Apple Logic Express 7 - Manual (Page 219)

Chapter 6 Logic’s Mixing Facilities 219
Display Modes
The Track Mixer has two display modes: Global and Track view.
In Global view, all MIDI instruments and all Audio Objects that exist in the Environment
are displayed as mixer channels.
In Track view, Logic creates a mixer based on all tracks currently assigned in the Arrange
window track list. It contains as many channels as there are tracks. The channels are laid
out in the same order as in the Arrange window. Redundant tracks are suppressed,
where multiple tracks represent the same output (Object). This could be two MIDI
instruments with the same port and channel setting, or two Audio Objects with the
same device and audio channel/track setting.
If you miss an Object you need for mixing (an Audio Output Object, for example), open
Global view and double-click on the Object in question. It will then be added to the
Arrange track list, and will appear in the Track Mixer when in Track view mode.
Track Filter
The Track menu is used to define the types of tracks displayed in the Track Mixer.
Track Filter Switching Techniques
You can set Global and Track views separately with the Filter buttons.
• Command-click doesn’t change the Track Filter setting when switching Global view
on and off.
• Clicking without a modifier on a disabled track type will enable the view of this type,
and disable all other types.
• Clicking without a modifier on a currently enabled track type will enable all types. A
second click will cause the display to revert to a single enabled type.
• Shift-clicking allows you to individually enable and disable types, in any combination.
• Command-clicking if Global view is disabled enables Global view, and also enables
the display of the current track type.
• Command-clicking if Global view is enabled simply disables Global view.
• Option-clicking moves the window position to the first track of the current type.
Filter and Global view modes are not changed—with one exception: If the clicked
type is currently disabled, it will be enabled.