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537Logic Pro User Guide
When Show Advanced Tools is selected in the Advanced preferences pane, the following
additional controls become available:
Gain Reduction meter: Displays the gain reduction of the first Compressor plug-in in the
channel strip. If no compressor is inserted, the meter should display the gain reduction
of an inserted Limiter or Adaptive Limiter plug-in.
EQ display: Click to insert a Channel EQ into the first unused Insert slot, or to open the
topmost inserted Channel or Linear Phase EQ. Option-click to insert a Channel EQ into
the first slot and move any inserted plug-ins down one slot. Shift-click to insert a Linear
Phase EQ into the first unused Insert slot. Option-Shift-click to insert a Linear Phase
EQ into the first slot and move any inserted plug-ins down one slot. Use EQ effects to
shape an audio signal by adjusting specific frequency range levels.
MIDI Effect slot: Insert a MIDI effect into the channel strip.
Group slot: Controls a channel strip’s group assignment. Use the Group Settings window
to define which parameters are controlled for the entire group at once.
Automation Mode button: Sets how channel strip and plug-in changes are handled
during recording and playback.
Input Monitoring button: Allows you to hear incoming audio on audio tracks that aren’t
armed for recording. Use to set audio levels or to practice parts before recording.
Record Enable button: Arms the track or channel strip for recording.
Bounce button: Bounces the output of any output channel strip to an audio file.
Choose which channel strip controls to display
You can choose which channel strip controls you want displayed on channel strips by doing
one of the following:
In the Logic Pro Channel Strip Components or MIDI Channel Strip Components submenus
of the Mixer > View menu, choose a control to display, or deselect a control to remove it.