Apple Logic Pro 9 - Manual (Page 24)

A Logic Pro project file contains all MIDI events and parameter settings, information about
the audio and video files to be played, and all edits to MIDI and audio data.
It is important to note that the project file points to your audio and video files, which are
stored as separate entities on your hard disk. You have the choice of including these, and
other file types, in the project folder.
This approach has two main benefits:
• Saving a project without its assets (audio, video, sample files, and so on) minimizes the
memory requirements for project (and project backup) file storage.
• Saving a project with assets simplifies tasks such as archiving and transport to other
Logic Pro-based studios—either physically or as email attachments.
A project can consist of the complete collection of files used, including the project itself,
project backups, all audio, sampler instruments, and samples for the EXS24 or Ultrabeat,
Space Designer reverb impulse response files and video. These are collectively known as
the project assets.
When you create a new project, a project folder is created, named, and a hard disk location
is specified. New recordings are automatically placed into an Audio Files sub-folder within
the project folder.
If you include the project assets, further sub-folders are created automatically. These can
include Audio Files, Project Backups, Samples, Video, ReCycle, and Sampler Instruments
folders.
The sub-folder structure of all projects is identical, making it easy and consistent to
navigate both your projects and those of other Logic Pro users.
Understanding the Basics of Regions
The main window of Logic Pro is known as the Arrange window. This is the window that
you first see when you open the application and a project is loaded. This is also the
window that is used for recording, editing, and arranging your projects. Your audio and
MIDI files appear in the Arrange window as rectangular areas called regions. Audio files
are represented by audio regions, MIDI files by MIDI regions.
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