User guide

398 Chapter 14 Recording in Logic Express
After reaching the right cycle boundary, the playhead will jump back to the left cycle
boundary. Logic Express will create a new MIDI take folder.
A new take track is automatically created inside the take folder for every cycle
repetition.
Each previous take track is automatically muted while recording. When you stop
recording, you can listen to the individual takes in the take folder by selecting them.
How MIDI Take Recording Works
Activation of the “Create take folders” option in the “Overlapping recordings” menu has
the following effects:
 Recording over an existing MIDI region will create a MIDI take folder.
 Recording over an existing MIDI take folder will add a MIDI take to it.
 Recording over multiple existing MIDI regions will merge them (per track) before
creating the take folder. All existing MIDI regions will appear as the first take, while
new recordings will appear as the second, third, and so on takes.
 Recording over multiple existing MIDI take folders will flatten them individually, and
merge them per track, before creating a new take folder (which spans the combined
length of all take folders). All material which existed prior to recording will appear as
the first take, with subsequent recordings appearing as the second, third, and so on
takes.
Note: All takes that were not playing in the take folders (which existed prior to
recording) are lost, although Undo is possible.
Only the actual recording of MIDI events qualifies them as overlapping. To provide an
example: Imagine you are recording over existing take folders 1, 2, and 3. You don’t
play any MIDI events before the start, or after the end of take folder 2. This will result in
the new recording being added as further take of take folder 2. Logic Express will even
tolerate Note Off events in the first bar of take folder 3, without merging the take
folders (2 and 3).