iCreate - UK (2019-09)

Difficulty

Logic Pro X

20

Timeneeded

Developer

Apple,Inc

Create your own Track

Icons in Logic Pro X

L

ogic’s track icons are the little pictures that appear in the

track header next to the track name, denoting different

instrument types, audio waveforms or sound effects. You

might be forgiven for dismissing them as mere cosmetic window

dressing, but if your project’s track count runs high, they can

be a valuable visual aid for keeping track of what’s where in a

long list of tracks. Logic already includes a selection of icons to

choose from, but what if your needs are a little more specific?

Luckily, adding your own custom icons to the palette is pretty

easy, and once you’ve created one, it gets stored in the icon

gallerysoit canbeusedin anyprojectthereafter.Solet’sgetthe

lowdownonhowtomakeyourowntrackiconstosmartenup

andpersonaliseyourprojects.

Personalise the look of your projects in Logic with custom

track header icons

Icon tact

Convertanyimageintoa customtrackheadericon

Sizeis everything

Customtrackiconsare

resizeable,justlikethestock

ones that ship with Logic.

Their size changes when you

resize the height of the track

they’re assigned to.

Plan B

Another way to import and

use a custom icon is to click

the Plus button top-left,

browse to the location of the

image file, select the file and

click ‘Open’.

Windowdressing

Whynotusescreenshotsof all

yoursoftsynthsastrackheader

icons?If youusetheCommand-

Shift-4shortcut,youcanprecisely

cropthemoncapturewithoutthe

needforanyfurtherediting.

Use an

alternative route

You can also change the

track icon by selecting a

track, clicking the track

icon that appears in the

Track inspector, then

choosing a new icon from

the Icon palette.

Any custom icons that you create will be stored in a gallery

so that they can be used in any project thereafter...

As it appens

Another great idea is to use actual app

icons as custom icons. In the Finder,

locate an app whose icon you want

to capture and hit Command-I. In the

Get Info box, click on the icon at the

top and press Command-C. You can

then paste the copied icon directly into

Logic’s Custom Icons window for use

in your project.

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