Hi fuzzfilth thank you for your reply. Tried to follow your instructions, which actually revealed quite a bit to me, but wasn't able to fully complete the steps. I was able to confirm that all the recorded tracks each have 18 takes, shown in reverse order. There are three small icons in the top left corner of the comp (don't know what that means) track, the first one (like a play symbol) expands the track to show all 18 takes verticallydown the screen showing like multiple tracks. The second icon (in my case 'A') gives me a popup menu listing the numbered takes, and a small function menu at the bottom, where 'Flatten' is listed. If I choose Take 1 from the list, and then choose from the popup menu again and Flatten, the track turns into a regular audio track of Take 1. If I move it, there's nothing left behind, it just moves right. I got stuck at the next step because once I've done that with all the tracks and move them right, they all just move right. If I select the Bottom left corner of each track and drag it left, it just extends Take 1 left.
Sorry - I realised I am incompetent and I appreciate your help very much. Maybe I'm doing something wrong, I'm not sure?
I'm running Logic Pro 10.6.3 by the way
Thank you so much,
Aaron