Turning Down Loop Sound Under VO

OS 10.7.4  MBP
New to Logic, having been weened on GB.....I do a lot of VOs and narration....I tried to add a music bed from the loops in media section to accompnay my VO....the muisc was way too loud. How do I turn it down, so it's just a nice sound bed, and not in competion with my voice?
I know you can turn the sound down in GB, as I have many times in the past; couldn't find the same volumn button in Logic.  Must be overlooking something...
Thanks for any help

Use the technique called 'Ducking'.
Put a compressor on the loop track and side-chain it to the vocal track. Mess with the compressor so that when the VO comes in, the loop track is automatically compressed or 'ducked'. When the VO stops the loop track will return to its former level.
This is the old school way of doing it. I believe Logic actually has a dedicated 'Ducker' plug-in for this very purpose. Again, this isn't a 'new to Logic' issue, this is a new to engineering issue.
I explain the old school way so that you have a chance of grasping the concept because once you grasp and learn the concept you will think of all sorts of ways to apply the technique. Look up 'Audio Ducking' in Google. There are many, many ways to use ducking. This VO technique is used in virtually every radio and broadcast studio on the planet.
Hope this helps and good luck.

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