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688 Glossary
bypass To deactivate a plug-in. Bypassed plug-ins do not drain system resources. In
Logic you can bypass a plug-in by either clicking its Bypass button in the plug-In
window or by Option-clicking on the appropriate plug-in slot.
cable In Logic the term cable is used to describe the virtual cables that represents the
MIDI connection between two Environment Objects.
Catch button The button in the Transport bar featuring the running man icon. Activate
this button (blue) to turn on automatic horizontal scrolling during playback. This
ensures that the current playback position is always visible.
Catch function A window function that makes the currently displayed song section
reflect the current song position. Also see Catch button.
CD Audio Short for Compact Disc—Audio; current standard for stereo music
CDs: 44.1 kHz sampling rate and 16 bit depth.
cent A tuning subdivision of a semitone. There are one hundred cents in a semitone.
Many of Logic’s software instruments contain a Fine parameter that allows sounds to
be tuned in cent steps.
channel strip A channel strip is a virtual representation of a channel strip on a mixing
console. Each channel strip contains a number of similar controls, such as a Mute
button, Volume fader, Pan/Balance knob, Output selector and Bus and/or Insert slots.
Channel Strip setting Logic allows the routing of a channel strip, including all inserted
effects or instruments (plus their settings) to be saved and recalled. This simplifies the
task of recreating complex serial effect routings between channels or songs.
checkbox A small box. You click a checkbox to select or deselect an option.
chorus effect Effect achieved by layering two identical sounds with a delay and
slightly modulating the delay time of one or both of the sounds. This makes the audio
signal routed through the effect sound thicker and richer, giving the illusion of multiple
voices.
click Metronome, or metronome sound.
Clipboard The Clipboard is an invisible area of memory, into which you cut or copy
selected objects, using the Edit menu. From there, you can paste these objects to
different positions. Logic’s Clipboard spans all songs, allowing it to be used to exchange
objects between songs.
clipping (in digital recording) Feeding too much signal through a channel strip,
thereby exceeding the limit of what can be accurately reproduced results in a distorted
sound known as clipping. Logic’s Audio Objects feature a clip detector, which indicates
signal level peaks above 0 dB.