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  Toggle Hide Group 1    ⌃⇧1

Toggle between showing and hiding the channels and tracks in group 1. NB the hiding of tracks is further controlled by the Hide button. When the Hide button is disengaged (green) tracks will not be hidden. The Hide checkbox on the track will be enabled or disabled as appropriate.

Hiding channels in the mixer windows can definitely help keep things from being confusing.

Hide tracks in Logic Pro — Apple Support

You can hide and unhide tracks using the menu commands in the Track menu (Hide Track, Unhide All Tracks, and Show Hidden Tracks), or using key commands. The first time you hide a track, you use the key command, after which the Hide button appears above the track headers.

Gain Staging — Does It Matter In The Box With Plugins? | Production Expert

You can easily do the same thing with plug-ins. Open an oscilloscope or frequency display in your DAW, set the plug-in’s input level (and output, if it has one) to unity gain, and send a sine wave through the device. Watch the output as you gradually raise the send level.

I can set up a test rig using MeldaProductions MOscillator and MOcilliscope.

MOscillator tone — MOscilliscope — insert plug-in — MOscilliscope

Always good to measure.

MOscillator | MeldaProduction

MOscillator is an anti-aliased tone generator plugin with adjustable oscillator shape. It can be used as a testing generator for analyses or, thanks to the versatile modulators, for more advanced effects such as sub-bass enhancement.

MOscilloscope | MeldaProduction

MOscilloscope is a powerful oscilloscope equipped with a pitch detector, which saves your time, because it just works…

  Set Next Tool or Edit Mode    ⌥⇟

I only know about a few tools, the ones I use. Pointer, Marquee, Pencil (rarely), Eraser (rarely).

I should become familiar with them all, and understand where they help the workflow.

For now I am assigning the command-click tool to be ‘Solo’ since I have automatic Marquee tool set for lower half of regions. Remarkably handy.

Common Logic Pro tools — Apple Support

The following section describes common tools available in the Tracks area and in other working areas.

I need to get back to this page to watch the video about creating stems…

Stems In Music Production — Everything You Need To Know | Production Expert

Stems are submixes of a larger mix, that when played together at equal volume will exactly recreate the full mix.

Typically, this will mean dividing larger ensembles, whether recorded naturally or artificially, into smaller subsections. An orchestral mix might be stemmed into strings, brass, woodwind and percussion, or a rock band into drums, guitars, keys and vocals. Crucially, stems are groups of elements that make up the final mix, not the individual elements themselves.

Tom Bullen | Production Expert — Author Bios

Tom Bullen is an audio engineer and editor based in London, working in both music and spoken word. He mainly uses Pro Tools and specialises in working to picture, having worked on hundreds of film and television scores in various capacities as engineer, assistant engineer and music editor. He has also recorded countless hours of radio drama and voice over. Having worked in professional studios for over a decade, Tom went freelance in 2020.

  Set Division Value to 1/128 Note

Set the beat division to a 1/128th note.

Set the time signature of a Logic Pro project — Apple Support

The division value defines the division in all position displays (such as in the editors), and forms the grid for various length and placement operations. The division value is normally set to 1/16 notes, but can range in value from 1/4 to 1/192 notes. If the note value of the division is equal to or greater than the bar denominator, the third value of the position display is removed.