Cut ⌘X — Logic Pro keyboard command of the day

  Cut    ⌘X

Place the current selection on the Clipboard and delete it. Standard macOS key command since the beginning.

‘Cut’ is available on the X-Touch and MCU by pressing ‘CMD+F1’

Cut, copy and paste in the Logic Pro Audio Track Editor — Apple Support

In Logic Pro, select the region or region segment with the Marquee Tool, then choose Edit > Cut (or press Delete).

or press ⌘X

NB when the Key Commands window indicates that there are “assignments” you can double-click on a listed assignment to open the ‘Controller Assignments’ window with the definition selected. You can learn a tremendous amount about the inner workings of control surfaces (at least I can) by examining the ‘Zone, Mode, Control, Parameter’ settings.

New Empty Project ⇧⌘N — Logic Pro keyboard command of the day

  New Empty Project    ⇧⌘N

Creates a new, empty project. You are presented with the project creation panel where you can choose from templates. The simplest project is a single audio track.

Create Logic Pro projects — Apple Support

Each project has project properties including the project tempo, time and key signature, and more. You can edit some project properties in the Project Chooser when you create a project, and change them later while you’re working. For full details about project properties, see Logic Pro project properties overview.

Open Score Editor… ⌘5 — Logic Pro keyboard command of the day

  Open Score Editor…    ⌘5

Opens the Score Editor window. You can have multiple Score Editor windows open, each with their own view.

View tracks as music notation in Logic Pro — Apple Support

The Score Editor displays MIDI regions on software instrument (and external MIDI instrument) tracks as music notation, including notes, rests, key and time signature, and clef signs. Bar lines show the division between measures. Gaps between regions are filled in to display a continuous staff. If the track contains software instrument Apple Loops, notation is displayed for each loop iteration, but only the original region of the loop can be edited.

Set Left Locator by Rounded Playhead — Logic Pro keyboard command of the day

  Set Left Locator by Rounded Playhead

Set the left locator to the nearest barline to the playhead. Rounding can cause the playhead to move earlier, or later in the timeline.

Use the cycle area in Logic Pro — Apple Support

Set Rounded Locators by Regions/Events/Marquee: Rounds the position of the locators to the barline that is nearest to the beginning and end points of the selected regions or events, or the marquee selection.