Record software instruments and audio simultaneously in Logic Pro for Mac

Before you start recording, make sure you create tracks for each instrument you want to record and connect a music keyboard to your computer. Also, follow the procedures outlined in Before recording audio.

1. In Logic Pro, click the Record Enable button  in the track header of each track you want to record to. On audio tracks, the clicked Record Enable buttons blink red to indicate that the tracks are ready for recording. On software instrument tracks, the clicked Record Enable buttons turn red to indicate that the tracks are ready for recording.

2. Select one of the software instrument tracks.

3. Move the playhead to the point in the ruler where you want to start recording.

4. Click the Record button  in the control bar (or press R) to start recording.

   Recording begins after the predefined count-in.

5. Use a MIDI keyboard, the Musical Typing window, or the onscreen keyboard to record software instrument parts, and start singing or playing instruments to record audio.

6. Click the Stop button  in the control bar (or press the Space bar) to stop recording.

You can record multiple MIDI input devices simultaneously, each device representing a unique performance and triggering different sounds, on multiple software instrument tracks at the same time you record multiple audio sources.

Before you start recording, make sure you create tracks for each instrument you want to record and connect a music keyboard to your computer. Also, follow the procedures outlined in Before recording audio.

When Enable Complete Features is selected in Logic Pro > Settings > Advanced, you can record multiple MIDI input devices simultaneously to multiple software instrument tracks.

1. In the Track inspector for each software instrument track, use the MIDI In Port and MIDI In Channel pop-up menus to choose a unique MIDI port and (optionally) a MIDI channel that matches the MIDI output port and channel for the MIDI input device sending to that specific track. For more information about track parameters, see Edit track parameters.

2. Click the Record Enable button  in the track header of each track you want to record to. Each clicked Record Enable button turns red to indicate that the track is ready for recording.

3. Move the playhead to the point in the ruler where you want to start recording.

4. Click the Record button  in the control bar (or press R) to start recording.

   Recording begins after the predefined count-in.

5. Use each MIDI input device to record software instrument parts, and start singing or playing instruments to record audio.

6. Click the Stop button  in the control bar (or press the Space bar) to stop recording.