Recording with a Cycle

Cycle recording is recording the same bars over and over without pausing in between attempts. Logic gives you several options for a cycle recording workflow.

Cycle recording with Take Folders

Take Folders was the default choice for overlapping recordings in Cycle mode in our Recording Preferences, so there's nothing I need to change now. To set the cycle, I select my piano region and press U and I am ready to go.

I am going to sing Mary Had A Little Lamb three times without stopping, each time a bit differently. I make sure that the track is armed by clicking the R button on the track header or at the bottom of the channel strip in the Inspector (the flashing R in the track header) and I either press the Record button in the transport or press R on my keyboard, and away I go! If you have downloaded the Chapter 3.logicx project, you can see and hear what I have described.

What I have now created is called a Take Folder. I will be able to use...