Apple Logic 7 - Manual (Page 46)

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1
Control
Surface
Setup
Tips
Control
surfaces
change
the
way
you
use
Logic,
and
are
most
effective
if
you
make
a
few
small
modifications
to
your
working
methods.
The
following
collection
of
hints
will
help
you
to
work
more
smoothly
and
efficiently
with
your
control
surface/Logic
system.
Customize
your
Template/Autoload
Songs
Â
Set
up
Screensets
1–7
to
your
liking.
These
can
be
accessed
directly
with
some
control
surfaces
(on
a
Logic/Mackie
Control—via
Function
Keys—F1
to
F7.
Function
Key
8
(F8)
will
close
the
top-most
window).
 It
is
recommended
that
a
full-screen
Arrange
window,
with
Track
Automation
View
set
to
on,
is
among
your
Screensets.
 A
full-screen
Track
Mixer
window
is
also
recommended.
Make
Use
of
Markers
Not
much
more
can
be
said.
Markers
allow
you
to
quickly
navigate
from
location
to
location
in
a
project.
Most
control
surfaces
feature
a
number
of
shortcuts
that
allow
you
to
rapidly
switch
between
Markers.
Markers
are
very
useful
for
the
creation/selection
of
Cycle
areas
and
a
number
of
other
tasks,
such
as
Drop
In
and
Replace.
If
you
tend
to
follow
a
particular
song
structure,
or
like
to
work
with
a
particular
number
of
bars
(4,
8,
16
bars,
and
so
on)
for
verse
and
chorus
sections,
then
set
up
a
number
of
Markers
at
suitable
locations
in
your
Template/Autoload
songs.
Always
use
Projects
As
soon
as
Logic
is
launched,
and
the
desired
Template
or
Autoload
song
is
loaded,
you
should
routinely
create
a
new
project
folder,
and
name
it.
This
will
provide
a
default
folder
structure/file
path
that
contains
the
song
file
and
all
audio
files
associated
with
the
project.
You
can
also
choose
to
include
plug-in
Settings
files,
video
files,
Space
Designer
IR
files
and
EXS
Instruments
into
your
Project
folder,
if
desired.
The
button
assigned
to
Save
operations
on
your
control
surface
will
open
the
File
Save
dialog.
Once
the
project/song
has
been
saved
once,
pressing
the
“Save”
button
will
incrementally
save
the
project
without
launching
the
File
Save
dialog
window.