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56 Chapter 2 Overview of the Logic Pro Interface
Pull-Down and Pop-Up Menus
Pull-down menus open when you click on the desired menu item. Pop-up menus open
when you click on certain input fields or buttons.
In some menus, an arrow is shown beside one or more items, indicating a sub-menu.
To choose an item from a sub-menu, move the mouse in the direction of the arrow,
and then move vertically over the desired item. Click to activate the chosen command
or setting.
If you wish to select an item that is outside the visible section of the menu, move the
mouse over the arrow at the top or bottom edge of the menu. The menu will scroll.
Shortcut Menus
Shortcut menus (also called contextual menus) are accessed by Control-clicking or
right-clicking in different areas of various Logic Pro windows. These offer a number of
selection, editing, and other area-specific commands, providing quick access to
commonly used functions.
Note: Right-click functionality is dependent on the Right Mouse Button: Opens
Shortcut Menu option being chosen in the Logic Pro > Preferences > Global > Editing
tab.
- Logic Pro 8 1
- User Manual 1
- Contents 3
- Contents 7 7
- 8 Contents 8
- Contents 9 9
- 10 Contents 10
- Contents 11 11
- 12 Contents 12
- Contents 13 13
- 14 Contents 14
- Resources 15
- Logic Pro Onscreen Help 17
- Apple Websites 17
- Other Websites 18
- An Introduction to Logic Pro 19
- Creating Music in Logic Pro 20
- Projects 23
- Project file (“song”) 24
- MIDI region 25
- Overview of the 27
- Logic Pro Interface 27
- The Arrange Window 28
- Bar ruler 30
- Arrange grid 30
- Track list 30
- Hierarchy button 38
- Create and Filter buttons 38
- Event type buttons 38
- List area 38
- Region display Event display 38
- Create button 39
- Marker list area 39
- Marker Text area 39
- Marker Text Area button 39
- Tempo list 40
- The initial time and key 41
- Region Parameter box 42
- Track Parameter box 42
- Arrange channel strips 42
- Channel strips 44
- Filter buttonsView buttons 44
- Info displayWaveform overview 45
- Waveform display 45
- PlayheadRegion area 45
- Event definitions 47
- Event Definition 47
- Parameter box 47
- MIDI events 47
- Local Menu Bars 48
- Tool Menus 48
- Scroll Bars 49
- Zoom Sliders 49
- Bar Ruler 49
- Global Tracks 50
- Checkboxes and Buttons 55
- Pull-Down and Pop-Up Menus 56
- Shortcut Menus 56
- Using the Computer Keyboard 57
- Customizing Your Window Setup 59
- Opening and Closing Windows 61
- Moving and Resizing Windows 63
- Selecting the Working Area 66
- Click the gray area below 67
- Zooming With the Scroll Bars 68
- Zoom Navigation Key Commands 70
- Relationships Between Windows 71
- Content Catch Mode 72
- Displaying Global Tracks 76
- Using Screensets 78
- Reverting to Saved Screensets 80
- Setting Up Your System 81
- Computer 82
- Audio and MIDI Interfaces 83
- Types of MIDI Devices 84
- Ancillary Audio Devices 85
- Computer Expansions 88
- Audio Cabling 89
- RCA connector (unbalanced) 90
- MIDI Cabling 91
- Using External MIDI Devices 95
- Using External Audio Effects 95
- Setting Up Core Audio Devices 97
- DAE and TDM 99
- Disabled 102
- Enabled/Inactive 102
- Enabled/Active 102
- Sync Pending 102
- Navigating Your Project 105
- Division value 106
- Using the Transport Buttons 108
- Using Transport Key Commands 109
- Using Cycle Mode 110
- Defining the Cycle 111
- Right locator 112
- Left locator 112
- Position display 112
- Skip Cycle 114
- Customizing the Transport Bar 117
- Working With Markers 123
- Creating Markers 125
- Selecting Markers 128
- Deleting Markers 128
- Naming Markers 128
- Editing Markers 131
- Navigating With Markers 133
- Working With Projects 135
- Creating Projects 136
- Opening Projects 139
- Opening Pre Version 8 Songs 140
- Setting Project Properties 143
- Setting the Project Tempo 145
