Apple Logic Pro X - Manual (Page 215)

Chapter 8 Record your voice or a musical instrument 215
4 Click the Record button in the control bar (or press R) to start recording.
Recording starts automatically at the beginning of the defined cycle area.
5 Use your MIDI keyboard, Musical Typing window, or onscreen keyboard to play some notes.
Record as many cycle passes as you wish.
Note: Each previously recorded take is automatically muted during recording
6 Click the Stop button in the control bar (or press the Space bar) to stop recording.
The selected track contains a closed take folder with multiple take regions inside.
7 Open the take folder by doing one of the following:
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Click the disclosure triangle in the upper-left corner of the take folder.
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Double-click the take folder.
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Select the take folder and press Control-F.
Overdub software instrument recordings
Overdubbing is the process of recording a performance on top of an existing performance,
merging them into a single region. You can use this process to add a supplementary recorded
sound to a previously recorded performance, for example.
Overdub a software instrument recording
1 Select a MIDI region.
2 Click the Set Locators button in the toolbar.
Cycle mode is turned on and the left and right locators match the start and end points of the
selected MIDI region.
3 Click the Record button in the control bar (or press R) to start recording.
Recording begins after the predefined count-in.
4 Use your MIDI keyboard, Musical Typing window, or onscreen music keyboard to record a part.
Record as many cycle passes as you wish.
5 Click the Stop button in the control bar (or press the Space bar) to stop recording.
The end result is a single MIDI region that contains the merged performances from each cycle
pass. However, you can also overdub a MIDI recording when not in Cycle mode.