Apple Logic Pro 9 - Manual (Page 463)

When you stop recording, you can work with each newly recorded region independently
of the others.
MIDI Merge Recording
You can incorporate newly recorded data into an existing (and selected) MIDI region,
with the intention of combining the recordings.
To combine several recording takes into one MIDI region
1 Open the Recording project settings by doing one of the following:
• Choose File > Project Settings > Recording (or use the Open Recording Project Settings
key command, default assignment: Option-*).
• Click the Settings button in the Arrange toolbar, and choose Recording from the pop-up
menu.
• Control-click (or right-click) the Record button in the Transport bar, and choose
Recording Settings from the pop-up menu.
2 Open the Overlapping Recordings pop-up menu and choose “Merge with selected regions.”
To limit merge recording to Cycle mode
1 Open the Recording project settings by doing one of the following:
• Choose File > Project Settings > Recording (or use the Open Recording Project Settings
key command, default assignment: Option-*).
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