Collapse/Expand All Inspector Tiles

This is a very handy tool. The typical way to collapse/expand things is to click on the disclosure triangle by the name e.g., “Quick Help”, “Region”, and “Track”. If I want to work with the channel strip inspector I often have to move my mouse around and collapse inspectors that are hiding the top of the channel strip. I can move the mouse to the closest inspector and option-click the handle to collapse/expand all the inspectors.

This is a nice additional way to “clear the deck”.

Sometimes I wish I could rearrange the order of the inspectors.

  Optimize File(s)…    ⌃O

Removes unused audio. It reads like if I have a file with 5 regions and I delete the middle 2 then a new audio file will be created that is the 3 remaining regions. This is not the case in my simple experiments.

General advice is — do not use this command — whatever savings might be achieved isn’t worth the potential of destroying the audio files in your project.

Add and delete audio files in Logic Pro — Apple Support

Logic Pro determines which (file) segments are not contained in any of the regions used in the Tracks area. These segments are deleted, and the remaining portions of the audio file are retained and aligned side-by-side in the file. The regions in the Project Audio Browser are redefined and the project is automatically saved.

  Select Members of Group 44

One the phantom group commands — there are currently only 32 groups available.

Overview of groups in Logic Pro — Apple Support

Prior to mixing, you may find it useful to define some logical channel strip groups. You could, for example, group all drum channel strips under one drum group. This would allow you to control the group meters (volume, pan, mute, solo, sends, and so on) using a single control, while still maintaining the relative parameter values of each channel strip.