Apple Logic Pro 9 - Manual (Page 227)

To hide or show the Inspector in the Arrange window
Do one of the following:
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Choose View > Inspector (or use the Hide/Show Inspector key command, default
assignment: I).
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Click the Inspector button in the Arrange toolbar.
Creating Tracks and Channel Strips
If you want to record or play back MIDI, software instrument, or audio data in Logic Pro,
you must first create a track. Corresponding channel strips are automatically created in
the Mixer.
If channel strips of a particular type (audio channel strips, for example) already exist in
the Mixer, newly created tracks are assigned to those matching channel strips.
Important: Some of the track creation options create new channel strips, and others do
not. Each is used for a different type of task. These commands are separated by a line in
the Track menu of the application.
To explain a little further:
• Suppose you create 8 new audio tracks in the Arrange area of a project that has 24
audio channel strips already set up in the Mixer. These new audio tracks are assigned
to audio channel strips 1 to 8 in the Mixer. You create 16 more audio tracks as your
project develops. These are assigned to audio channel strips 9 to 24 in the Mixer.
• If there are no, or not enough, channel strips of the matching type in the Mixer, they
are automatically created when you create new tracks. For example, suppose you need
a further 8 audio tracks to complete your project, but have used all 24 Mixer audio
channel strips. Simply create the extra 8 audio tracks, and Logic Pro automatically
generates the corresponding audio channel strips in the Mixer. These tracks (25 to 32)
are automatically assigned to audio channel strips 25 to 32.
The automatic creation of corresponding channel strips applies to all track types, up to
the maximum allowable number of channel strips. This restriction is in the hundreds for
audio and instrument channel strips, and in the thousands for MIDI channel strips. Your
computer is likely to run out of processing power well before you reach this limit for each
channel strip type.
Tip: Given the simplicity and speed of creating new channel strips—by creating
tracks—there’s no need to create hundreds of channel strips of each type in the Mixer
before you start making music.
227 Chapter 9 Working with Tracks