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Chapter 14 Recording in Logic Express 391
Deleting Audio Recordings
Deleting an audio region is handled a little differently for files that are recorded in the
current session, and those that are imported from an earlier session.
To delete an audio region that you have recorded since opening the project:
m Select the audio region, and press Backspace.
A dialog asks if you also want to erase the corresponding audio file. This saves hard
drive space used by bad takes and unwanted recordings.
To delete an audio recording that was made before the current session:
m Select the audio region, and press Backspace.
This will only remove the audio region from the arrangement, not the audio file (from
the Audio Bin). No dialog appears. This prevents you from accidentally deleting
recordings that may be used in other projects.
If you actually want to delete the corresponding audio file, you can do so by choosing
Audio File > Delete File(s) in the Audio Bin. The deleted audio files remain in the Trash
until you empty the Trash.
Creating Comps
Compiling various sections of different takes is known as comping or creating a comp.
Logic Express provides special options which fundamentally streamline this standard
editing practice by allowing comps to be created without having to make cuts or mute
tracks and regions.
The different take sections of a comp are automatically crossfaded between each other,
in accordance with the default crossfade settings. These are defined in the General
Audio preferences tab. You can quickly open this tab via the Audio Crossfade options
for Merge and Take Comping key command.
Typically, you will double-click on a take folder to open, and edit, it. You can, however,
perform many comp editing operations when the take folder is closed (see below).