Apple Logic Express 8 - Manual (Page 307)

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Creating Your Arrangement
Once you have added your audio and MIDI regions to the
Arrange area, you can edit and reorganize them to create an
overall arrangement, or song.
The Arrange area provides a visual overview of your song structure: it shows when
audio and MIDI regions start to play, and their duration. You control when and how
regions play by moving, cutting, copying, resizing, and joining them in the Arrange
area.
Regions are positioned horizontally—on track lanes that run from left to right in the
Arrange area. Their positions along these lanes determine when they play, aligned with
the Bar (and Time) ruler along the top of the window.
The track lanes are stacked vertically, creating a grid of track lanes and particular bar or
time positions.
To view the Arrange area grid:
m Enable the Grid setting in the Arrange area’s View menu.
You may also wish to enhance the grid contrast by altering the color of the Arrange
area background.
Arrange area with grid Arrange area without grid