Tag: studio

Keyboard Skin

I got this wonderful present from my sweetie — a command keyboard skin

My education will continue. I have a goal to understand why the keys are grouped by color-coding. I understand the red one for the big “R” of record. What wonders do the others hold.

Part of the reason that I want to become very familiar with keyboard commands is to be able to re-map my extended keyboard without screwing myself up.

I like markers. I use them. Typically I use buttons on my X-Touch to move between them, or the nifty “Go to next marker and set locators (⌥. — option-period)

Markers by numbers? Just don’t use it. Why waste 20 keyboard commands on marker movement (keypad 1-9 and ⌃0-⌃9). I also don’t do a lot of step-editing of notes with velocity changes, so there’s lots of things I can do.

Go to Marker Number 2 (𝍖 2) — Logic Pro X Keyboard Command of the Day

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

𝍖 2 — keypad 2

𝍖 key was hard to find

Markers by numbers. 20 of them! The idea and concept of jumping around in audio by a number makes no sense to me. Jump to arrangement position (chorus, verse), del signo, even bar numbers for reading a score.

I use markers. I listen to mixes and drop markers where I want to go look. Best for me for listening is to listen on headphones and use the X-Touch (MCU) for transport and inserting markers. Don’t look at the tracks at all.

I posted an entry with the excerpt from the manual — Mackie Control Markers

NB — I have removed all 20 of the keypad go to marker commands. I will eventually find a suitable set of commands to place there. Why waste 20 good key commands? If I want to get to a marker by number I can just use “Go to Marker Number (⌥/ — option-/) and enter the number. I am more likely to use next/previous marker with the set locators feature (Go to next marker and set locators) — option-comma and option-period (⌥, and ⌥.) think left/right

whee!

Delete but Keep Similar Regions/Events — Logic Pro X Keyboard Command of the Day

Logic Pro X Keyboard Command of the Day — #LogicProX @StudioIntern1

I will guess this morning. I think this is a command found in the event list portion of Logic Pro X. Hmmm. The keyboard command editor says this is only available as a keyboard command. I sure wish there was a way to get a list of all of those commands. Haven’t found it yet.

No luck.

I have posted the question to the Logic Pro X discussion board at Apple…will see what, if anything, comes of it.

Show/Hide MIDI Effects — Logic Pro X Keyboard Command of the Day

Logic Pro X keyboard command of the day. #LogicProX

No preset keyboard command.

Located using the “Edit Keyboard Commands” (option-K)

Hovering over the command in the list Logic offers further information “also available as menu item ‘MIDI Effects’ in a local menu”.

The local menu referenced is the Channel Strip contextual menu (pop-up). When a MIDI channel is selected in the mixer, either external or instrument, the control-click on the channel strip reveals the “MIDI Effects” entry. When checked the MIDI effects appear in the channel strip between the EQ thumbnail and the Input selector. For external MIDI tracks there is just a blank space, no effects can be added. For instruments you can add MIDI effects.

You can create your own MIDI effects by adding a “Scripter” effect.

/*


With Scripter, you can use JavaScript to create your own custom MIDI processing


effects, including slider controls for real-time interaction.



For detailed information about using Scripter, including code samples,


see the MIDI plug-ins chapter of the Logic Pro X Effects or


MainStage 3 Effects manual.


*/



// example: simple pass through and MIDI monitor



function HandleMIDI(event)


{


event.trace();


event.send();


}

Latest online help is for version 10.3 — Logic Pro X Effects — Scripter plug-in