Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

Pete, it's pretty easy, once you know where to look.

This is what I do -- though I'm not sure if there are other paths to  
the same goal -- anyway:


Let's say you want to control pan for a track with an external MIDI  
knob or slider.  First, it saves some time to turn on track  
automation in the view menu, select the track you want, and select  
"Pan" for the automation type.

(1) Do Preferences-->Automation
(2) Turn on "Automation Quick Access" (AQA)
(3) Hit the "Learn Button"
(4) Move the knob or slider -- that's it!
(5) You can hit "Edit" on the Automation page to confirm the binding,  
or to change it

There's also an "Expert box" in the Edit window that allows you to  
fine-tune the assignment.

Now, to link the controller to something cooler than Pan -- like a  
soft synth or a plug-in parameter -- you do exactly as above, but  
just select the parameter you want in the track automation.  So if  
you have a Plat Verb on an audio track, for example, and you want to  
control the Reverbtime -- just click on the automation bar, select  
PtVerb-->Reverbtime. Then do your AQA sequence as above. This works  
for AU plug-ins as well as Logic plugs.

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On Jul 28, 2007, at 10:31 AM, pete_buchwald wrote:

> Hey,
>
> I've read the manuals and I'm sure they make perfect sense to  
> somebody who already
> knows how to do the stuff. But for a person trying to replicate  
> what Apple is talking
> about, it's very confusing.
>
> Can somebody explain how to use the learn function of Logic?
>
> In Pro Tools' instrument "XPand" it is really sweet/easy, you do  
> something like hold
> down option and click on the GUI knob/fader that you want to MIDI  
> control then it gives a
> prompt like "waiting for MIDI" and whatever midi key/mod wheel  
> whatever you touch next
> gets assigned to that XPand function.
>
> The wording in the Apple manual is confusing in that I'm not sure  
> if they are talking
> about touching a virtual button in Logic GUI or a real button on an  
> external MIDI device.
>
> In the past I have had luck using the Learn function for things  
> like record/play
> (assigning them to the top few midi piano keys). But now I'm trying  
> to assign some other
> things and am not having any luck.
>
> Thanks!
>
> pete_buchwald@...
>
>
> 



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