Apple Logic Pro X - Manual (Page 846)

Chapter 25 Preferences, project settings, and key commands 846
General preferences
Project Handling preferences
The Project Handling pane contains the following project startup and template preferences:
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Startup Action pop-up menu: Defines what happens when Logic Pro is opened.
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Do Nothing: Nothing happens when Logic Pro is opened; you need to create a new project,
or open an existing project or template.
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Open Most Recent Project: Opens the project you were working on when you last closed
Logic Pro.
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Open Existing Project: Shows the Open dialog, which you can use to browse for an
existing project.
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Create New Project from Template: Opens the Templates dialog.
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Create New Empty Project: Opens an empty project with the New Tracks dialog, which you
use to specify the type and number of new tracks to add.
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Create New Project using Default Template: Opens the default template and the Save As
dialog, which you use to name and save your project.
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Ask: Opens a Startup dialog, offering each of the above options.
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Default Template field: Displays the full path and name of the default template or project.
When Show Advanced Tools is selected in Advanced preferences, the following is available:
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“Export MIDI File saves single MIDI Regions as Format 0” checkbox: If only one MIDI region is
selected when you use the File > Export > Selection as MIDI File command, the contents of
the region are saved in MIDI file format 0. This file format is guaranteed to be compatible with
every MIDI file player.
When Advanced Editing is selected in Advanced preferences, the following is available:
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“When opening a project, ask to ‘Close current project(s)?’” checkbox: If selected and you open
a new project before closing the old one, a dialog asks whether or not the current project
should be closed. If unselected, you aren’t prompted and the current project remains open.