Tracks Display settings in Logic Pro for Mac

When Enable Complete Features is selected in Advanced settings, Tracks Display settings are available.

Show track or bar number while scrolling checkbox: When you select this, an overlay appears in the center of the Tracks area, showing the track number or bar number as you scroll. The track or bar number displayed depends on the direction in which you scroll:
- Down: The highest visible track number is displayed.
- Up: The lowest visible track number is displayed.
- Right: The highest visible bar number is displayed.
- Left: The lowest visible bar number is displayed.
The overlay includes a label below the number to indicate whether track or bar numbers are being displayed. In general, this overlay is most useful for projects with a very large number of tracks.
Track Color pop-up menu: Choose whether Logic Pro automatically assigns a color to newly created tracks, and determine how it cycles through the Color palette when assigning colors.
- Static: Newly created tracks are not automatically assigned a new color. Tracks are created with the default color for that specific track type, or a previously manually assigned color from the Color palette. This is the default setting.
- Auto-assign—24 Colors: When the first new track is created, it is assigned the leftmost (first) color in the Color palette from the same row as the color of the initially created track. Each subsequently created track is assigned the color from the next box to the right in the same row in the Color palette. In this mode, only 24 colors are used for automatic color assignment.
- Auto-assign—96 Colors: When the first new track is created, it is assigned the leftmost (first) color in the Color palette from the next higher row as the color of the initially created track. If the initially created track is the top-right color, the first new track is assigned the first color of the lowest row of the Color palette. In this mode, all 96 colors are cycled through for automatic color assignment.
Region Color pop-up menu: Choose whether regions can be colored individually, or whether regions conform to the color of the track they are on.
The option As Track Color will disable the Automatically colorize takes checkbox in the Recording project settings.
Marker Color pop-up menu: Choose whether Logic Pro automatically assigns a color to your newly created markers, and determine how it cycles through the Color palette when assigning colors.
- Static: Newly created markers are not automatically assigned a new color. Markers are created with a dark gray color, or a previously manually assigned color from the Color palette. This is the default setting.
- Auto-assign—24 Colors: When the first new marker is created, it is assigned the leftmost (first) color in the second row of the Color palette. Each subsequently created marker is assigned the color from the next box to the right in the same row in the Color palette. In this mode, only 24 colors are used for automatic color assignment.
- Auto-assign—96 Colors: When the first new marker is created, it is assigned the leftmost (first) color in the Color palette from the first row of the Color palette. Each subsequently created marker is assigned the color from the next box to the right in the same row in the Color palette. In this mode, all 96 colors are cycled through for automatic color assignment.
Background pop-up menu: Choose whether the Tracks area uses a dark, light, or custom background. To adjust the background manually, choose Custom and drag the Background slider.
Grid Lines checkbox: Choose how the Tracks Area displays horizontal and vertical grid lines. If you select the Automatic checkbox, Logic Pro for Mac displays vertical grid lines with a default grayscale value. If you deselect this checkbox, you can adjust the grayscale of the grid lines manually from white to black by using the horizontal and vertical sliders that appear, or select a further checkbox to assign black as the default color.
Shaded loops checkbox: Select to show looped sections of regions in the Tracks area in a shaded color. Otherwise, they reflect the full color of the original region.
Show “+” button next to Drummer regions: When you select this option, a circular button with a Plus (+) appears to the right of Drummer regions. Click this button to add a Drummer region to the right of the existing one.

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Logic Pro User Guide: Apple Books | PDF

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