Tag: keyboard command

Reset Sizes — Logic Pro X keyboard command of the day

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

  Reset Sizes

According to the Keyboard Commands window this command is in the MIDI Environment. I have yet to discover where in that convoluted thing it exists. My suspicion is that the command is actually “Size by default” located in the “Cleanup” menu in the environment window. It certainly functions like that — resetting objects to their default size.

Environment overview — Logic Pro X:

The Environment refers to the virtual environment of Logic Pro inside your computer. It provides a virtual view of your MIDI studio, giving you complete control over your MIDI setup, and includes the following objects.

⇧ SHIFT – ⌃ CONTROL – ⌥ OPTION – ⌘ COMMAND

Toggle Varispeed — Logic Pro X keyboard command of the day

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

  Toggle Varispeed

This would come in very handy for cycling through a section with Varispeed on or off. Audition toggle. There are no menu commands for Varispeed control. Controls are located in the control bar.

Use Varispeed to alter the speed and pitch of audio — Logic Pro X:

Varispeed provides a way to speed up or slow down the entire project, similar to the original varispeed feature of tape machines. The most practical use for this option is checking how a project might sound at a faster or slower tempo, and for practicing or recording a performance at a lower speed.

⇧ SHIFT – ⌃ CONTROL – ⌥ OPTION – ⌘ COMMAND

Show/Hide Transform — Logic Pro X keyboard command of the day

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

  Show/Hide Transform

Show/Hide — toggle. Open/Close — toggle. Change the visibility of something. Show/Hide is the typical usage. The Open/Close terminology showed up with Track Stacks and the Open/Close Inserts commands. I guess “Show Insert” seemed wrong. Actually seems wrong to me. Just as wrong as “Show Window”.

“Open Transform” is a global command – ⌘9 — but it doesn’t exist in the menus. What we have in the menus is “Open MIDI Transform” — ⌘9.

I added the keyboard shortcut ⇧⌘9 to perform the Show/Hide. Makes more sense.

I will think out loud about the odd behavior of some windows (Environment, Event List) as they come up.

⇧ SHIFT – ⌃ CONTROL – ⌥ OPTION – ⌘ COMMAND

Open/Close MIDI Insert 9 Plug-in Window of focused Track — Logic Pro X keyboard command of the day

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

  Open/Close MIDI Insert 9 Plug-in Window of focused Track

This is one of the “suspect commands” for me. How would I know which insert is in slot 9? In Logic Pro X you can only insert 8 MIDI plugins, so the 9-15 commands are bogons (bogus bits/particles).

An audio channel can have 15 inserts, but again, how would I know what is in slot 7 to begin with?

Time to check the predecessors. I can’t find any reference at all pre-Logic Pro X. I did find this…

Open/Close Instrument Plug-In Window of Focused Track:

While everyone is elated about the new addition in SMART TEMPO in Logic X, I am secretly celebrating another hidden feature in 10.4. It is called “Open/Close Instrument Plug-In Window of Focused Track”. Logic users have been asking for this particular feature for years and now it is here. Let me show and tell you what this does.

I also got to play a bit with using the PX-330 as a GM MIDI module.

⇧ SHIFT – ⌃ CONTROL – ⌥ OPTION – ⌘ COMMAND

Set Locators and Play — Logic Pro X keyboard command of the day

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

  Set Locators and Play

Set the locators to the selection boundaries and play from the left locator. You can use the marquee tool to select a section, then use this command to play.

I think the more useful commands are “Set Rounded Locators and Cycle Play”, or even better for my mixing style “Set Locators by Next Marker and Enable Cycle ‘⌃⌥.’ control-option-period”.

Use the cycle area — Logic Pro X:

You can use the cycle area to repeatedly play a particular part of a project. The cycle area can be used for composing, practicing a part before recording, recording multiple takes, and other purposes.

⇧ SHIFT – ⌃ CONTROL – ⌥ OPTION – ⌘ COMMAND