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Sometimes certain events are not activated or heard when starting playback after the start point in your project. This can be frustrating at the editing stage when you want to preview changes.

Logic has a function to analyze your project and locate events before the playback point so that they are active when you press play mid-way through a project.

From the Toolbar, choose: Settings > MIDI and click on the Chase Tab

In the list, check any event types that you want to hear when you press play. Most of them are self explanatory.

The most common ones that you may want to enable and maybe Continue reading »

Tags: Cycle, Event List, MIDI, Note, Region

The Pickup Clock function has been described here. 

Here’s a handy real-time arrange application of this function for dropping in regions or notes right on the Song Position the Line (SPL) while in cycle mode or normal play mode.

1) In the Arrange Area select a Continue reading »

Tags: Arrange, Clock, Cycle, Hot-Keys, Note, Piano Roll, Region, Time

Scenario:

Working on a pattern based project where regions are in looped format (not real copies or aliases) and Track Automation Data creates the variation.

You want to delete several bars halfway through the Arrangement and you’ve tested the transition by jumping forward using skip cycle. ( To Make a Skip Cycle Selection:Drag a selection from the end point to the start point in the Bar Ruler).

As it stands you can’t delete the selected bar section because all these regions are ‘ghosted’ (activated from the Loop option in the Inspector’s Region Parameter box).
1) First you have to convert the loops over to copies (or aliases).

This is achieved by Continue reading »

Tags: Arrange, Cycle, Hot-Keys, Loops, Region, Time

This is something that really ought to be an option in the Transport Bar, but isn’t!

Especially useful when working on Movie Projects or Time sensitive Audio only projects.
The work around is quick & easy. So here it is.

1. QUICK ACCESS To see a region’s START Time and LENGTH

Change the Bar Ruler to display Units in Time by pressing Shift+R (or by clicking on the Clock icon at the top right of the Arrange Pane).

With the Arrow Tool, Click and hold down on a Region to view the Yellow Help Tag.

The Tag displays the Region Name, Start Point and Length in SMPTE format.

2. TO DISPLAY TIME IN Ms (Milliseconds) INSTEAD OF FRAMES
THIS IS PARTICULARLY USEFUL WHEN WORKING ON AUDIO ONLY PROJECTS.

Click the LOGIC PRO Menu and choose Continue reading »

Tags: Broadcast, Cycle, Marker, Movie, SMPTE, Time