Apple Logic Express 7 - Manual (Page 79)

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Panic Function
Click on the MIDI monitor to silence any hanging notes. If this doesn’t work, double-
clicking on it will initiate a Full Panic reset, which should do the trick (see “Reset
Functions” on page 132).
Song Title
The title of the active song is shown below the MIDI monitor.
Song End
Below the song title, you’ll see a numerical field that indicates the song end position.
As soon as Logic reaches this position, it will stop automatically, except when
recording. In this situation, the song end point is automatically moved to the end of
the recording.
The maximum length of a Logic song is 8550 quarter notes, or about 2158 bars in 4/4
time.
A song can therefore last a maximum of around 70 minutes at a tempo of 120 bpm. At
95 bpm, the maximum length is over an hour and a half.
If you need to increase this length, for film synchronization as an example, just halve
the tempo. You can achieve the same result by using 4/8 time instead of 4/4 time, and
treating quarter notes as eighth notes. A 4/8 song at a tempo of 60 bpm (equivalent to
4/4 at a tempo of 120) has a maximum length of more than 4273 bars, or over 2 hours
and 22 minutes.
Transport Buttons
Record
Recording normally starts after the count-in, at the start of the current bar. In Cycle
mode, it starts at the left locator. You can also choose to have one beat constantly
repeated, until a MIDI message is received, at which point recording begins.
Pause
Pauses recording or playback, until you press pause or play again. During paused
recording, you can add individual events which will be recorded.