Editing multiple takes

Does anyone know of a tutorial on working with multiple takes? I can't seem to find anything in the manual or here in the discussion group.
I have several takes that I would like to pick and choose from, but I can only get one of them to play at a time. I thought this was a simple process with the marquee tool. But am having no luck.
Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

Hi,
I guess you mean Help > Logic Express 8 User Manual, page 391 (Creating Comps).
Here you'll find the explanantion of how you can take the best parts out of multiple takes.
Note that this only works on takes you recorded on one track. So, if you recorded your different takes on different tracks, they won't appear in this way, and you'll need to things the old fashioned way.
Regards,
Jaap

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