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Logic Pro 9 User Manual - Help Library - Apple

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1314 Glossary<br />

Browser A tab in the Media area of the Arrange window used to browse, select, and<br />

manage all media types supported by <strong>Logic</strong> <strong>Pro</strong>. Also see Media area.<br />

bus Busses are used to send audio to aux channel strips for processing or submixing<br />

tasks.<br />

bus channel strip The bus channel type is primarily included for backward compatibility<br />

with older <strong>Logic</strong> <strong>Pro</strong> versions. The bus channel strip functions of earlier versions are<br />

performed with aux channel strips in <strong>Logic</strong> <strong>Pro</strong> 8.<br />

bypass To deactivate a plug-in. Bypassed plug-ins do not drain system resources. In<br />

<strong>Logic</strong> <strong>Pro</strong> you can bypass a plug-in by either clicking its Bypass button in the plug-in<br />

window or by Option-clicking the appropriate plug-in slot of a channel strip.<br />

cable In <strong>Logic</strong> <strong>Pro</strong>, the term is used to describe the virtual cables that represent a MIDI<br />

connection between Environment objects.<br />

CAF Abbreviation for Core Audio Format. This file format can be used as a container for<br />

compressed or uncompressed audio files of (almost) any size, sample rate, or bit depth.<br />

The CAF file format can handle audio recordings of around 3 hours in length (at a 44.1 kHz<br />

sample rate—shorter at higher sample rates).<br />

Camera tool The Camera tool is used to select, and export, sections of the Score Editor<br />

display as PDF files.<br />

Caps Lock Keyboard <strong>Logic</strong> <strong>Pro</strong> function that allows the use of the computer keyboard<br />

as a real-time MIDI keyboard. It is primarily intended for use while travelling with a portable<br />

Macintosh.<br />

carrier In FM synthesis, the carrier is the equivalent of an analog synthesizer oscillator<br />

that is producing a sine wave. The carrier frequency is modulated by the modulator.<br />

Catch button The button at the top-left corner of most windows featuring the running<br />

man icon. Activate this button to enable horizontal scrolling during playback. This ensures<br />

that the area of the project that surrounds the current playhead position is always visible.<br />

CD Audio Short for Compact Disc-Audio; a standard for stereo music CDs: 44.1 kHz<br />

sampling rate and 16-bit depth.<br />

cent A tuning division of a semitone. There are one hundred cents in a semitone. Many<br />

of the <strong>Logic</strong> <strong>Pro</strong> software instruments contain a Fine parameter that allows sounds to be<br />

tuned in cent steps.

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