More than 8 Audio Tracks?

I can't seem to have more than 8 Audio Tracks. - I can create new ones, but they are 'greyed out' - I can't select or use them. How do I use more? Thanks.

Create more audio objects in the environment, or
use the setup assistant to create a default song with more audio tracks than you'll ever be likely to use, or
just say **** it and switch to Logic 8 or 9, which is actually designed to be used by people with more brains than time (sorry, old-timers, but if you didn't start out on Logic during simpler times and grow with its idiosyncrasies, Logic 7 really was a horrific mess, as this thread shows).
I hated every version of Logic prior to 8.

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