Tag: MIDI

Settings: MIDI Meaning ⌃⌥⇧M — Logic Pro X keyboard command of the day

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

  Settings: MIDI Meaning    ⌃⌥⇧M


 

Score Editing. The note included in the documentation is probably the best bit of advice. Why it is located at the end of the section is beyond me. Important tips on usage should be placed at the first likely point of contact — the lead paragraph of the section. The command is in the ‘Layout’ menu in the Score Editor window.

MIDI Meaning settings — Logic Pro X:

Important: If you do use MIDI Meaning, you need to adjust the settings before you begin to insert accents and so on. This is because the settings have no influence on accents and phrasing marks that have already been inserted.

⇧ SHIFT – ⌃ CONTROL – ⌥ OPTION – ⌘ COMMAND

Template Changes — multi-bus

I should document changes to my most used template — multi-bus — I am beginning to keep comments in the Project notes.

2019-01-06
Removed tracks for all of the AUX except MixBus. Tracks get added automation is used on an AUX.

Rename output channels properly

Fix mixer windows in screenset 3 for audio.
Fix mixer windows in screenset 4 for MIDI

2018-12-22
Headphone and monitor mixes added (HP1/2)
stock plugins (O8 and Insight2

Screenset 1 is overview with notes, tracks, mixer.

Screenset 2 is Tracks (Arrange window)

Screenset 3 is Mixer (sized for typical audio) and transport

Screenset 4 is Mixer (sized for MIDI instruments with settings)

Hunting the Logic Pro X ‘Environment’

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Today’s ‘command’ was “MIDI Environment”. I know so little. I have the chapter in the Logic Pro X User Manual.

“Environment overview
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.”

Excerpt From: Apple Inc. “Logic Pro X User Guide.” iBooks.

Off hunting for resources out there in the internet.

Logic Pro X — Route MIDI to Multiple Instruments with MIDI Environment

Logic and The Environment, Part 1: The Simple Truths

Logic and The Environment, Part 2: The Clicks and Ports Layer

Top 5 Reasons NOT to be Afraid of Logic’s Environment

Lots more to review and read.

MIDI file scale generator

I’m a bit old-fashioned. I wrote a “scale” generator way back when so I could play a MIDI file of a Major/minor scale sequence.

These days I use “MIDIplayer X” to play my scales. The classic ‘t2mf’ is used to create the MIDI file from a shell script…

 
#!/bin/bash


# SCALE="C" SCALEM="a" N1=60



let N1=N1+0


let N2=N1+2


let N3=N1+4


let N4=N1+5


let N5=N1+7


let N6=N1+9


let N7=N1+11


let N8=N1+12



let NM1=N1-3


let NM2=N1-1



cat >$SCALE-$SCALEM.txt <<EOF


MFile 0 1 24


MTrk


0 Meta Text "$SCALE major scale"


0 On ch=1 n=$N1 v=64


12 On ch=1 n=$N1 v=0


24 On ch=1 n=$N2 v=64


36 On ch=1 n=$N2 v=0


48 On ch=1 n=$N3 v=64


60 On ch=1 n=$N3 v=0


72 On ch=1 n=$N4 v=64


84 On ch=1 n=$N4 v=0


96 On ch=1 n=$N5 v=64


108 On ch=1 n=$N5 v=0


120 On ch=1 n=$N6 v=64


132 On ch=1 n=$N6 v=0


144 On ch=1 n=$N7 v=64


156 On ch=1 n=$N7 v=0


168 On ch=1 n=$N8 v=64


180 On ch=1 n=$N8 v=0


190 Meta Text "$SCALEM minor scale"


200 On ch=1 n=$NM1 v=64


212 On ch=1 n=$NM1 v=0


224 On ch=1 n=$NM2 v=64


236 On ch=1 n=$NM2 v=0


248 On ch=1 n=$N1 v=64


260 On ch=1 n=$N1 v=0


272 On ch=1 n=$N2 v=64


284 On ch=1 n=$N2 v=0


296 On ch=1 n=$N3 v=64


308 On ch=1 n=$N3 v=0


320 On ch=1 n=$N4 v=64


332 On ch=1 n=$N4 v=0


344 On ch=1 n=$N5 v=64


356 On ch=1 n=$N5 v=0


368 On ch=1 n=$N6 v=64


380 On ch=1 n=$N6 v=0


392 Meta TrkEnd


TrkEnd


EOF



t2mf $SCALE-$SCALEM.txt >$SCALE-$SCALEM.mid

I assure you that weird characters in file names can be odd.

The VIrtual Orchestra: String Basics — KeyboardMag

The VIrtual Orchestra: String Basics — KeyboardMag:

Many film and TV scores live or die on how well the strings are conjured. Fortunately, the state of the art of sampled string libraries is finally approaching a level of illusion that can convince all but the most refined ears. As much as we’d all love to play a keyboard and sound like a symphony orchestra, it almost always takes the patient construction of multiple tracks and an understanding of real orchestration to create authentic string passages.

I need to translate into Miroslav Philharmonik 2 or Logic’s “Studio Strings”.

A good morning (or two) exercise.