Apple Logic Express 7 - Manual (Page 88)

88 Chapter 2 Transport
Cycle and Replace
During a cycle recording in Replace mode, existing Regions are deleted during the first
cycle pass—from the punch-in point to either; a punch-out point or the end of the
Cycle. When the second cycle pass begins, recording continues, but no further Regions
are deleted. If you want to replace the end of an existing Region, you don’t need to
stop recording before the second cycle pass begins: the start of the existing Region
remains intact.
Recording With Skip Cycle
If Skip Cycle is switched on, the Cycle area is bypassed during recording.
Autodrop
The term Autodrop means the automatic activation and deactivation of record mode at
predefined positions. Autodrop mode is most commonly used to re-record a badly
played section of an otherwise flawless recording. The advantage of Autodrop mode is
that you can concentrate on your playing, rather than starting and stopping record
mode.
If Cycle mode is inactive, the left and right locators serve as drop-in and drop-out
points. Autodrop is activated by clicking on the Autodrop button.
Defining the Autodrop Area
If both Cycle and Autodrop modes are active, you will see an independent pair of
locators available for the Autodrop range. There are two stripes in the Bar Ruler, the top
one representing the Cycle area, and the bottom one the Autodrop range. The
Autodrop range can be graphically altered in the Bar Ruler, just as you would with a
Cycle area.
Note: If the Bar Ruler display is narrow, hold down Option to ensure that any
alterations made to the Cycle only affect the Autodrop range.
The grid scale—for graphic operations in the Bar Ruler—can be reduced to division
resolution by holding down Control, and to tick resolution by holding down Shift-
Control.