A measure of music, containing a specified number of beats, that establishes the rhythmic structure of the composition.
Bar Ruler
The timeline that runs the length of the song, divided into bars, beats, and even finer divisions. It contains the Song Position Locator (SPL), the cycle and autodrop locators, and markers. It is found at the top of the Arrange, Matrix, Hyper, and Score windows.
Beat Mapping
One of Logic's Global tracks; it lets you graphically tie events to particular bars and beats.
bit resolution
A representation of the dynamic accuracy of a recording.
bounce
To combine several tracks of audio into one file.
Broadcast WAVE
An audio file format that includes timecode information.
bus
A send/return routing scheme for audio channels. In Logic, effects can be sent to and from Bus Objects for processing or submixing tasks.
Bus
Audio Object in the Environment's Audio layer. Usually used to route the signal of an individual Send bus to Output Objects.