How to copy a track and NOT have them linked!

I just want to copy a track...it appears you can't. This program is NOT intuitive.
All I saw was clone and then everything I did was copied to the previous one! What the #$#% is the purpose of that? I did that and chose 'unlink' but now in the control view I can change the pan on one track without affecting the other.
1) How do I just COPY a track so, for some stupid reason, I can just edit the new track without screwing up the original?
2) How to I COMPLETELY unlink a track, not just one measure, from the track I copied it from?

Thank you very much scook. I was trying avoid this because I have a lot of additional settings that come with the track other than just the notes (pan, instruments, etc).
Plus I didn't want to have to copy all the tracks by hand. I googled this and it sounds like a lot of people are having this problem. I'm surprised we are where we are with this product and it still doesn't have a simple 'copy' version.
I guess this is considered 'answered'. :(

mleejr
1) How do I just COPY a track so, for some stupid reason, I can just edit the new track without screwing up the original?

I keep coming back to this sentence.
For what you are trying to do, I think "Save As" is your friend. Go ahead and make your edits on the original track(s), but save the project as a new version. This way, you project is not cluttered with extra tracks ( a big consideration in MC since you have a limited number of tracks), and you still preserve the original if you want to back up.
It is not unusual to have ten or more versions of a project as you work through it. All of your settings will carry forward, and you always have the earlier versions intact, if you decide you like what you did yesterday better than what you did tonight.
It's not unheard of to totally botch a project. I'm sure we've all done it. I know I have.
Anyhow, try doing it this way. It's a very clean approach to where I believe you are trying to get to.

eleanoral..... welcome. 
 
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