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382 Chapter 14 Recording in Logic Express
Recording Takes
Logic Express provides advanced take management facilities. A take is a part (a guitar
solo, for example) that is performed and recorded multiple times. You can record
several consecutive versions of a solo, and pick the best take, for example. Takes are
usually created by recording in Cycle mode, but can also be created by simply
recording over existing regions.
Takes also form the basis for comping tasks, where the best performances (from several
takes) are compiled into a single “super take“. This comp(ilation) will be used as the
final version of your take. Full details on comping are found in “Creating Comps” on
page 391.
The preparation for take recording is identical to that for audio recording. No special
setup is required, so you can start take recording as you would for any audio recording.
See “Standard Recording With a Count-in” on page 380.
The first take appears as an audio region, as per usual. Once a recording takes place
over an existing region (the second pass of a cycle recording ends, and the third cycle
begins, or you manually stop recording after the first bar, for example), a take folder is
created.
 The whole recording (all takes) is stored as a single audio file.
 The take folder only occupies a single track (but it can be opened, more on this
shortly).
Note: Take folders are only created when Replace mode is disabled (which is the
default).