Apple Logic Express 8 - Manual (Page 386)

386 Chapter 14 Recording in Logic Express
Note: If you attempt to edit one of the (pre-group) edited tracks, Logic Express will
offer to remove it from the edit group.
Coloring Takes While Recording
Selected take folders (or take regions in an open take folder) can be independently
colored, as you would with standard regions or folders, when Logic Express is not
recording.
When recording is taking place, however, changing the color of the take folder will
color the take region (being recorded), not the folder!
Punch Recording
Punch recording is a term used to describe overwriting a portion of a previously
recorded passage while Logic Express is running, in order to fix a mistake in an
otherwise good recording. You “punch-in” just before the mistake, then “punch out” of
the recording, once the mistake is corrected (you’ve recorded over it).
This allows you to play a recording up to a certain point, make a new recording over a
section of the original, and continue playback in one continuous process. The ability to
hear the part you want to replace (within the context of the music that precedes it)
enables you to capture a better feel with your punch recording.
Logic Express offers two ways to punch record:
 You can use a key command to engage recording while in playback mode (this is
commonly known as punching “on the fly”).
 You can use the Autopunch feature of Logic Express to start and stop recording at
predefined punch-in and punch-out points.
Note: Only record-enabled tracks are affected by punch recording.
Punch on the Fly
The Punch on the Fly feature allows you to engage recording while in playback
mode—in real time, or “on the fly.”
This function is technically difficult to perform for hard disk recorders, due to the
unavoidable delay involved in switching between read and write modes (creating a file
and so on). To avoid this delay, you need to switch on Punch on the Fly mode, which
readies Logic Express for a recording at any time.
In practice, “recording” is happening in the background from the moment you start
playback—when Punch on the Fly mode is active.