- Bar denominatorNumerator 146
- Project End display 148
- Adjusting Project Settings 149
- Handling Project Assets 149
- Managing Projects 150
- Cleaning Up Projects 151
- Saving Projects 152
- Automatic Backup Files 153
- Closing and Quitting 154
- Basic Operations 155
- Entering Numerical Values 156
- Entering Text 157
- Working With Key Commands 158
- Special Keys 159
- The Key Commands Window 159
- Key Commands list 160
- Learn buttons 160
- Assignments area 160
- Learn button 160
- Choosing Key Command Sets 161
- Browsing Key Commands 161
- Finding Key Commands 161
- Initializing Key Assignments 165
- Printing a Key Command List 165
- Working With Tools 166
- Command-click Tool 167
- Learning About Common Tools 169
- Working With Help Tags 170
- Using the Shortcut Menu 171
- Selection Techniques 172
- Working With the Clipboard 176
- Working With Tracks 179
- Track Parameter box 180
- Configuring the Track Header 181
- Creating Tracks and Channels 183
- Track Creation Commands 188
- Deleting Tracks 190
- Selecting a Track 190
- Rearranging Tracks 191
- Naming Tracks 191
- Channel strip name 192
- Assigning Tracks to Channels 193
- Zooming Individual Tracks 195
- Assigning Track Icons 196
- Muting Tracks 197
- Muting Multiple Tracks 198
- Soloing Tracks 199
- Record-Enabling Tracks 200
- Freezing Tracks 200
- When to Freeze a Track 201
- How to Freeze a Track 202
- What Happens During a Freeze 202
- Working With Frozen Tracks 203
- Freeze Files 203
- Hiding Tracks 204
- Protecting Tracks 205
- Working With Instruments and 207
- LeftStereo Right SurroundMono 211
- Using the Channel EQ 217
- Using the Plug-in Window 223
- Linking the Plug-in Window 225
- Bypassing Plug-ins 226
- Using the Settings Functions 226
- Side Chaining Plug-ins 230
- A white frame indicates 232
- Insert Effects 233
- Send Effects 233
- Pre fader send Post pan send 235
- Post fader send 235
- Working With Instruments 237
- Playing Software Instruments 247
- Tuning Software Instruments 248
- Loading Presets 252
- Manually Enabling Plug-ins 253
- Disabling Plug-ins 254
- Adding Pre-Recorded Media 255
- Navigating in the Browser 258
- Green and Blue Apple Loops 263
- Browsing for Apple Loops 266
- Category columns 267
- Searching for Apple Loops 270
- Overview Calculation 275
- ReCycle slices 277
- ReCycle folder 277
- Adding MIDI and Project Files 278
- Getting to Know Regions 279
- Audio Regions and Audio Files 280
- MIDI Regions and Events 281
- Folder Regions 281
- Cloned and Alias Regions 282
- Creating and Removing Regions 287
- Resizing a Region 289
- Two-headed arrow cursor 290
- Updating Arrange Position 291
- Protecting Regions 292
- Creating Your Arrangement 293
- Overriding the Snap Grid 296
- Using Drag Modes 297
- Scrubbing Your Arrangement 298
- Muting Regions 299
- Soloing Regions 300
- Transport Solo button 301
- Naming a Region 302
- Assigning Colors to Regions 304
- Selecting Regions 305
- Selecting Parts of a Region 305
- Adding and Recording Regions 307
- Restoring Removed Regions 308
- Moving Regions 309
- Nudging Regions 311
- Resizing Regions 313
- Repeating Regions 324
- Cloning Audio Regions 327
- Looping Regions 329
- Dividing Regions 331
- Merging Regions 334
- Demixing MIDI Regions 337
- Using Folders 338
- Packing and Unpacking Folders 339
- Entering and Exiting Folders 340
- Adding and Removing Regions 341
- Creating an Alias Folder 342
- Fading Apple Loops 345
- Setting Region Parameters 346
- Audio Region Parameters 347
- MIDI Region Parameters 347
- Recording in Logic Pro 351
- Preparations for Recording 352
- Setting the Bit Depth 354
- Setting Up the Metronome 354
- Using Software Monitoring 356
- Setting the Monitoring Level 358
- Setting the Recording Folder 358
- Maximum Recording Size 359
- Setting Up Track Channels 360
- Making an Audio Recording 362
