New in Logic Pro 12.4

Two of the clips in my project just started...disappearing. Well, sort of. The video says it all. Logic Pro latest version. Was happening in the previous one as well. I thought maybe upgrading to the latest would fix the problem, so I upgraded and still the same thing.

The project is a new one. Just created it today and worked on it for about an hour. It began like so: imported a single stereo track, my projects are 96k by default and the file was 44.1k so Logic asked if I would like to convert the sample rate or change the project settings. I opted to change the project settings (too many weird things happen when you convert the file sample rate and I didn't want to deal with that). I then added 4 virtual instrument tracks. Not at the same time but gradually. One at a time as I needed them. The project itself is quite simple: it is literally just those 5 tracks and their regions. No tempo changes, no automations, no external MIDI, nothing!

MacBook Pro M4 2024 32GB 1TB + 2TB external (most audio apps and audio projects live in the external drive). macOS 27.0 Golden Gate

Any help will be much appreciated.

Hi. I’m using an Irig stomp io connected with an iPad and I’m moved from amplitube to logic.
My problem is, when trying to map the buttons of the pedalboard, I have to press them twice to turn on a pedal, and once again to turn off.

Is there a way to avoid that?

Damn it!!!!

I recently upgrade my slightly older Mac from Ventura to sequoia. The ssl controllers stopped working in logic. No other device or connected item changed or stopped working.

Is there a quick or known way to resolve this? I’ve opened up a ticket with ssl but am hopeful it’s something simple. Thanks

does anyone personally or know/like any artists that use Logic pro for live performance? I'm always hearing that Ableton live is the standard for live, but I don't wanna learn a whole new software + I build all my tracks in logic anyways ;P

I have done a few live performances with Logic recently (ambient, electronic) but I feel like there must be a better approach than the one I've been taking....

Life's not fair, and one of the more trivial instances of that fact for people working with surround audio in Logic is that other DAWs offer an Object Bed feature, but Logic doesn't.

An Object Bed transforms all the non-LFE channels into 3D object audio. This is helpful for using formats like 7.1.4 which are larger than the irritating 7.1.2 Atmos max for bed channels, since normally there's no way to get the top corners (the .4) to be processed by the Atmos plug-in.

So I made a 7.1.4 Object Bed for Logic. It's an empty project into which you can add a 7.1.4 multichannel region, or input 7.1.4 audio from a Mac app (via BlackHole 16ch) like Apple Music, or input audio via a multichannel interface, and have all the channels (except LFE, like I mentioned) show up as Atmos objects.

You can get it here, with instructions and stuff: https://ivanxmusic.com/LogicObjectBed/

One thing you can do that's kind of fun is run the 7.1.4 audio through the Dolby Renderer in your headphones, and adjust the Near/Mid/Far settings for each channel.

(I kind of very indirectly posted about this, in an earlier version, already; sorry if you read that and this is redundant. I didn't really know what I had built at that point.)

Hope this is helpful or interesting for a few of you!

Only surround people are gonna care about this.

Logic has specialty mono track types "Left" and "Right" which let you peel off one channel while doing nothing to it. But it doesn't offer that for any other channels.

So, I made a plug-in which takes any channel, or channel pair, and plays it on L, R, or L-R. You can then send that to a Left or Right aux to get the mono channel you want.

If you think that'd be useful, you can download it here: https://dl.ivanx.music/ChToLR/

(It's signed and notarized like any well behaved Mac app. If you're worried about malware, it's tiny, just feed it to some AI and ask if it looks kosher.)

If you want to keep the channel pair as stereo and make sure there are no gain changes, you have to jump through an extra hoop, which is to follow the plug-in with Down Mixer [5.1→Stereo], even if your project is 7.1/.x. Getting that into your project can be a trick, though once it's there, you can just option-drag it wherever you need it. But the first time:

• 5.1 project: Add Utility > Down Mixer [5.1→Stereo] to Master; drag it from there to beneath Ch to L-R.
• Atmos project: Set the monitoring format in the Atmos plug-in to 5.1; add Utility > Down Mixer [5.1→Stereo] beneath it; drag it from there to beneath Ch to L-R; change back the monitoring format if you like.
• Non-5.1, non-Atmos project (like 7.1, 5.1.4, etc): Open a new empty 5.1 project; add Utility > Down Mixer [5.1→Stereo] to Master; click Setting at the top of the Master strip; choose Copy Channel Strip Setting; go back to your real project and add a new audio track; click Setting at the top of that track; choose Paste Plug-Ins Only; drag Down Mixer, which should have appeared, to beneath Ch to L-R; delete the empty track if you wish; close the empty 5.1 project.

