Logic Pro X keyboard command of the day. #LogicProX @StudioIntern1

  Snap Mode: Bar

Snap to the nearest bar on the grid. I find this best for loops and setting up markers/arrangements. I always forget that the playhead uses the snap value.

Snap items to the grid — Logic Pro X

The Tracks area includes a grid that helps you align regions, automation points, and other items with the time divisions in the ruler. When you perform any of the following actions, the items move according to the current Snap value:

Moving and resizing regions

Moving the playhead

Adjusting the cycle region

Dragging loops to the Tracks area

Moving automation points in automation curves

⇧ SHIFT – ⌃ CONTROL – ⌥ OPTION – ⌘ COMMAND

Logic Pro X keyboard command of the day. #LogicProX @StudioIntern1

  Show/Hide Beat Mapping Track Only

I have not figured out the difference between “Show/Hide Beat Mapping Track” and the “… Only” version of the command…

In the Arrange window the Beat Mapping track is toggled. In the Audio Editor (Track) there is a difference. The “only” version of the command places the Beat Mapping track above the audio. The other version shows the Arrangement, Marker, Signature, and Tempo tracks as well.

Beat mapping overview — Logic Pro X

Beat mapping lets you map notes that don’t follow a strict tempo with beats in the ruler. When you play the project, the project tempo adjusts so that the beat-mapped notes are aligned with beats in the ruler.

⇧ SHIFT – ⌃ CONTROL – ⌥ OPTION – ⌘ COMMAND

Logic Pro X keyboard command of the day. #LogicProX @StudioIntern1

  Toggle Current Track Automation Latch/Read    ⌃⌘A

Switch current track automation between Latch and Read. Changes the Automation label to appropriate value. Changes the Automation controls on MCU to correspond.

Choose automation modes — Logic Pro X

Automation modes determine how automation tracks are treated. Automation is either being read or being written. You can independently set the automation mode for each track. You can also trim automation values and record relative automation data.

⇧ SHIFT – ⌃ CONTROL – ⌥ OPTION – ⌘ COMMAND

- Global Commands


Toggle Current Track Automation Off/Read ⌃⌘O ⌃3⃣


Toggle Current Track Automation Touch/Read ⌃2⃣


Toggle Current Track Automation Latch/Read ⌃⌘A


Toggle Current Track Automation Write/Read


Toggle Current Track Automation Trim Mode


Toggle Current Track Automation Write Relative Mode


Toggle Move Track Automation with Regions Never/Always



- Views Showing Automation


Automation: Toggle Track/Region

Logic Pro X keyboard command of the day. #LogicProX @StudioIntern1

  Show/Hide Note Pad    ⌥⌘P

The menu command is “Show Note Pads” using the plural.

The Note Pad is a very under-used tool. I am clearly guilty of it.

There are “pages” in the Note Pad for the project, and one for each track.

If you use Alternatives (I do a lot): the Note Pad contents are Alternative specific. Separate sets of notes for each alternative.

Text files cannot be “dropped” into the Note Pad, but images and PDF files can be.

It would be great if the Note Pad could be “detached” from the Arrange window and allowed to float in the project.

⇧ SHIFT – ⌃ CONTROL – ⌥ OPTION – ⌘ COMMAND