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1005Logic Pro User Guide
“Display audio engine overload message” checkbox: When selected, displays an alert
message in an overload situation. Otherwise, playback simply stops without displaying
an alert.
Sample Accurate Automation pop-up menu: Determines which parameters, if any, are
automated with sample accuracy. This type of automation is very processor intensive.
It places higher overheads on system resources, which may affect performance
(depending on the nature of your projects, and available computing power). This is most
likely to happen during heavy project sections where a lot of software instruments and
effects are in use. Logic Pro offers three settings:
Off: Minimal overhead on computer performance for automation playback.
Automation is less precise when this setting is active.
Volume, Pan, Sends: Only these parameters are automated with sample accuracy.
Volume, Pan, Sends, Plug-in Parameters: All of these parameters are automated with
sample accuracy. Not all AudioUnits plug-ins can be automated in this way.
Automatic Bus Assignment uses” pop-up menu: Choose whether automatic bus
assignment uses all busses, or only busses above a certain number (in multiples of
eight).
Software Monitoring checkbox: Turns software monitoring on or off. In most situations,
you should leave it on (default).
Note: When Software Monitoring is on, the audio signal is processed via software, and a
certain amount of audible delay (commonly referred to as latency) is inevitable.
If you’re listening to the recorded signal through your mixing console, or your audio
interface supports hardware monitoring, you should turn this option off.
“Input monitoring only for the focused track, and only when input monitoring is enabled,
(like in GarageBand)” checkbox: Limits input monitoring to the focused track in the Tracks
area, as it is in GarageBand. When this is enabled you only hear incoming audio, during
playback or recording, for the selected track and any additional record enabled tracks.
“Independent monitoring level for record-enabled channel strips” checkbox: Allows the
use of an independent monitoring level for record-enabled audio channel strips. This is
off by default. After record-enabling a track, you can adjust the fader to the level you
like. The original level is restored when you deselect the Record Enable button.
Note: Adjustments to the fader do not affect the recording level; they only affect the
monitoring level.
Dim Level slider: Sets a discrete level for the Dim function. You can set a dim level from
0dB to –30dB. The level chosen here is used when the Dim button is activated from
the Master channel strip.
Plug-in Latency Compensation pop-up menu: Compensates for audio delays that can
be introduced when using plug-ins. Plug-in latency compensation (also called plug-
in delay compensation) is useful for software effects plug-ins, and is particularly
important for DSP (digital signal processing) accelerator hardware (such as products by
Universal Audio and others).
Use the pop-up menu to activate plug-in latency compensation for either:
Audio and software instrument tracks
All (audio, instrument, auxiliary, and output channel strips)
You can also turn off compensation entirely.