

No it works like this. When you select a region and ARA'fy it, SONAR first bounces down that selection and turns it into an ARA clip. The ARA clip provides for the communications gateway to Melodyne. Now if you select the clip and break the ARA connection by removing Melodyne, what is left behind is the ORIGINAL bounced clip. i.e. the melodyne modifications are now lost. So going back to the original is essentially the same as removing melodyne. There is no need for extra copies in most cases.

Thanks! I just tried that on a song I'm working on and yes if I don't bounce to clips, I can easily restore it to the original sound by removing that Melodyne region.
 
For some reason I had it in my head that you had to bounce the clip you've been editing with Melodyne before you can go on to another section of that track otherwise it wouldn't let you create another region. I was also concerned that if I exported that song to WAV, my edits would be lost if I didn't bounce to clips.
 
Walt