I should know this by now

Question

Ive been using logic for a while now and this has never been a problem. When I record audio lets say vocals and I have the overlap option on, when we swing around for a new take because he or she mess up why does the audio underneath not go away. Answer: Because I have overlap on. True or False. Ok so now we lay vocals again he needs two tracks to get his 16 bars down. So after all is said and done I try to slice the start and end points so I can combine the tracks, But the other takes are getting in the way. Like when I select a certain region to move it, the other mistakes start to show and I cant seem to get rid of them. From now on Im going to delete any take we dont use right then and there during the time of recording. Im not into being spoon feed, just help me define what it is Im doing so I can know what to look for in the manual. Is it under managing audio or what. Thanks to all. I know this is something by now I should understand but hay what can I say.

Answer 1

mvee.
FYI, you probably would benefit from using "replace mode". This is enabled by clicking on the orange X in the transport.
This will make Logic behave more like a tape machine, in that any punch ins will replace the audio its recording over. The main difference from a tape machine though, is that the audio is still on the hard drive. You can either simply undo, or "peel back" the original audio.
Also, understanding that Logic can have many tracks assigned to the same audio object will help here, if you were unaware.
So each time you take a new pass at the vocal, simply mute the previous track, and record on the new track (same audio object) This way, you don't have multiple passes piling up on top of each other, should you decide to work that way.