Preferences versus Project Settings
A Preference in Logic will affect every Logic project past, present, and future, starting from choices you make after you open it for the very first time.
Project Settings are specific to a given project and therefore do not necessarily affect past or future projects, unless they are saved in a template. There are ways, however, to create defaults that you can apply to past or present projects, as you will learn.
Over the following sections, we'll explore how to use preferences and project settings when you are opening Logic Pro for the first time.
Opening Logic Pro for the very first time!
If you have already opened Logic before, you have seen this in the past and may be getting different behavior. By default, Logic looks for your most recently opened project. If this truly is the first time you have opened it, you may see a description of What's New in the Logic version you are opening. Following that, this is what you will...