- Advanced Recording Commands 363
- Recording Takes 364
- Punch Recording 369
- Handling Audio Recordings 372
- Deleting Audio Recordings 373
- Creating Comps 374
- Managing Take Folders 376
- Flatten and Flatten and Merge 377
- Packing a Take Folder 377
- Recording MIDI 378
- How MIDI Take Recording Works 380
- Filtering MIDI Input 383
- MIDI Step Input Recording 384
- Using the Step Input Keyboard 385
- Step Input With Key Commands 386
- Using the Caps Lock Keyboard 389
- Introduction to MIDI Editing 391
- Opening the Editors 392
- MIDI Activity display 395
- Editing MIDI Events in the 397
- Piano Roll Editor 397
- Making Use of the Grid 398
- Understanding Note Velocities 398
- Using the Info Display 401
- Selecting Notes 402
- Creating Notes 402
- Deleting Notes 403
- Restoring Deleted Notes 405
- Moving Notes 406
- Changing the Length of Notes 408
- Copying or Moving Notes 410
- Splitting Chords 413
- Using Hyper Draw 414
- Piano Roll Editor Shortcuts 416
- 417 417
- Creating Events 421
- Line tool 422
- Selecting Events 423
- Deleting Events 423
- Restoring Deleted Events 424
- Changing Event Values 425
- Moving and Copying Events 425
- Changing Event Definitions 430
- First Data Byte checkbox 431
- Converting Event Definitions 433
- Working With Hyper Sets 434
- Creating a GM Drum Hyper Set 435
- Naming a Hyper Set 436
- Loading a Hyper Set 436
- Event List 437
- Filtering Event Types 439
- Selecting and Creating Events 440
- Refining Event Selection 441
- Editing Events 443
- Altering Event Values 445
- Deleting and Muting Events 446
- Learning About Event Types 447
- Control Change Events 448
- Pitch Bend Events 449
- Program Change Events 449
- Aftertouch Events 450
- Poly Pressure Events 450
- SysEx Events 451
- Meta Events 451
- The Event Float Window 452
- Quantizing MIDI Events 453
- Quantizing Regions 454
- Making Quantization Permanent 458
- Event and Note Quantization 459
- Creating Groove Templates 461
- Importing Groove Templates 462
- Transform Window 465
- Mode menuPreset menu 475
- Operations area 475
- Selection Conditions area 475
- Global Parameters 476
- Defining Operations 478
- Using the Map 480
- Exchanging Parameter Values 481
- Usage Examples 483
- Editing Audio in the 487
- Sample Editor 487
- Playing Audio Files 488
- Advanced Playback Commands 489
- Navigating Audio Files 490
- Absolute and Relative Time 492
- Making Selections 494
- Fading Audio Files 497
- Trimming Audio Regions 499
- Normalizing Audio Files 499
- Removing DC Offsets 500
- Adjusting the Project Tempo 501
- Sample Loop Functions 501
- Creating Manual Backups 502
- Using the Groove Machine 509
- Using the Audio Energizer 510
- Using the Silencer 512
- Using the Quantize Engine 516
- Using AudioSuite Plug-ins 518
- Audio Regions 519
- Using Strip Silence 521
- Automatic Anchor Creation 522
- Adjusting the Tempo of 523
- Time Stretching Regions 525
- Managing Audio Files 529
- Sorting Audio Files 530
- Guitars group 531
- Vocals group 531
- Renaming Audio Files 533
- Moving Audio Files 534
- Deleting Audio Files 536
- Optimizing Audio Files 537
- Dealing With SDII Files 539
- 541 541
- 542 Chapter 25 Mixing 542
- Basic Mixing Steps 543
- 544 Chapter 25 Mixing 544
- Channel Strip Elements 545
- Setting Channel Strip Levels 546
- Chapter 25 Mixing 547 547
- 548 Chapter 25 Mixing 548
- Chapter 25 Mixing 549 549
- Soloing and Muting Channels 550
- Muting Channels 551
- Working With Sends 552
- Arming Channel Strips 553
- Setting the Automation Mode 554
- Using the Binaural Panner 555
- 556 Chapter 25 Mixing 556
- Chapter 25 Mixing 557 557
- 558 Chapter 25 Mixing 558
- Chapter 25 Mixing 559 559
- Surround 560
- Chapter 25 Mixing 561 561
- Working With Groups 562
- Chapter 25 Mixing 563 563
- Defining Group Settings 564
- A Note on Group Automation 565
- Channel Strip Types 566
- Auxiliary Channel 567
