Apple Logic Express 7 - Manual (Page 146)

146 Chapter 4 Audio in the Arrange Window
Construct a Cycle in the Arrange window Bar Ruler. Set the length to match the
intended musical length of the Region. The drum loop is one bar long, so you should
set a Cycle length of one bar, to match.
Once the Cycle is set to the desired musical length in the Bar Ruler, you’ll note that the
current length of the Region will be different to that of the Cycle.
Select Options > Tempo > Adjust Tempo using Region Length and Locators. The default
key command is “T”.
The tempo is recalculated, making the Region exactly one bar long, and fitting the
length of the Cycle perfectly. This does not change the playback tempo of the audio,
but rather, makes the song tempo conform to the audio.
Digital Mixdown
Logic allows you to digitally mix down audio data from within the Arrange window.
This is done with the Glue tool. This function is non-destructive, as Logic always creates
a new file for the mixed-down material. This new audio file is stored on your hard drive.
To carry out a mixdown, select the Glue tool from the Toolbox, and use it to select the
required Regions for mixdown (if necessary, using Shift as well).
The mixdown process can be aborted by pressing Command-period. All audio files will
remain unchanged.
No Mixdown Situation
• If there are several Regions (mono or stereo) in a row on the same track, which have
been cut out of one Region using the scissors tool, no mixdown is carried out. In this
situation, a single Region is simply created over the entire area. This delivers the
desired result, without using any additional disk space.
• Logic can recognize associated Regions, even if there are gaps between them. The
determining factor is that the relative position of the Regions in the Arrange window
corresponds to the relative position of the Regions in the underlying audio file.
• No mixdown occurs when you try to mix two Regions on tracks that are panned to
opposite sides.