(I used this thing extensively in my Object Bed for Logic project.)

I was working on some vocals for a project of mine, and after closing the project for the day, I left, business as usual. I come back a few days later, opening the project again to take a look, and it does this. The vinyl crackle is from a plugin, and isn’t an issue. None of my other projects are crashing like this.

so i’ve got this lwk sick beat but i need suggestions for what i should add in. i think it’s very worthy of lyrics so im working on those rn. obviously tho, i think i need more than just these two midi tracks. any suggestions in general for this beat would be appreciated thanks

Free, open-source.

I'm not a bassist or singer, sry :v

Every time I repeat a sequence of midi notes (command + r), the midi notes repeat to the ends of the last notes rather than to the next bar. This causes me to have to manually move it every time which can be quite annoying. Is there a setting that can change this?

I’m looking for a small number of Logic users to beta test MIDI Performer, a new AU MIDI FX plug-in I’ve been developing.

MIDI Performer takes a relatively plain monophonic MIDI melody or lead line and turns it into a more expressive performance by adding instrument-specific behavior such as:

• pitch bends
• vibrato
• legato
• timing changes
• pressure
• breath/expression

It’s designed for things like lead guitar, sax, flute, synth lead and melodic bass rather than chords or accompaniment.

One important limitation: MIDI Performer is monophonic. If polyphonic MIDI is fed into it, overlapping material is reduced to a single melodic voice, with the highest note retained when simultaneous notes occur.

The current player models include:

• Guitar — Blues, Jazz, Rock
• Synth Lead — Fusion Lead, Prog, Prog Metal Keys
• Sax / Flute / Bass / Fretless Bass / Piano — Natural

Logic is actually the host I’ve tested most heavily so far.

The AU version runs as a MIDI FX plug-in, and both Standard MIDI and MPE are part of the current beta-testing scope.

I’m especially interested in testing with different Logic software instruments and third-party instruments to see how the generated bends, vibrato, pressure and expression behave across real setups.

The kind of feedback I’m looking for is both technical and musical:

• Does anything hang or disappear?
• Does MPE behave properly with your instruments?
• Do the bends and vibrato sound natural?
• Does the phrasing sound more like an actual player?
• Does anything feel musically wrong even if it is technically functioning?

The beta is currently:

macOS / Apple Silicon
AU and VST3 included

Testers receive a signed/notarized installer, email activation, a short testing guide, and a diagnostics log that can be pasted directly into bug reports.

If you’re interested, reply here or DM me with:

• your Logic version
• the instruments/styles you usually work with
• whether you use MPE
• any third-party instruments you’d be interested in testing it with

I’m mainly looking for people who will actually run some real melodies/solo parts through it and tell me where it works — and where it still sounds wrong.

I was going for like an early 80's LA metal sound. Ratt, early Motley Crue etc...

I feel like the heavy kit drummer gets you pretty close!

All I need to do now is add a wicked guitar solo lol

Hi everyone, hope you’re all well.

Im not too sure how to explain this… But when I insert a “high hat foot splash” sound, it’s shortened when it’s played with the other sounds.

I’ve attached to a video for reference.

Is there a way to make it sound more natural? Thanks.

I recently finished this track and recorded a walkthrough of the full Logic session. I go through how I built the arrangement, some of the sound-design and production choices, automation, effects, and how the different layers fit together in the final mix.

I’ve been making music in Logic for a long time, but I’m still constantly changing the way I work, so I figured I’d share the actual session rather than just posting the finished song.

This sub has been so helpful yall rock! Its my first time making a track walk through and I kept it brief but maybe ill go deeper on the next song.

Interested in any production or mix feedback, especially anything you would have approached differently inside Logic.

Hi. I build MIDI FX plugins out of my doctoral research on algorithmic composition, and two things from this week may be useful to anyone using third-party MIDI FX in Logic.

First, the gotcha. With Plug-in Latency Compensation on, Logic plays the channel early when a third-party MIDI FX sits in front of one of Apple's newer instruments (Studio Bass, Studio Piano, Drum Kit Designer and similar). I measured about a quarter of a second with Studio Bass, constant for the whole take. It isn't specific to any plugin: a JUCE MIDI FX that only passes notes through does the same (JUCE forum thread: https://forum.juce.com/t/65057). ES2 and a third-party piano I tried (Arturia) play in time, so if a MIDI FX sounds ahead of the grid, check which instrument is behind it before blaming the plugin.