- 568 Chapter 25 Mixing 568
- Output Channels 569
- Master Channel 570
- MIDI Channel Strips 570
- Chapter 25 Mixing 571 571
- 572 Chapter 25 Mixing 572
- Chapter 25 Mixing 573 573
- Customizing the Mixer 574
- Chapter 25 Mixing 575 575
- Refining the Mixer View 576
- Chapter 25 Mixing 577 577
- Displaying Folder Tracks 578
- Using the I/O Labels Window 579
- 580 Chapter 25 Mixing 580
- Working With Automation 581
- Displaying Track Automation 582
- Setting an Automation Mode 585
- Choosing Automation Modes 586
- Writing Track Automation Data 588
- Creating Automation Nodes 589
- Automation Curve tool 592
- Offsetting Automation 593
- Using Automation Quick Access 595
- Hyper Draw menu 597
- Hyper Draw button 597
- Using the Autodefine Mode 598
- Editing MIDI Automation Data 598
- Using the Note Velocity Mode 599
- Conversion of Automation Data 600
- Bouncing Your Project 601
- Creating a Bounce 602
- Routing Channels to an Output 602
- Defining the Bounce Range 603
- Using the Bounce Window 603
- M4A: AAC Format Options 610
- Burn Options 611
- Bouncing and POW-r Dithering 613
- Creating Apple Loops 615
- Global Tracks and Apple Loops 621
- Transposition Track 622
- Apple Loops and Sample Rates 624
- Project and File Interchange 625
- Setting Sharing Preferences 626
- Backing Up Audio Files 630
- Saving Standard MIDI Files 633
- Importing GarageBand Projects 634
- Working With OMF Files 635
- Working With OpenTL Files 636
- Exporting Regions 640
- Advanced Tempo Operations 641
- Using the Tempo Track 642
- Creating Tempo Curves 643
- Adjusting the Display Range 644
- Recording Tempo Changes 646
- Using the Tempo List 646
- Alternative Tempo Lists 648
- Choosing a Tempo Operation 650
- Using the Tempo Interpreter 652
- Using the Tempo Fader 654
- Beat Mapping Regions 655
- Beats From Region 659
- Beat Mapping to Scene Markers 660
- Beat Mapping to Markers 660
- Chord and Transposition Track 661
- Analyzing MIDI Regions 665
- Working With Notation 667
- Display Parameter box 668
- Event Parameter box 668
- Part box 668
- A High Level Workflow Example 669
- Single staff style 670
- Staff style consisting 670
- Real Time MIDI Recording 673
- Step Input 673
- Insert Quantization 676
- Working With the Part Box 678
- Selecting Part Box Objects 679
- Sustain Pedal Symbols 682
- Dynamic Symbols 683
- Note Heads 683
- Symbols Attached to Notes 684
- Slurs, Crescendi 685
- Key Signatures 685
- Time Signatures 686
- Repeat Signs and Bar Lines 686
- Trills, Tremolo, and so on 687
- Rests, Bar Repeat Signs 687
- Text Objects, Chord Symbols 688
- D.S., D.C., Segno, Coda Signs 688
- Tempo and Swing Symbols 688
- Jazz Symbols 689
- Repeating Events 695
- Editing Aliases 696
- Using the Layout Tool 696
- Resizing Notes and Symbols 697
- Editing Notes 698
- Allowing Diatonic Input Only 699
- Creating Tied Notes 699
- N-tuplet symbol 700
- Creating and Inserting Rests 704
- Editing Clefs 705
- Editing Slurs and Crescendi 707
- Invisible Bar Lines 709
- 1st and 2nd Endings 709
- Working With Text 710
- Inserting Text 711
- Editing Text 712
- Using Musical Symbol Fonts 713
- Learning About Text Styles 714
- Working With Text Styles 715
- Working With Global Text 716
- Global Text Parameters 717
- Creating Lyrics 718
- Creating Chord Symbols 719
- Rhythm Section Parts 722
- Creating Time Signatures 724
- Creating Key Signatures 725
- Selecting Signatures 725
- Copying Signatures 726
- Editing Signatures 727
- Deleting Signatures 727
- Transcribing MIDI Recordings 728
- Display Parameters 730
- Interpretation 732
- Syncopation 733
- No Overlap 734
- Hidden MIDI Regions 735
- Changing Note Head 736
- Changing Note Sizes 736
- Changing the Tie Direction 739
- Changing the Color of a Note 740
- Working With Staff Styles 741
- Predefined Staff Styles 743
- Hierarchy button 744
- Link button Tools 744
