text is a tough way to do audio — ⇧ SHIFT — ⌃ CONTROL — ⌥ OPTION — ⌘ COMMAND
Logic Pro X keyboard command of the day. #LogicProX @StudioIntern1
Create Lane Set for Current Events
Quickly focus the Step Editor on the events you have selected. Creates lanes and brings them into view in the editor window.
You can create new lanes, and set corresponding Lane parameters, in several ways.
⇧ SHIFT – ⌃ CONTROL – ⌥ OPTION – ⌘ COMMAND
Logic Pro X keyboard command of the day. #LogicProX @StudioIntern1
Trim Note End to Selected (Force Legato) ⌘3⃣
Extend notes to remove “space” between them. Remove articulation? Such an odd wording. Effectively attaches one note to the next.
⇧ SHIFT – ⌃ CONTROL – ⌥ OPTION – ⌘ COMMAND
Logic Pro X keyboard command of the day. #LogicProX @StudioIntern1
Send Used Instruments MIDI Settings
Logic will “reset” MIDI settings for instruments that are “used”, as the documentation says, “intelligently”. We can force the transmission of MIDI settings by using this command. Program change, volume, and pan. I sure could have used this kind of command back when I was working with the Orchestra Nova — 8 performers, 8 keyboards, many ROMplers. It was always a challenge to get each device set properly during performances.
Reset Messages preferences — Logic Pro X
These preferences are included for compatibility with older MIDI hardware. For selected controller types, a reset message is sent to all MIDI outputs. This reset message is sent on cycle jumps and when playback begins. However, Logic Pro handles MIDI reset messages automatically and intelligently, so you should generally make sure that all of these options are unselected—which they are, by default.
⇧ SHIFT – ⌃ CONTROL – ⌥ OPTION – ⌘ COMMAND
Logic Pro X keyboard command of the day. #LogicProX @StudioIntern1
Create Folder Stack ⇧⌘H
The naming of the folder stack (default) is somewhat misleading, I guess. When I see “Sub 1” I think of a sub-mix more than a VCA. A folder stack looks like a VCA, and appears in the mixer just like a VCA except that it is located in position in the Arrange window.
Using folder stacks makes it much easier to gain control of VCAs from my control surface. Normally VCAs are located at the far right of the mixer. With the VCA “in-line” I don’t have to bounce around the control surface as much, or switch the surface to “output” channels.
As I investigated just how many VCAs I could have (more than 32) I decided to look at the Environment to see what VCAs “look like”. A VCA is a sub-channel of the master channel named “Sub 1”, “Sub 2”, etc.
Not sure what I would do with more than 32 VCAs, but there could be situations where it might be plausible — a performance with hundreds of channels.
Track Stacks overview — Logic Pro X
Folder stacks let you combine multiple tracks and control them as one unit, without changing the audio routing of the individual subtracks. When you create a folder stack, the channel strip assigned to the main track is called the stack master. Using the main track or the stack master channel strip, you can mute, solo, and adjust the volume level for the folder stack. This is similar to the way a VCA master fader functions on a hardware mixing console.
⇧ SHIFT – ⌃ CONTROL – ⌥ OPTION – ⌘ COMMAND
Logic Pro X keyboard command of the day. #LogicProX @StudioIntern1
Select Project 20
Still not convinced of the utility of selecting projects by number. I try to imagine a situation where many projects being open would be useful. One possibility is a computer-assisted performance where meta events are used to select specific screensets and projects as performance occurs.
The discussion of switching projects for a “MIDI data filer” piques my curiosity.
Meta events are control messages that are specific to Logic Pro. They are used to automate certain functions, and to organize and arrange Score Editor elements (particular notation symbols and formatting) that can’t be represented by MIDI events.
⇧ SHIFT – ⌃ CONTROL – ⌥ OPTION – ⌘ COMMAND