Logic Pro X keyboard command of the day. #LogicProX @StudioIntern1

  Apply Quantization Permanently    ⌃Q

MIDI quantization. The holy grail and the pit of tar. When properly used we can get accurate scores and more realistic “performances”.

The Region inspector allows for changing quantization non-destructively. The changes made here do not alter the events permanently, much like changing the gain of an audio region.

MIDI region parameters — Logic Pro X:

Apply MIDI region parameters permanently
You can apply the MIDI region parameter settings of all selected MIDI regions and folders with the Functions > MIDI Region Parameters > Apply All Parameters Permanently command.

This means that all settings are actually written as data, and playback parameters revert to normal values. The audible result remains the same. The Loop parameter and advanced quantization parameters (Q-Velocity, Q-Length, Q-Flam, Q-Range, and Q-Strength) are not affected. However, use this carefully as you lose the ability change your mind about MIDI region edits.

⇧ SHIFT – ⌃ CONTROL – ⌥ OPTION – ⌘ COMMAND

I fondly recall the fine control of MIDI from Opcode Vision and Studio Vision. Emagic Notator (then Logic) showed up on the scene right around the time of my full commitment to Opcode software and tools. When Gibson bought Opcode I thought the Mac was doomed as the computer for musicians.

My memory could be faulty, but I’m pretty sure Dave Oppenheim from Opcode got hired by Apple in the late 1990s. The whole Core Audio and Core MIDI worlds inside macOS and iOS are so much like OMS.

Logic Pro X keyboard command of the day. #LogicProX @StudioIntern1

  Next Channel Strip Setting of focused Track    ⇧]

Very easy to audition settings for channels. This controls the channel strip settings (from the Settings menu). The user-defined settings are first, followed by Logic and GarageBand channels.

The user settings are contained in

~/Music/Audio Music Apps/Channel Strip Settings/

There are a lot of pre-defined strips that are used by Logic for the software instruments, delays, reverbs, and other useful things.

Today I’ll read the introductory chapters on plug-ins and channel strips.

Work with plug-in settings — Logic Pro X:

Plug-in settings are stored with the project file and are automatically recalled the next time the project is opened. In the plug-in window, you can load, copy and paste, compare, save, create default, and delete plug-in settings. You can also load, save, and delete plug-in settings in the Library.

⇧ SHIFT – ⌃ CONTROL – ⌥ OPTION – ⌘ COMMAND

Apple Logic Pro X |:

Logic Pro X was released on July 16th, almost four years to the day after Logic Pro 9 — the longest that users have had to wait for a major new version in the product’s 21-year history. Apple switched Logic Pro from boxed product to download nearly two years ago, so it’s no surprise that Pro X is available only through the App Store. And whereas Logic Studio had previously sold for $499 and included additional applications such as Main Stage, Soundtrack Pro and WaveBurner, Apple unbundled Logic Studio when it moved to the App Store, making Logic Pro available for just $199 and Main Stage for $29.99, and discontinuing Soundtrack Pro and WaveBurner altogether.

And we have arrived.

I purchased MainStage 2 in early 2012. It was a wonderful introduction to the sounds and tools inside Logic. I spent a lot of time simply using my keyboard and playing with the various instruments. Outstanding.

Scarlett 18i6 showed up in March 2013.

In August 2013 I splurged on a copy of Logic. Time to rebuild the studio…

Scarlett crapped out in early 2016. Good thing for me 😉 That’s when I wound up using my XR18 as my audio interface.

Logic Remote! I can haz control surfaces.

Apple Logic Pro 9 | Sound on Sound — October 2009

A new release of Logic is always cause for excitement. For myself, part of this reaction can perhaps be attributed to nostalgia: I’ve been using the application since version 1.7 in 1993, with fond memories of each subsequent upgrade. Since then it’s undergone many changes, not least the buyout of parent company Emagic by Apple; and like its version 8 predecessor, Logic Pro 9 ships as part of a bundle with Main Stage, the application designed to facilitate the use of Logic’s instruments and effects in a live rig, and Soundtrack Pro, a separate program designed for those working with audio for media post-production. This review will, for the most part, concentrate on Logic Pro 9, and we’ll look at the remaining parts of the bundle in a future issue.

We are so close.

I think I want to visit the EXS24 sampler some more.

The new Convert Regions to New Sampler Track command enables drum loops to be sliced, converted into an EXS24 instrument, and triggered by a new MIDI region. Here you can see the audio region on the upper track has been converted so that it can be triggered by the MIDI region on the lower track.

Apple Logic Pro 8 |:

For the last two years, the anticipation of a new version of Logic has caused quite a frenzy amongst existing users. Any mention of Logic 8 was usually followed by rumours of almost mythical proportions, sightings of the Loch Ness monster, planes returning from the Bermuda Triangle, Paul White declining Hob Nobs… But after much speculation, Apple released Logic Pro 8 on September 12th — nearly three years to the day after the release of Logic Pro 7, and just over five years since their acquisition of Emagic. However, before musicians could even start discussing the new features, Apple instigated three fairly significant and surprising product changes for this new version of Logic.

I keep forgetting that some windows can be “pulled” from the Arrange window by dragging them out. I keep wanting to do this with the Marker list. I will try to remember.