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How To Duplicate Tracks In Logic Pro X

In this post I show you how to duplicate tracks in Logic Pro X. It’s super easy. Why would you even want to duplicate your tracks? This is a really useful question as it reflects…

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In this post I show you how to duplicate tracks in Logic Pro X. It’s super easy.

Why would you even want to duplicate your tracks?

This is a really useful question as it reflects the importance of workflow in your DAW.

Duplicating tracks is a massive time saver. It stops you having to copy effect chains, bus routing, automation information, effects parameters etc.

All of these things take time and that is our most precious resource.

The other side of this is that using our time to do small but laborious tasks quickly drains us of our creative energy. This energy is vital for us to create quickly and easily.

That’s why we learn shortcuts like this.

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Duplicate tracks using a button

Once you have created a track that you are happy with and would like to duplicate it is simply a case of clicking on a single button and that will create a new track with duplicate settings.

Logic Pro X arrange window with the New Track with Duplicate Settings button highlighted

Duplicate tracks using hotkeys

Again, once you have a track you want to duplicate simply press ‘CMD‘ + ‘D‘. This will create a new track with duplicate settings.

Logic Pro X arrange window with a new duplicated track created using the Cmd+D shortcut

There you have it.

Two quick and easy ways to duplicate tracks in Logic Pro X. If you found this useful then you might like these other short Logic tutorials:

Change the pitch of your audio file

Pitch bend your MIDI file

Fade out in Logic Pro X (You might also be curious about what a crossfade actually is too)

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💁🏻‍♂️ Richard Pryn has been writing music professionally since 2005. Since then, it has been his mission to share his knowledge and experience to help make writing and producing high-quality music easy and approachable. Each year, he continues to help other composers and producers create music that lights them up 🔥

Happy composing!Rich

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