Logic Pro 9 MIDI monitoring question

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Beatlefreek

Logician
Hi all,

Here’s my problem:
When I record a track in Audio and immediately want to do another take on the same track, I can mute the track’s previous take while I first do another practice run (if I wish), as well as when I hit Record. Everything works great.

When I record in MIDI and immediately want to do another take on that same track, the previous take will automatically go mute when Record is hit — as it should — but if I want to take a quick practice run before hitting Record, I can’t see a way of muting the previous MIDI take while still allowing me to hear the patch activated by my MIDI controller.

There are numerous tracks already in the mix (all Audio tracks). So I need to be able to hear all the other instruments as well as whatever MIDI instrument I’m playing through my MIDI controller (piano? organ? horns?) while at the same time being able to mute the previous take.

So, what am I not doing right or what do I need to do?

Thanks so much.
 
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Click on the Region and hit M or whatever your keycommand for Mute Region(s) is. And if you just played the take of your life while rehearsing, you can always hit "Capture as Recording" immediately thereafter.
 
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So you mute the Region (not the Track and not the Channel) and you can't hear your keyboard anymore ? Works fine here:

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I have no idea what "practice mode" is, I usually hit Play.

Actually I don't hit Play, I hit Record, because I'd kick myself if it was any good and I didn't record it.

Actually actually, I hit Play and if it was any good, I hit "Capture As Recording" as mentioned already.
 
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What is it you're using, Logic X? I have Logic 9, so I don't have a panel that looks anything like that. But I see that the significant key is M. That's what it says on mine, too, but, it does not mute the previously recorded channel when do a practice run-through. If I want to hear the midi part I'm playing through the track that has the plug-in selected (ie: piano) I wind up hearing the previously recorded track as well.. If I hit the Mute button on the track, then I also mute my ability to hear what I'm currently playing.
 
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That's the key commands window and it's in Logic since at least 1.7 when I got on. Mute Region has always been available as it's one of the most fundamental commands there is. I mapped that to M because to me it's much more useful that muting a track or a channel. The default is probably a variation of that like shift-M or somesuch.
 
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Attached is what my Key Command window looks like. But once I has better understanding of where this might be, I found it, activated it, and now I have the Mute function control over the previously recorded regions. Thanks.

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