Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

On Nov 25, 2009, at 11:51AM ~11/25/09, Steve Curringotn wrote:

> Welcome.
>
> Can't really help but sounds like the sustain pedal is being seen as a
> volume/dynamics pedal?
>
> Weird.
>
> I have one on my keyboard and it was automatically found as sustain  
> and
> works fine in all programs (Sibelius, Logic etc) . Maybe the keyboard
> driver is having the issue ? Do you have the current or most recent  
> one
> installed?
>
> Steve
>
Thanks, Steve. Yes, pedal working fine in all other programs. In fact,  
a friend wrote with a few suggestions, and had the same reaction as  
you; that this is really weird. I think that was even his word! In  
truth, I've noticed a lot of weirdnesses cropping up with Logic, by  
which I mean either unexpected events (see below) or dialogues that  
were just beyond me. This is, no doubt, due to my unfamiliarity with  
the basic language of the program. It is not, uh, Logical, said  
Spock. :)

However, I seem to have solved the problem by going to Preferences,  
Control Surfaces, and telling the program to ignore all control  
surfaces. This appears to prevent the MicroKontrol's pedal signal from  
being read as a keystroke of some sort. The MIDI monitor in the  
Transport now shows a 64 value, which is correct. Before, pressing the  
pedal showed no MIDI input at all. However - in yet another of those  
oddities, the faders all seem to control one single fader, so the  
control surface is *not* being truly ignored.

I'm going to invest some time in David Nahmani's book, Logic Pro 8 and  
Logic Express 8. David runs Apple's Logic forum.

Thanks,
Bobbo

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