Apple Logic Express 8 User Manual
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Chapter 2
Overview of the Logic Express Interface
The Transport bar consists of three parts:
 Transport buttons: Used to navigate your project.
 Display area: Provides information that helps with project navigation.
 Mode buttons: Enable advanced recording and playback functions.
You can alter the Transport bar by adding or removing buttons and displays, providing
faster access to the functions you need most often. You can also open an independent
SMPTE or Bar display window. For more information, see “
Arrange Area
The Arrange area is shown directly below the Toolbar. It is used to record, import,
collate, and organize MIDI and audio data containers, known as regions, in a project.
 Bar ruler: A linear bar divided into bar and beat segments. The Bar ruler can also
display time in hours, minutes, seconds, and finer divisions. It offers a number of
facilities that can be used to mark project sections for different playback and
recording tasks. More detail in Chapter 5, “
 Arrange grid: This where all MIDI and audio regions are displayed on horizontal lanes,
called tracks, aligned to time positions in a grid-like layout.
 Track list: This is where you set the destination channel strip for playback of the MIDI
or audio regions on each horizontal track lane. The headers of each track list lane can
display the track name, icons, and several track buttons.
Transport buttons
Display area
Mode buttons
Bar ruler
Arrange grid
Track list