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356 Chapter 13 Creating Your Arrangement
To unpack a folder:
1 Select the folder.
2 Choose one of the following commands:
 Choose Region > Folder > Unpack Folder command. The Arrange window will
update to display the contents (the tracks and regions) of the folder.
 Choose Region > Folder > Unpack Folders (Create New Tracks), or use the
corresponding key command.
Logic Express will create new tracks on the same level that the folder was located on
(below the former folder track).
 Choose Region > Folder > Unpack Folders (Use existing tracks).
The regions contained within it are placed on tracks assigned to appropriate channel
strips.
Entering and Exiting Folders
Once you have packed a folder, you will generally enter and exit it to alter data, as your
arrangement grows. You can easily differentiate when inside, or outside of the folder
display in the Arrange window:
 When at the top Arrange level (outside the folder), the folder itself will be visible on a
track, the Arrange window title bar will show the project name, and the Hierarchy
button is grayed out.
 When inside a folder, the folder track can’t be seen, the Arrange title bar will show
the project name, followed by the folder name (Untitled: Chorus Folder, for example),
and the Hierarchy button will not be grayed out.
To enter a folder, do one of the following:
m Double-click the folder region.
m Select the folder you want to enter, then use the Go Into Folder or Region key
command.
You should ensure that the folder is selected before using the command. If a MIDI
region is selected, the Event List editor (showing the MIDI region content) is opened.
Double-clicking on a folder track name in the track list opens the Mixer.
To exit a folder, do one of the following:
m Double-click on the (folder) Arrange area background (or use the Go Out of Folder or
Region key command).
m Click the Hierarchy button at the left end of the Arrange window menu bar. The help
tag shows Leave Folder.
This will move you one level up the display hierarchy, and the contents of the Arrange
window (showing the closed folder) will be visible.