Apple Logic Pro 7 - Manual (Page 296)

296 Chapter 6 Logic’s Mixing Facilities
If you are using the native engine, you can limit the number of tracks via the Audio >
Audio Driver > Max. Number of Audio tracks setting for the individual driver/hardware,
thereby limiting the amount of memory and processing power required.
The Track Object features the following elements (see “Elements of the Audio Object”
on page 270): EQs, Inserts, Bus Sends, Input/Output, Grouping, Automation, Pan, Level,
and Level meter, Mute/Solo, Mono/Stereo, Track Arming.
Monitoring with Effect Plug-ins
Record-enabled (armed) audio tracks—with assigned audio inputs—can be monitored
with effects plug-ins inserted into the armed audio channel. In this type of setup, the
effect plug-ins are monitored but not recorded. This can be useful during an overdub
session, for example. If you’d like to record the audio track with effects, insert the effect
plug-ins into the corresponding input channel (see below), rather than the audio track
channel.
Example: During vocal recording, many artists prefer to monitor their performance
with a little reverb, while the track is actually recorded dry. To do so, insert a reverb
plug-in into the audio channel, arm the track and start recording. The reverb will be
part of the monitor mix, but will not be recorded.
It is possible to combine pre-processing and monitoring with effects. You can, for
example, destructively record a signal with compression by inserting a compressor into
the respective input channel, while simultaneously monitoring the compressed input
signal with a reverb (inserted on the track channel) that is not recorded.
The Audio > Audio Hardware & Drivers > Software Monitoring preference must be
enabled if you wish to monitor/record with effects.