Control TAB is not just a key command, but one of Logic Magician’s most useful and efficient features. Control TAB lets you switch between the primary track/channel strip and the secondary track/channel strip. The primary track is always the track you originally selected via up/down arrows while navigating through the tracks in your project. The secondary track/channel strip can change, and depends on the scenario as outlined below.
Switch between currently selected track, the (primary), and it’s output or send/Aux track, (the secondary), by pressing Control-Tab
Switching between primary and secondary tracks in cases where the currently selected track is not in a Track Stack:
press Control-tab to switch focus over to the Stereo Output track (which is the Master track in Logic). You can now use all the same key commands to add effects, adjust volume, etc., except now you are doing it on the Stereo Output track. Press Control-tab again to switch focus back to the originally selected track you started on.
You can always press T to let you know whether the originally selected track (the primary track) or the Stereo Output (the secondary track in this case) is in focus.
Switching between primary and secondary tracks in cases where the currently selected track is in a track stack:
pressing Control-tab switches your focus to the track stack itself so now you can
adjust the track stack effects, volume, pan etc. Press Control-tab again to Return your focus to the original track you had selected.
Once again, You can always press T to let you know whether the originally selected track (the primary track) or the Track Stack (the secondary track in this case) is in focus.
So if you have a track selected that’s not in a track stack, Control-tab toggles your focus between the original track and the stereo output. If you have a track that’s inside of a track stack selected, then Control-TAB toggles your focus between the originally selected track and the track stack. Keep in mind this is only for summing track stacks, and not for folder track stacks.
Switching between the primary track and an aux/send on the primary track:
If you adjust the send level for an AUX track on the currently selected track first, Control-Tab will instead toggle your focus over to the aux track for the send you just adjusted the level for. So you are able to add a new send to a track, adjust the send level to a reasonable amount, (-15 is a good place to start for reverbs and delays for example), then when you press Control-TAB you will have the AUX track that was created for the send you just added in focus now. So you can use Logic Magician to add a plug in to the track and etc. Press Control-tab when you are done manipulating the plug in settings to Return focus to the originally selected track. So if you ever want to adjust an Aux track instead of your stereo output or TrackStack, just adjust the send level for an Aux track so that Control-Tab will toggle you between the Original track and Aux track instead.
As always, you can press T to let you know whether the originally selected track (the primary track) or the Aux Track, (the secondary track in this case) is in focus.
To download Logic Magician and it’s documentation which includes all the key commands, visit the Logic Magician Page.
