Category: Logic Pro X

Automation Select Tool U — Logic Pro X keyboard command of the day

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  Automation Select Tool    U

Selects the “Automation Select” tool when the Tool menu is open. The key sequence to select the tool is T followed by U. There is a separate command — “Set Automation Select Tool” — that can be assigned to a keypress if you desire. Personally the T-U sequence works just fine for me.

Select, copy, and move automation — Logic Pro X

After you create automation points and curves, you can easily change things to meet your needs. You can copy automation within a track or between tracks and can move automation within a track. When moving regions, you can choose whether or not to move any existing automation with it.

⇧ SHIFT – ⌃ CONTROL – ⌥ OPTION – ⌘ COMMAND

Select All Previous ⌃⌥⇧← — Logic Pro X keyboard command of the day

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  Select All Previous    ⌃⌥⇧←

Select all of the audio prior to the current playhead. Only in the Audio File Editor.

Audio File Editor overview — Logic Pro X

Most day-to-day audio editing tasks are performed in the main window and Audio Track Editor. The Audio File Editor is useful for removing pops and clicks in audio material, setting accurate crossover points for looped playback, correcting phase cancellation errors, and more.

⇧ SHIFT – ⌃ CONTROL – ⌥ OPTION – ⌘ COMMAND

Region Automation: Pitch Bend — Logic Pro X keyboard command of the day

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  Region Automation: Pitch Bend

One of the nice things about region automation is the ability to create MIDI events (they show up in the event list) using the pencil tool while working in the track/region context. Editing without using the Piano Roll or Event List.

Region-based vs. track-based automation — Logic Pro X

Logic Pro offers two types of automation: track-based automation, and region-based automation. Track-based automation can be applied to the entire track, from the beginning to the end of your project. Region-based automation only applies to the specific region the automation parameters are connected to. With track-based automation, if you re-record, move or copy regions (either to another point on the same track, or to another track) the automation data remains tied to the initial point on the track in which it was created. With region-based automation, if you re-record the region, the automation is lost; if you move or copy the region (either to another point on the same track, or to another track) the automation remains with the region. Region-based automation is particularly useful when you are automating instrument parameters.

Show automation curves — Logic Pro X

Before you can add automation points to a track’s automation curves, you need to show the automation curves. Automation curves are displayed as colored curves and points on top of audio and MIDI regions across the track, running the length of the project. You can choose whether to view and edit automation across the track (track-based automation) or only within the track’s regions (region-based automation).

⇧ SHIFT – ⌃ CONTROL – ⌥ OPTION – ⌘ COMMAND

Go to Marker Number 13 — Logic Pro X keyboard command of the day

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  Go to Marker Number 13

Another of the numbered marker commands. Not happening for me. I name my markers or use the forward/backward marker commands and buttons on the X-Touch.

Markers overview — Logic Pro X

There are several ways to create and edit markers in Logic Pro. You can view and edit markers in the following work areas:

Navigate using markers — Logic Pro X

You can navigate through your project using markers. This is useful when you want to quickly jump to, and edit, regions or events at a specific position in your project, for example.

⇧ SHIFT – ⌃ CONTROL – ⌥ OPTION – ⌘ COMMAND

Open Articulation Editor — Logic Pro X keyboard command of the day

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  Open Articulation Editor

Articulations are what is used to achieve full, rich sounds from sampled instruments. This is the part that is often not written in the score.

I have a number of instruments where articulation is key — Studio Strings and Studio Horns in Logic, sundry in SampleTank 4, and most instruments in Miroslav Philharmonik.

It’s rather complicated to program. It’s a matter of practice to use switches — memorize each. It’s a matter of taste.

Articulation editing overview — Logic Pro X

Sampled instruments that emulate real instruments often allow you to switch between the unique playing techniques that the real instrument is capable of. These playing techniques are called articulations in Logic Pro. Each articulation will be identified with a unique Articulation ID. For example, a sampled violin instrument might offer articulations to switch between tremolo, pizzicato, and sustained notes, while a sampled horn instrument might include articulations for sustained and staccato notes, trills, and falls.

⇧ SHIFT – ⌃ CONTROL – ⌥ OPTION – ⌘ COMMAND