No merge Region, no replace Region, and no adding to an existing Take Folder. The Region that Logic Pro creates after hitting the Capture Recording Button is always “layered” on the Track Lane (if there is an existing, overlapping Region already).When using Capture Recording, your options are limited in that regard: You might be aware that there are many different MIDI Recording Modes that you can choose from in the File ➤ Project Settings ➤ Recording… (Replace, Merge, Take, Take with separate Tracks, etc.). In case you played on your MIDI keyboard while Logic Pro is in Stop Mode and then hit the Capture Recording Button, then all the notes you played are placed in that new MIDI Region as one note cluster at the current Playhead Position.You can even hit Capture Recording during playback and Logic Pro creates the new Region with the recording of what you’ve played so far (what was in the buffer so far).After you stop the playback, you have to hit your Capture Recording Button before you start your playback again if you want to keep what you have just played.However, that buffer gets reset every time you hit the Play Button again.
That is the trick behind the Capture Recording feature. Logic Pro always records the incoming MIDI signal into a buffer (a temporary memory). You just play along with your song as it develops and every time you perform a good pass, you hit the Capture Recording Button and your performance is right there as a new MIDI Region. I use it almost exclusively for any MIDI recording. You don’t have to use the Capture Recording Button only as a safety net.
You only have to press the Record Button (or use a Key Command R) and Logic Pro records the incoming MIDI signals as a new MIDI Region on the Track’s Track Lane. This can be, for example, a MIDI keyboard connected to your computer, a touch instrument from Logic Remote played on your iPad via Wi-Fi, or your on-screen keyboard in Logic Pro. By default, Logic Pro routes any incoming MIDI signal to the currently selected Track or record enabled Track(s). Even better, I can reveal those Logic Pro secrets in this article without ending up in Russian exile ? However, unlike with the NSA, in Logic Pro this is actually a good thing.
Without hitting the Record Button, Logic Pro is secretly recording your MIDI and Audio signals that are connected to the application. Similar to the NSA (America’s “National Security Agency”), Logic Pro is always “listening”.