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Page Up ⇞ — Logic Pro X keyboard command of the day

  Page Up    ⇞

Scrolls the current window contents upwards. Repeated scrolling should bring you to the top of the page/list/window.

Page Up and Page Down keys match direction. Home (left) and End (right) scroll horizontally. The MCU scrolls using the scroll arrows. On the X-Touch you have to press and hold the Zoom key while scrolling up/down, right/left. If the scroll key is _latched_ the tracks will zoom. If the scroll key is not latched the arrows work as the arrow keys on the keyboard.

Scroll and zoom the Logic Pro Tracks area — Apple Support

Depending on the size of the project and your display, you may not be able to see the entire project at one time. You can scroll both horizontally and vertically in the Tracks area to view other parts of the project.

Mackie Control cursor keys in Logic Pro — Apple Support

The table outlines the cursor controls and their functions:

Recall Screenset 1x ⇧1 — Logic Pro X keyboard command of the day

  Recall Screenset 1x    ⇧1

Can never have enough references to screensets. I have entered this command before, when the command was control-1 through control-9, now it is shift-1 through shift-9. I have yet to use more than 5 or 6 screensets, only because I don’t spend enough time working on a single project to require saving that many.

Recalls screensets 10 through 19.

Create and recall screensets in Logic Pro — Apple Support

You position windows in a layout that suits the way you work. This layout of various windows, including their display size, zoom levels, position, and other settings, is called a screenset. Once defined, you can save, and freely switch between different screensets, much as you might between different computer displays.

Paste Channel Strip Setting Plug-Ins Only — Logic Pro X keyboard command of the day

  Paste Channel Strip Setting Plug-Ins Only

This seems to be a far more friendly version of the ‘Paste Channel Strip Settings’ commands. I usually _don’t_ want to change the output of the channel, groups, etc., just the plugins, please.

Work with channel strip settings in Logic Pro — Apple Support

Channel strip settings (CST files) are specific to each channel strip type. Instrument channel strips feature a number of instrument settings, separated into instrument, GarageBand, and Jam Pack categories. Audio channel strips offer effect routings optimized for particular instrument, vocal, and other processing tasks. Similarly, output and auxiliary channel strips provide channel strip settings for particular mastering or sweetening processes. For more information on using effects plug-ins, see Overview of plug-ins in Logic Pro.

Command    Key Touch Bar


- Global Commands


Copy Channel Strip Setting ⌥⌘C


Paste Channel Strip Setting ⌥⌘V


Paste Channel Strip Setting Plug-Ins Only


Paste Channel Strip Setting Sends Only


Reset Channel Strip Setting


Save Channel Strip Setting as…


Delete Channel Strip Setting

Set Punch Out Locator Point by Rounded Playhead ⌃⌥⌘O — Logic Pro X keyboard command of the day

  Set Punch Out Locator Point by Rounded Playhead ⌃⌥⌘O

The ease of using the computer as the tape machine. The difficult task of replacing a section of a recording becomes almost trivial with punch recording.

Set the location where recording will stop.

No need to harass the tape operator 😉

Punch in and out of audio recordings in Logic Pro — Apple Support

Punch recording is a technique you can use to overwrite a portion of a previously recorded track, during playback, without touching any of the recording before or after that portion. You punch in to interrupt playback and make the recording, then punch out to return to playback mode. You can choose between two punch recording modes: Quick Punch-In mode and Autopunch mode.

Set Rounded Locators/Loop by Regions/Events/Marquee — Logic Pro X keyboard command of the day

  Set Rounded Locators/Loop by Regions/Events/Marquee

New and improved over the previous ‘Set Rounded Locators by Regions/Events’ command. I don’t think I ever have wanted to do this without enabling the loop at the same time. The ‘U’ command gets the job done, and if I _really_ don’t want to have the cycle turned on I can simply use the ‘Cycle Mode’ command — ‘C’. A simple U — C sequence.

I rarely use rounded locators, preferring the ‘⌘U’ version — ‘Set Locators…’. I habitually type ‘⌘UC’ to set the locators.

If I have planned things, or examined them and made _notes_ I will have markers at the relevant location. With markers I can move around and cycle easily as well.

Use the cycle area in Logic Pro — Apple Support

You can use the cycle area to repeatedly play a particular part of a project. The cycle area can be used for composing, practicing a part before recording, recording multiple takes, and other purposes.

Set Rounded Locators/Loop by Regions/Events/Marquee
Set Rounded Locators/Loop by Regions/Events/Marquee and Enable Cycle/Loop U