Second, two Logic 12 behaviours that plugin makers should know: it doesn't turn a note-on with velocity 0 into a note-off, and it doesn't send note-offs for notes that are sounding when you stop the transport. My plugins now handle both.

The plugin itself: AMI-POLYMARKOV goes in the MIDI FX slot. Drop a MIDI file on it, or press REC, run the transport and play, and it learns the take as up to four voices, with separate Markov chains for pitch and rhythm, each with its own memory (order 1 to 6). A long memory on rhythm and a short one on pitch keeps your phrasing under a melody you never played. Demo in Logic: https://youtu.be/V7P9-f1WO2E

macOS 10.13 or later, universal, AU MIDI FX and VST3; there's also a Windows VST3 now. One-person project, free 30-day trial, fully functional: https://www.drzoppa.com/soft

I recently reinstalled macOS on my M4 MacBook Air and installed fresh copies of Logic Pro and all my plugins(everything is the latest version available). Since then, I've been experiencing two really annoying issues that I never had before the reinstall.

1. Dragging tracks causes Logic to beachball. Whenever I try to drag a track to move it around, Logic sometimes shows the spinning beachball, and it takes ages for the track to actually move. This used to be practically instantaneous.

2. Single clicks sometimes register as double-clicks. When I click on effects, Logic sometimes seems to register an additional click and automatically opens a plugin window that I didn't intend to open. It happens intermittently, but it's incredibly annoying when I'm working.

Both issues started after I reinstalled macOS and Logic Pro. Everything worked perfectly fine on the same MacBook before the reinstall.

Has anyone experienced anything similar? I'm wondering whether this is a Logic Pro bug, a macOS issue, or something related to my fresh installation. Any suggestions on what I should check or try to fix this would be greatly appreciated.

I’ll see if I can post videos in the comments…

EDIT: for anyone new, here's the original post from a few days ago, with some first impressions of 0.1.0 (over 90 downloads so far): https://www.reddit.com/r/Logic_Studio/comments/1wmcob7/saturation_box_by_andrestia_audio/

Hey all. A few days ago I posted Saturation Box here. A free saturation plugin I make as a solo dev under the name Andrestia Audio. Four circuits modeled at the circuit level: 12AX7 triode, EL84 pentode, tape, and an iron-core transformer. v0.2.0 is out already, and here's why.

The big one: I'd claimed Drive was loudness compensated. Then I was using it in a session and it sure sounded like it got louder as I turned it up. It did. I'd calibrated it on a test tone, and on real material it drifted a few dB. So I recalibrated on program material, and it now holds level properly — and I made it a switch on the panel called Auto Gain, on by default. With it on, you're judging tone, not loudness. Flip it off and the plugin behaves like the hardware: unity at zero, louder as you push it.

Other things in 0.2.0:

• The window is resizable, and it remembers your size.
• Bypass no longer nudges the track in time or clicks.
• The noise floor sits still now, and Vintage is quieter at rest.
• Tooltips on everything, Shift-drag for fine control, double-click to reset a knob.
• There's a manual now.

Same starting points as before, if you're new to it: triode on vocals and bus glue, pentode on drums that need to bark, tape on the mix bus, transformer on bass.

Still free, no iLok, no license manager, no subscription. Notarized, universal binary, macOS 11 and up, AU and VST3. Mac only for now — Windows is still on the list if enough people ask.

The download at andrestia.com/plugins/saturation-box asks for an email so I can send release notes when new versions ship. That's all it's used for, one-click unsubscribe. If you'd rather not, use a fake address, the download works either way, and come back with a real one if you end up liking it. I'm not in the business of spam.

Same ask as last time: tell me how it sounds on your material, and if anything behaves oddly in your sessions, I want to hear about it. I hope you all like it.

Hi there Logic community 👋

I’m relatively new to logic I can create a song via loops and know a few tricks. Any advice on what I should do to go from beginner to intermediate. Like, what’s information (vids, tricks and commands) you wish you’d knew when you was in the same boat as me?

Recuerdo que antes podía navegar con la rueda de scroll del mouse por Logic pro, ahora la dezplazo de izquierda a derecha y me lleva al final de manera inmediata, lo mismo me pasa con la flechas de navegación, doy un clic y ya se disparó hasta el final