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• Merge recording: You can record over an existing MIDI region, merging the recordings
as one. See MIDI Merge Recording.
• Replace recording: You can replace an original recording, or a portion of it, with a new
recording. See MIDI Replace Recording.
MIDI regions are recorded in real time, or using a number of “step input” methods, on
software instrument and external MIDI tracks. For details about these methods, see MIDI
Step Input Recording.
MIDI Take Recording
You can approach MIDI take recording in the following ways:
• By recording a single MIDI take: Creates a single MIDI region on the selected arrange
track.
• By recording multiple MIDI takes: Creates multiple MIDI regions over the same section
of the project, all packed into a single take folder.
• By recording additional MIDI takes: Creates a take folder or the addition of new recordings
to existing take folders.
Recording a Single MIDI Take
When you record a single MIDI take, a MIDI region is automatically created on the selected
arrange track.
To record a single MIDI take
1 Select the instrument or external MIDI track that you want to record on.
Note: These track types are automatically record-enabled when selected.
2 Set the playhead to the point where you want recording to start.
3 If you would like to hear the metronome while recording, Control-click (or right-click) the
Metronome button in the Transport bar, and make sure the Click While Recording
command is chosen in the pop-up menu.
4 Click the Record button in the Transport bar (or use the corresponding key command,
default assignment: *).
You will hear the count-in, if defined in File > Project Settings > Recording.
5 Stop recording by clicking the Stop button in the Transport bar (or press the Space bar).
452 Chapter 14 Recording in Logic Express