Apple Logic (1.1) - Manual (Page 58)

58 Chapter 6 Audio Regions
Creating Audio Tracks in the Arrangement
In the following section, you will learn how you create a new audio track in the Arrange
window, and how to import an audio file into audio tracks.
To create an audio track in the Arrange window:
1 In the Arrange window, select the ES1-6 track in the Track List, and create a new track
via the Track > Create menu option, or by pressing Shift-Enter. A new track will appear
below the previously selected track in the Track List.
2 Click-hold on the ES1-6 entry of the newly-created track in the Track List, and a
hierarchical menu will open.
3 Browse to Audio > Audio Track > Audio 1, and release the mouse button. This will assign
the track to the first Audio channel.
Important: It should be noted that a Track Audio Object must exist within the
Environment to allow its selection as an audio track from the Track List hierarchical pull-
down menu. We have set up only two Track Audio Objects in the Tutorial song. You
may use many more, however. Information on setting up Audio Objects for use as extra
audio tracks can be found in the “Creating Audio Objects” section on page 68.
You can rename this audio track by clicking on Audio 1 in the Object Parameter box. It
may make more sense to you if you were to name it “Drums”, for example.
To import an audio file:
1 Select the Pencil tool, and Shift-click at measure 17 of the audio track. Logic will now
ask for the file location via the standard operating system file dialog.
2 Browse to the drive and folder that contains the “Drumloop.aif” tutorial audio file.
3 Double-click on this file, and it will appear at the beginning of bar 5 in the Arrange
window.
4 As an alternative method, you can simply drag’n drop the file from the desktop to the
desired location in the Arrange window.