When you select a Logic Pro 7 or Logic Express 7 track with a control surface, the corresponding track in the Arrange window may not appear to be selected. This can happen when you have more than one instance of a channel assigned to tracks in the Arrange window.
In the image above, the first two tracks are both assigned to Audio 1 in the mixer. Each has a different drum loop, though the first track is muted. Everything, as it appears above, will work as expected; if you select Audio 1 on a connected control surface, track 1 will appear highlighted in the Arrange window.
However, if you hide the muted track by clicking the global Hide button (the round "H"—it'll turn light blue), enable the track hide button on the first track, click the global Hide button again (it'll turn orange to indicate that there is a hidden track), and then press Audio 1 on your control surface, nothing will appear highlighted in the Arrange window.
This happens because the first instance of any track is highlighted when you select with a control surface, and that's a hidden track in this case.
Resolving the issue
If you are using a Logic Control or a Mackie Control, you can put the control surface into "Arrange View" by pressing the Shift and Global buttons on the control surface. In this mode, each Arrange track will be assigned to channel strips on your control surface, even if they are assigned to the same Logic mixer channel. If you prefer not to use multiple channel strips on your control surface for tracks assigned to the same mixer channel, then use these steps:
- Click the global Hide button to reveal the hidden track (or tracks).
- In the Arrange window, drag an unhidden instance of the track to a higher position than the hidden instance.
- Click the global Hide button again to hide the track.
Now you can select the unhidden instance with your control surface.
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