Working with an imported audio file in the Audio Track Editor

Returning to our Chapter 4.logicx project, let's learn a couple of ways to import an audio file into a Logic project.

You can open the All Files Browser by clicking the icon in the Control bar, or pressing F, and then navigating to where the file is stored:

Figure 4.12 – Selecting an audio file in the Browser

The advantage of importing an audio file this way is that you can click the speaker icon at the bottom of the window to audition it.

To add an audio file into the Tracks area at a specific position in the project, change the left-click or Command-click default tool to the Pencil tool, then hold it down on the track in the Tracks area at that position.

Alternatively, you can import an audio file by dragging it from the Finder to the same place or go to the File menu | Import | Audio File.

Audio Track Editor

Once it is in your project and you have placed it approximately...