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  Bypass All Effect Plug-ins

Bypassing plug-ins is a tedious and difficult process. In earlier versions of Logic you would accomplish this by clicking and dragging in the mixer window. Very error prone, and you lose “state”.

The new way — using this command — turns off all of the plug-ins that are on, and remembers the state. The command is a toggle. First time it is issued plug-ins are turned off. Next time it is issued plug-ins are turned back on.

This only affects channels that are selected.

The next enhancement (please) would be to gain match the output of the channel. Level is the same with plug-ins engaged and when they are off. Fair comparison. This would preclude using a Gain plug-in to increase the levels.

Add, remove, move, and copy plug-ins in Logic Pro — Apple Support

If you want to deactivate a plug-in, but don’t want to remove it from the channel strip, you can bypass it. Bypassed plug-ins don’t drain system resources.

‘Fix Apps Crashing on M1 Pro/Max Mac After Migration Assistant or Monterey Update’

Fix Apps Crashing on M1 Pro/Max Mac After Migration Assistant or Monterey Update

This issue seems to happen most often after using Migration Assistant to setup a new Mac, but it can also happen to some Apple Silicon Macs that have downgraded from MacOS Monterey back to Big Sur, or even updated to MacOS Monterey from macOS Big Sur. A common example is something like this; having used Migration Assistant to setup a new M1 Pro or M1 Max MacBook Pro from a previous gen M1 MacBook Pro, you may notice apps that ran fine before are suddenly all crashing on the new Mac.

  Select Members of Group 30

Selects all of the channels that are members of group 30. Once you get to 30 groups you may have some other workflow issues. I tend to keep the Group Inspector open in a separate window when I have more than 7 groups assigned. I try to name them so they make some sense.

Overview of groups in Logic Pro — Apple Support

You can have a maximum of 64 groups. A channel strip can also be a member of multiple groups.

  Recall Zoom 1 ⌃⌥⌘1

Recalls Zoom setting 1. More practice is needed. Zoom and screensets are the collaborators of focus.

Zoom windows in Logic Pro — Apple Support

When you zoom in or out, the top-left (and selected) event or region remains in the visible area of the screen. If no selected region or event is visible, zooming is centered around the playhead. If the playhead isn’t visible, the current center of the window is retained.

  Apply Buffer Template to Definition, number increment

Building controllers for MIDI gear isn’t something that is done very often. I liken the MIDI Environment to assembly language programming. You get what you want, but you have to be explicit about every little step.

Object groups in the Logic Pro Environment — Apple Support

The Options > Apply Buffer Template to > “Definition, number increment” increases the first data byte of the definition (controller number, for example).

Object groups in the Logic Pro Environment — Apple Support

When building a virtual mixing desk or synthesizer layout in the Environment, you often need to work with large groups of fader objects that have the same size, regular spacing, or a similar definition.

To save time on the definition and alignment of these groups, you can choose (one or more) objects as prototypes (templates) by copying them into the Clipboard. (Choose Edit > Copy.) You can then apply certain characteristics of these template objects to selected objects.