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Stop, Play, Record – Apple Logic Express 7.2 User Manual

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Chapter 2

Logic Control

Stop

Stops all other Transport functions. Pressing the STOP button a second time will return
to the song start point, or the beginning of the nearest cycle area, if Cycle is active.
Repeated presses will switch between the two.

Play

Plays from the current song position. If pressed repeatedly, it will jump to the
beginning of the nearest cycle area, if Cycle is active.

SHIFT and PLAY works as a Pause command.

Record

Activates recording on the selected MIDI, audio, or Audio Instrument track.

A special note for audio tracks if you have not “Saved as Project”: When the first audio
track is armed by pressing the REC/RDY button on the desired channel, a file save
dialog will open on your computer screen, awaiting entry of a filename. The Logic
Control LCD display shows

There is a file select dialog on the screen

and the

Position/Time Display will show

ALERT

. All LEDs will go off.

Once the file name has been entered—in Logic—the Logic Control will return all
controls to their prior status.

Once the “default” audio file name has been entered, you may freely select and arm any
Audio track, and then press the RECORD button. This will happen without the alert
messages and file save dialog appearing onscreen.

As a general working tip, you should save your Autoload/Template song as a project
immediately. This will avoid the need to define filenames, and makes handling faster
and easier—particularly when “driving” Logic with the Logic Control.