Apple 8 Setting and Using the Cycle, To activate or deactivate the cycle, do one of the following

Setting and Using the Cycle

The upper portion of the Bar ruler contains the cycle stripe—shaded gray when inactive, or green when active. The cycle acts as a set of playback markers (or locators). When Logic is in Cycle mode, the playhead will continuously loop between the start and end points of the cycle. The cycle can be placed anywhere in your project, and can be of any length. Beyond playback duties, the cycle can also be used to define a section of your project for editing operations. Details can be found in the Logic user manual.

Left locator

Click here to activate the cycle.

Right locator

To activate or deactivate the cycle, do one of the following:

mClick the shaded gray cycle area in the top half of the Bar ruler (the cycle is green when active).

A second click deactivates the cycle (returns to gray shading).

mClick the Cycle button on the Transport (green when active).

To move the cycle:

mMove the mouse over the middle of the cycle in the Bar ruler (the cursor will change to a hand icon), and drag it to the right or left.

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