Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

For some reason, my loops don't playback. I have Logic Pro (just installed) and Logic Express and Garageband. When I audition a loop, it plays just fine in all three systems. In Logic Pro and Express, after I add a track and drag a loop, the loop track is added but there is no sound. I've checked my audio settings and now have all my monitoring equipment unhooked and the audio setting on using the internal speakers. In Garageband, the loop plays just fine. Help!

On 27 Dec 2009, at 17:38, bluemonk7772000 wrote:

> For some reason, my loops don't playback. I have Logic Pro (just  
> installed) and Logic Express and Garageband. When I audition a loop,  
> it plays just fine in all three systems. In Logic Pro and Express,  
> after I add a track and drag a loop, the loop track is added but  
> there is no sound. I've checked my audio settings and now have all  
> my monitoring equipment unhooked and the audio setting on using the  
> internal speakers. In Garageband, the loop plays just fine. Help!
>
Stupid question, but just to be sure: it is an audio track that you  
are dragging the loop to, rather than a midi track? I only ask as it  
is just the sort of stupid mistake that I make all the time :-)

Andy

Response From: Andy Brook

Sent: Monday, 28 December 2009 06:46

>>On 27 Dec 2009, at 17:38, bluemonk7772000 wrote:
>> For some reason, my loops don't playback. I have Logic Pro (just 
>> installed) and Logic Express and Garageband. When I audition a loop, 
>> it plays just fine in all three systems. In Logic Pro and Express, 
>> after I add a track and drag a loop, the loop track is added but 
>> there is no sound. I've checked my audio settings and now have all 
>> my monitoring equipment unhooked and the audio setting on using the 
>> internal speakers. In Garageband, the loop plays just fine. Help!
>>

>Stupid question, but just to be sure: it is an audio track that you 
>are dragging the loop to, rather than a midi track? I only ask as it 
>is just the sort of stupid mistake that I make all the time :-)

And also make sure that the track is also assigned to output to the correct
output device.. Sometimes (but not often) I set that wrong in error and no
sound occurs because the sound is going into a black hole...

Also dumb question but I assume the track is not muted!!

Steve

 

 

 

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I am building a song with a mixture of audio and midi tracks, and -  
not for the first time - I forgot to set the time signature when I  
started. So, I imported my audio tracks, which - of course, are at the  
right speed (and one of which had a basic rhythm track). I then  
recorded some string part fillers using Logic, then came to add the  
rhythm tracks and found out I was in completely the wrong tempo. So  
all of the midi tracks were totally wasted, all of the positioning of  
the audio tracks then came to be out of place and I wasted a few  
hours, all for want of setting the time signature right at the start.

Let it be a warning to others who have less discipline in what they do  
than they really ought to!

Andy

Thanks, Steve. Yes, I was dragging it to a midi track and when I put it in an audio track, it played back fine. That seems weird to me (that it would be an audio track) but I'm just learning and sometimes things don't make sense until you get used to them.
Thanks again for the helpful and quit response. Now I've got a whole day to play!

--- In Logic_Cafe@yahoogroups.com, "Steve Currington" <steve@...> wrote:

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> >>On 27 Dec 2009, at 17:38, bluemonk7772000 wrote:
> >> For some reason, my loops don't playback. I have Logic Pro (just 
> >> installed) and Logic Express and Garageband. When I audition a loop, 
> >> it plays just fine in all three systems. In Logic Pro and Express, 
> >> after I add a track and drag a loop, the loop track is added but 
> >> there is no sound. I've checked my audio settings and now have all 
> >> my monitoring equipment unhooked and the audio setting on using the 
> >> internal speakers. In Garageband, the loop plays just fine. Help!
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> >Stupid question, but just to be sure: it is an audio track that you 
> >are dragging the loop to, rather than a midi track? I only ask as it 
> >is just the sort of stupid mistake that I make all the time :-)
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> And also make sure that the track is also assigned to output to the correct
> output device.. Sometimes (but not often) I set that wrong in error and no
> sound occurs because the sound is going into a black hole...
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If you record audio in Logic, it places markers so you can change the tempo later. If you are just changing the time signature (as in 4:4 to 5:4) I didn;t think it would change the audio, but if so, lock the audio first before making the change in time signature, then unlock it afterward.

On Dec 27, 2009, at 10:08:37 AM, "Andy Brook" <bbgrove@...> wrote:

I am building a song with a mixture of audio and midi tracks, and - 
not for the first time - I forgot to set the time signature when I 
started. So, I imported my audio tracks, which - of course, are at the 
right speed (and one of which had a basic rhythm track). I then 
recorded some string part fillers using Logic, then came to add the 
rhythm tracks and found out I was in completely the wrong tempo. So 
all of the midi tracks were totally wasted, all of the positioning of 
the audio tracks then came to be out of place and I wasted a few 
hours, all for want of setting the time signature right at the start.

Let it be a warning to others who have less discipline in what they do 
than they really ought to!



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On 27 Dec 2009, at 19:27, gamoore wrote:

> If you record audio in Logic, it places markers so you can change  
> the tempo later. If you are just changing the time signature (as in  
> 4:4 to 5:4) I didn;t think it would change the audio, but if so,  
> lock the audio first before making the change in time signature,  
> then unlock it afterward.
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Sorry - I meant to say tempo, not time signature. Too much festive  
spirit!

> On Dec 27, 2009, at 10:08:37 AM, "Andy Brook" <bbgrove@...>  
> wrote:
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> I am building a song with a mixture of audio and midi tracks, and -
> not for the first time - I forgot to set the time signature when I
> started. So, I imported my audio tracks, which - of course, are at the
> right speed (and one of which had a basic rhythm track). I then
> recorded some string part fillers using Logic, then came to add the
> rhythm tracks and found out I was in completely the wrong tempo. So
> all of the midi tracks were totally wasted, all of the positioning of
> the audio tracks then came to be out of place and I wasted a few
> hours, all for want of setting the time signature right at the start.
>
> Let it be a warning to others who have less discipline in what they do
> than they really ought to!
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