Apple Logic Express 9 User Manual

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Software Instrument Tracks
You can modify the following parameters in the New Tracks dialog when creating new
software instrument tracks:

Multi-timbral checkbox: Select to create up to 16 tracks with ascending MIDI channel

settings (starting from MIDI channel 1, on the first track, MIDI channel 2 on the second
track, and so on).

• These tracks are independent of the first track, and can be individually automated,

have different regions, and so on, but all tracks are associated with (and routed
through) the same instrument channel strip in the Mixer.

• As such, the software instrument inserted into the instrument channel strip must be

multi-timbral (capable of playing different sounds on different MIDI channels) for
this option to be useful. None of the included Logic Express instruments are
multi-timbral.

Output pop-up menu: Choose the output or output pair. Choose Surround if you want

to set the output to the project’s surround format.

External MIDI Tracks
The New Tracks dialog offers no additional options if External MIDI is chosen, but the
following applies:

• A new MIDI multi-instrument object will be created in the Environment for the first

track, and the track will be assigned to sub-channel 1.

• Subsequent tracks will be assigned to sub-channels of the MIDI multi-instrument object

(up to the maximum of 16).

• If more than 16 External MIDI tracks are created, they will automatically roll around to

channels 1, 2, 3, and so on. These can be freely reassigned to any sub-channel. If you
have more than one MIDI port available on your system, you can reassign additional
tracks (above the first 16) to a second MIDI multi-instrument object.

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Chapter 9

Working with Tracks

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