- Name box 744
- Deleting Staff Styles 749
- Staff Style Examples 755
- Advanced Staff Style Usage 756
- Cross staff beamed notes 757
- Choosing a Score Set 762
- The Score Set Window 763
- Editing Score Sets 766
- Scaling Score Sets 766
- Printing the Score 769
- Setting Breaks 770
- Editing Local Margins 771
- Preparing the Export 774
- Exporting the Score 774
- Choosing a Color Mode 775
- Displaying Folders 775
- Displaying Instrument Names 776
- Global Score Settings 776
- Numbers & Names 781
- Page Number Parameters 782
- Bar Number Parameters 783
- Guitar Tab 784
- Clefs & Signatures 788
- MIDI Meaning 792
- Score Preferences 795
- Working With Video 797
- Using the Movie Window 798
- Using the Video Track 799
- Working With Scene Markers 800
- Creating Scene Markers 801
- Video Project Settings 803
- Video From a Project 804
- This is 804
- Video preferences 804
- Video Preferences 805
- Working With Surround 807
- Surround field 820
- Level controls 820
- Extended parameters 820
- Stereo to Surround Panner 822
- Inserting Surround Plug-ins 823
- Down Mixer Plug-in 824
- Link menu 826
- Bypass button 826
- Working With Side Chains 827
- Bouncing Surround Audio Files 828
- Synchronizing Logic Pro 829
- Using the Sync Button 831
- MTC Interpretation 831
- Fixing Objects to Frames 842
- Positioning Bars to Frames 843
- MIDI Machine Control 844
- About Latency 847
- Dealing With Latency Issues 851
- File Formats 853
- Importing Split Channel Files 854
- Exporting Split Channel Files 856
- Working in the Environment 857
- Using the Environment 858
- Working With Layers 859
- Working With Objects 863
- Creating and Deleting Objects 864
- Moving Objects 864
- Copying Objects 865
- Adjusting the Size of Objects 866
- Special Selection Commands 867
- The MIDI Signal Path 868
- Object with direct output 870
- Object without direct 870
- Object Parameter box 875
- Exchanging Environments 877
- Replacement by Assignment 879
- The Environment Objects 880
- Multi Instruments 883
- Defining Custom Bank Selects 887
- Mapped Instruments 888
- GM Mixer 892
- MMC Record Buttons 895
- Keyboard 895
- Monitor Object 896
- Channel Splitter Object 896
- Arpeggiator 897
- Transformer Object 899
- Delay Line Object 904
- Voice Limiter Object 905
- Chord Memorizer Object 906
- Touch Tracks Object 908
- Using the Touch Tracks Window 909
- Physical Input Object 912
- Sequencer Input Object 912
- MIDI Click Object 913
- Internal Objects 913
- Apple QuickTime 914
- Ornament 916
- Macro Parameters 918
- Fader Operation 919
- Working With Object Groups 920
- Special Functions 921
- Fader Styles 922
- Fader Functions: MIDI Events 924
- Fader Functions: Filter 926
- Vector Fader 927
- Special Faders Overview 928
- Cable Switchers 929
- Meta Event Faders 930
- SysEx Faders 931
- Creating a SysEx Message 932
- Setting the SysEx Data Format 933
- Channel Strip Objects 935
- Channel Strip Parameters 936
- Input Channel 938
- Bus Channel 938
- Prelisten Channel Strip 938
- 939 939
- Project Settings 940
- Metronome Settings 941
- Other Settings 942
- Recording Settings 943
- Tuning Settings 944
- About Tuning 945
- Tuning Project Settings 948
- Audio Settings 950
- MIDI Settings 951
- Score Project Settings 952
- Assets Project Settings 952
- Preferences 953
- Editing Preferences 955
- Cycle Preferences 956
- Audio Preferences 957
- Device Preferences 958
- General Audio Preferences 958
- Sample Editor Preferences 960
- Surround Preferences 961
- MP3 Preferences 961
- Reset Preferences 962
- Node Preferences 962
- MIDI Preferences 963
- Sync Preferences 964
- Reset Messages Preferences 965
- Display Preferences 966
- Arrange Preferences 967
- Other Preferences 968
- Automation Preferences 969
- Control Surfaces Preferences 970
- Sharing Preferences 970
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