How to merge 3 multiple take tracks into 1 and keep all takes?

Not quite sure of the question...it sounds like you want to bounce all the takes together, but also keep the individual takes (maybe in case you change your mind)?

Hi. You could bounce the tracks to a new stereo track. Select the tracks you need. Under tracks (https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=9f3ad2706eba5d86!1375&authkey=!ALoOOMIrwKXATNk&v=3&ithint=photo%2cjpg), select bounce to track. You will now have a stereo track, containing all your tracks, while keeping your previous recordings.
Best of luck.

To preserve the take lanes, you will want to create the new track, show lanes, and click the '+' to add 8 additional empty lanes (or you can start by adding 6 lanes to one of the existing tracks). Then Ctrl+Shift+drag copies of the clips (selected by lasso or by clicking the track number) from each source track to the target track. Shift will ensure that the start times are preserved.
 
Note, however, that the copies from the first three lanes of the source track are always initially pasted to the same three lanes of the target track, regardless of where you're hovering when you drop them. So you'll need to drop them, and then immediately Shift+drag them up to the desired lanes as necessary. They stay selected, and the momentary overlaps with previously dragged clips in T1-3 shouldn't cause a problem so long as your editing mode is Blend in Preferences. You'll also want to make sure that you're not set to Paste as Linked Clips.

I am going to give that a go. Yup I always do "save a copy" before and after each session or major computer change. Disk space is not an issue!
 and thanks for that info Zargg. As in most things CW, there are more ways than one to skin a cat.

 ok I have them bounced to a stereo track. If I convert to mono, will it combine or separate into 2 takes?

charlyg
 ok I have them bounced to a stereo track. If I convert to mono, will it combine or separate into 2 takes?

 
You don't need to do that to accomplish what you want. Maybe you are now doing something else. However if you convert that to mono it mixes the stereo track into a single mono track. Probably not what you want.
 
If you want to the two sides of a stereo track to be separated into two mono clips... well I thought you could right click after selecting the clip and there would be a "Split Stereo to Mono" or some such thing but for some reason I am not seeing it on my project. Weird. I'm positive this can be done easily but darned if I can't find where.