I tend to use Track Alternatives when I want to audition longer performances and switch between them on the fly, and possibly make broader edits to them.
They excel at allowing you to seamlessly and effortlessly choose phrases, words, breaths, and even syllables from each take to create the perfect track. By contrast, it I were recording vocals and knew I’d be comping the performance from several takes, I would surely opt for using Take Folders. Track Alternatives shine as a way to switch between full takes of multitracked instruments like drums. Screen 2: You can switch between Track Alternatives using the track’s drop‑down menu. Continue adding TAs as needed and when you are finished, you can switch between them with the drop‑down menu (Screen 2) or with the key command Activate Next/Previous Track Alternative. Now you are free to record into Track Alternative B. Your content from the first take is still alive, safe, and unchanged in Track Alternative A. That’s because you are currently viewing Track Alternative B. You’ll notice that the contents of your track have vanished, and the letter B now appears next to the track name. Even if you don’t anticipate an immediate need to use Track Alternatives, it’s still a good idea to display them on your tracks and save them in your template.Īfter recording on a track, pull down the TA menu and choose New.
Until you are ready to take advantage of TAs, the track behaves entirely normally. Now each track should display a pull‑down menu next to the track name (see Screen 1). Right‑click on any track in the Main Window, scroll to Track Header Components, and then scroll to the last item: Track Alternatives. That’s because they only become apparent once you make them visible. If you don’t already know about TAs, I can’t really blame you they’re easy to miss. While there is a bit of overlap between this function and that of Take Folders in practical applications, their distinctions pile up quickly - and TAs open up a range of compelling possibilities. Simply put, Track Alternatives (TAs) allow you to have multiple tracks within each track. Not to be outdone and leave their users with a continuous wandering eye, Apple recently came up with an equally (if not more) powerful Logic feature called Track Alternatives. But still, there’s always a feature or two that the competition has that’s been atop your wishlist for so long that you’ve given up hope and resigned yourself to perpetual envy.įor me, that competition was Pro Tools, and that feature was the confusingly named Playlist function. Sure, we all love Logic Pro and take any opportunity to extol its virtues. We explore Logic’s powerful new Track Alternatives.
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