Apple Logic Express 8 - Manual (Page 113)

Chapter 5 Navigating Your Project 113
Skip Cycle
You can skip a passage in play mode, which is useful for trying out the musical effect of
various transitions, from one song section to another, without needing to physically
move regions. This is a very handy feature when arranging.
Skip Cycle is also useful when editing, to leave out parts of the project that you don’t
want to be affected by the edit.
To set up a skip cycle, do one of the following:
m Drag the Skip Cycle area from right to left in the Bar ruler.
m If a (normal) Cycle area already exists, you can swap the left and right locator by
clicking the Swap Left and Right Locators button in the Transport bar (or using the
Swap Left and Right Locator key command).
The Skip Cycle area is shown as a green candy striped area in the Bar ruler.
When the playhead reaches the right locator position, it skips to the left locator (in
essence, the right and left locators swap positions).