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Chapter 14 Recording in Logic Express 395
Opening Take Folders in the Sample Editor
It is possible to open take regions in the Sample Editor, but they are locked, making it
impossible to move the anchor or redefine start or end points.
Such actions would destroy take timing if made in the Sample Editor, but you can
perform fine edits of start and end points in the Arrange, when zoomed in. The timing
of individual sections can be adjusted after the take folder has been “flattened.”
Packing a Take Folder
The Arrange menu Region > Folder > Pack Take Folder command creates a take folder
for multiple selected regions. Each region appears as an individual take in the resulting
take folder.
 If the selected regions are located on different tracks (using different channel strips),
the playback result may change (a take folder uses a single channel strip). The
channel strip (and track) of the topmost “packed” track is used for take folder
playback. If the topmost track is muted, the next unmuted track will be chosen for
playback.
 If the selected regions are placed after each other on a single track, the take folder
will default to one automatically created comp. Playback is unaffected. If only one
region is “packed,” it is selected as the take, and no comp is created.
In situations where the newly created take folder overlaps other (initially unselected)
regions (which would change the playback result of these unselected regions),
Logic Express creates a new audio track for the take folder.
Unpacking Take Folders
The Arrange menu offers the following two commands:
 Region > Folder > Unpack Take Folder
 Region > Folder > Unpack Take Folder to New Tracks
These commands are also available in the take folder menu (where they only affect that
folder, not all selected take folders).
Both commands replace the (or all) selected take folder(s) with new audio tracks for
each take and each comp. The order of takes and comps shown in the take folder
menu is mirrored by the track order.
The Unpack command uses the same (the original) channel strip for all new tracks. All
take/comp regions (except the originally activated one) are muted, ensuring that the
playback result is unchanged.
The New Tracks command uses different channel strips for each new track, but
automatically assigns the original channel strip setting to all of them. None of the
takes/comps are muted—all play simultaneously—again ensuring that the playback
result is not changed.