How the Live Loops grid and Tracks area interact in Logic Pro

On each track in Logic Pro, you can listen to either a cell in the Live Loops grid or a region in the Tracks area—never both simultaneously. When you start a cell, any regions on the same track become inactive. When you stop a cell, the regions are not immediately reactivated; you need to use buttons in the Divider column or key commands to do this.

You can also pause cells and activate regions on the same track simultaneously. The Divider column shows circular indicators next to tracks where cells are playing. When cells are stopped, the Track Activation buttons in the Divider column indicate with a solid arrow whether the cells or regions are activated. If you have a combination of tracks with activated cells and regions, both arrows of the Track Activation button are hollow.

Figure. Divider column showing Loop Position indicators, a Restart button, an Activate Track button, and the Pause button.

When you play cells while the project is stopped, the playhead starts. If the playhead starts from a quantize start point, the cells start playing immediately; otherwise, they start when the playhead reaches the next quantize start point.

If the playhead reaches the project end marker while cells are playing, the playhead stops and the cells continue playing.

If you are only using Live Loops in your project, it is recommended to turn on Cycle mode. However, it is important to turn it off when you record a Live Loops performance.

Activate regions on an individual track

In Logic Pro, do the following:

While a cell is not playing: Stop a cell, then click the Track Activation button in the Divider column.
The region on the track is immediately audible. To reactivate the cell, click the Track Activation button again in the Divider column or play the cell.
While a cell is playing: Move the pointer over the Loop Position indicator in the Divider column, press Option, then click the Pause button .
At the next quantize start point, the cell pauses and the regions on the track are audible. To restart the cell, press Option and click the Restart button in the Divider column, or click the Restart button on the paused cell.

Activate regions on all or multiple tracks

In Logic Pro, do the following:
- While cells are not playing: Click the Grid Stop button at the bottom of the Divider column to stop all cells, or stop multiple cells individually, then click the Track Activation button at the top of the Divider column.
  The regions on the tracks are immediately audible. To reactivate the cells, click the Track Activation button again in the Divider column.
- While cells are playing: Press Option, then click the Pause button at the bottom of the Divider column.
  At the next quantize start point, the cells pause and the regions are audible. To restart the cells, press Option and click the Restart button at the bottom of the Divider column, press Option and click the Restart button in the Divider column on any track, or click the Restart button on any of the paused cells.
- When a scene is playing: Option-click the Scene trigger of the scene that is playing.
  At the next quantize start point, any cells playing in the scene pause and the regions on the same tracks are audible.

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Logic Pro User Guide

How the Live Loops grid and Tracks area interact in Logic Pro

Activate regions on an individual track

Activate regions on all or multiple tracks