Apple Logic (1.1) - Manual (Page 34)

34 Chapter 3 Navigating the Song
Display Current Song Position
If you manually enter and jump to positions, the song overview displayed can, on
occasion, not correspond to what you hear.
To ensure that the current song position is always displayed:
m Activate the Catch button (see picture below) found to the upper left of the Arrange
window. The song overview will update to follow the SPL.
This facility ensures that when the SPL exits the visible portion of the song overview,
the display will update to follow it. In general, Catch mode should be activated while
using the program.
Note: Please remember that you can always use the two Zoom controls to change the
horizontal and the vertical zoom ratios as you like, allowing you to see more of your
arrangement.
Cycle Mode
In Cycle mode, you can endlessly repeat a section of the song as long as Play is
engaged. This is useful for editing Regions “live”—as the song is playing—or for
recording new tracks to a specific section of the song. Two Locators can be used for
setting cycles. These are position markers that define the left and right boundaries of a
song segment. They are found directly to the right of the bottom row of the Transport
window’s control buttons.
To activate Logic’s Cycle functions:
m Turn on Cycle mode by clicking on the Cycle button in the Transport window or by
pressing the Cycle key command. When active, the Cycle button will turn green.
This visual representation of the cycle (the highlighted section) can be interacted with
directly in the Bar/Beat Ruler.
You can adjust it in the following ways: