Is it possible to record a track that controls other tracks?

Hello, I'm new to the forum but before I ask my question I did search the Logic manual and the discussion forum using keywords and phrases and I'm still not able to come up with a definite answer.
Back in the 80s I had a MIDI sequencer program (Dr. Ts) that allowed me to have several MIDI sequence tracks. Each of these tracks could/was assigned either a letter or number and I could record a new track and using the computer keyboard I could start or stop any or all of the sequences/tracks in real time allowing me to record my song. In other words my new track controlled the other tracks. I would love to be able to do this in Logic using my sequences and audio loops. Can someone tell me how this can be done? Thanks

You can sort of do this with touch tracks in the environment (this let's you assign MIDI regions to your keyboard and trigger them from each key) but it's not exactly the same.
Ableton Live has a more modern implementation of this, where you can trigger clips and scenes from the keyboard and arrange them like you want.

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