"32 Lives" Will Allow 32-bit Plug-ins to Run in Logic Pro X

Among all the cool improvements to Logic in the latest version, was one restriction that scared off more than a few potential customers, myself included.  With the release of Logic Pro X, the DAW stopped supporting 32-bit plug-ins.  So, those of us who needed maintain compatibility with old projects, or who simply make use of plug-ins that may never be released in 64-bit format, held off on upgrading right away.  I figured this would be enough of a problem for someone software company, and indeed that is the case with the announcement of 32 Lives.  32 Lives promises to allow you to run your 32-bit plug-ins just as if they were 64-bit completely transparently and hassle-free.  The program is still in beta at the moment, but you can actually buy a beta version at reduced price ($69 versus $99) with a free upgrade to the full version when it is released.

[via MusicRadar]

Logic Pro X Updates to 10.0.2

Apple has released an update to their newly released Logic Pro X software.  The 10.0.2 update contains a number of bug fixes and CPU boosts:

• Logic Pro X should no longer quit unexpectedly when:
  • Resizing a movie window while in full screen mode.
  • Opening a Text Style window in the Score Editor.
  • While making adjustments in the EXS Editor.
  • Inserting notes in the Step Editor.
  • Going back a large number of steps in the Undo History.
  • Double-clicking the Drummer button in the Add New Track dialog.
  • Selecting all audio files in the Bin and then using the Copy/Convert command to relocate and convert them to another format.
  • Clicking an Apple Loop in the browser while another loop was playing back in the project.
  • Exporting a video with a cycle region active in the project.
  • Changing the Slope parameter in the Space Designer plug-in while using very long synthetic impulse responses.
• Resolves an issue in which Logic Pro X might consume an unexpectedly large amount of CPU power while downloading content.
• The Capture Last Take key command no longer erases a MIDI recording.

Performance

• Improved CPU performance with audio plug-ins.
• Fixes and issue in which changing the bypass state of a plug-in while Logic Pro was playing caused a CPU spike that might lead to an overload message.
• Fixes an issue in which starting playback of the Ultrabeat sequencer could cause CPU spikes.
• Using the Eraser tool to delete large numbers of notes in the Piano Roll no longer causes a long delay.
• Improved CPU performance with MIDI plug-ins.
• Fixes an issue in which playing notes into the Arpeggiator might lead to CPU overloads.
• Includes various fixes to improve performance in Full Screen mode.

Compatibility

• Specific Zoom and Snap functions in the Piano Roll now behave as expected when using a graphic tablet input device.
• The Apogee Control Panel is again accessible in Logic Pro X when using an Apogee Duet connected via Firewire.

Flex Editing

• All tracks in a phase-locked edit group now remain in phase after using the "Reset all Flex Edits" command.
• The "Set to Neutral Position" command is now correctly applied to all regions in a phase-locked edit group.
• Tracks in a phase-locked edit group which have been flex edited now remain phase locked after changing a project's tempo.
• Improved formant preservation when shifting notes up or down by several semitones with Flex Pitch.

Track Stacks

• Fixes an issue in which changing patches on a track that was soloed would cause any other soloed track stacks to become un-soloed.
• Arming and disarming the main track in a Track Stack now reliably affects all sub-tracks that are part of the same group.

Score

• Changing the font for Numbers & Names and then subsequently changing the font for another Text style no longer causes the second edit to be incorrectly applied to the Numbers & Names style.
• Note heads now display as expected in the Note Attributes window when using Sigler Jazz or Swing fonts.
• The Score preference previously labeled "Auto split notes in multi staff chord styles" is now labeled "Auto split notes in polyphonic staff styles.".
• Tablature for 5-string banjo now displays correctly.
• The Staff Style window now behaves as expected when Link mode was disabled.
• Resolves an issue in which the text header and footer in Score were incorrectly positioned when printing or saving to PDF.
• Fixes an issue in which the window focus unexpectedly jumped to the wrong area when editing a Staff Style with Link mode on.
• Resolves an issue in the Score Editor in which it was possible to sometimes inadvertently select multiple notes when clicking on one note.

Drummer

• Fixes an issue in which the Fills and Swing knobs in the Drummer Editor were accessible in cases where no region was selected.
• Double-clicking on a Drummer region now opens or closes the editor.
• Patch merging now works with Drummer patches.
• Drummer regions are now created properly in songs with a start position before 1 1 1 1.

Movies

• The movie inspector now shows the correct move when two songs with movies are open at the same time.
• Resolves an issue in which some supported movie files did not play in Logic Pro X.
• Improves the chase behavior of movies when repositioning regions.
• Movies containing a timecode track are now properly clipped to match an active cycle zone when exported from Logic Pro X.

User Interface

• Resolves several issues in which Logic Pro X might display the wrong cursor.
• The cursor now displays the correct tools when it is placed between transient markers while working in Flex Time mode within a Take folder.
• Resolves an issue in which objects in the Environment window might snap much too far to the right when moved.
• Increased window sizing flexibility when using Logic on portable computers.
• Resolves an issue in which sliders in various preference windows had no effect until they were released.
• Addresses a graphic issue in which the Piano Roll Editor could display an empty window.
• Right-clicking in the Piano Roll now correctly brings up the Tool menu when the "Right Mouse Button: Opens Tool Menu" preference is set.
• When a region color is changed, the color in the Step Editor now immediately updates as expected.
• Resolves an issue in which the Playhead might not appear if an editor in the Main window is opened, closed, and then opened again.
• Fixes an issue in which the Key Commands window might become inaccessible after entering and then leaving full screen mode.
• Resolves an issue in which selecting a note in the Piano Roll might cause the visible area to jump to notes below the selected note.
• The insert guideline now appears at the correct position when clicking with the Pencil tool when working with Flex Pitch in the Audio Editor.
• The screen now redraws as expected when using the Select Next Event and Select Previous Event key commands in the Event List editor.
• It is again possible to open plug-in windows while recording.
• Fixes an issue in which AU plug-in names might incorrectly display as 4-character IDs in the mixer insert slot on systems running in Russian or Czech.
• The LCD now properly displays minor song keys.
• Fixes an issue in which it might not be possible to set the Mixer window to use all the vertical space on a display.
• Resolves an issue in which the transparent overlay when dragging a region might not be visible in cases where the visible area is scrolled by dragging past the edge of the screen.
• Fixes a screen redraw issue when the Edit > Move > To Selected Track command was used.
• It is now easier to reveal the Toolbar by dragging down with the mouse cursor.

General

• Clicking the Q button in an editor now correctly applies the Local Inspector setting instead of the setting in the Region Inspector.
• Fixes an issue in which click-holding on a region might cause it to improperly shift slightly when Alignment Guides were active.
• The "Limit Dragging to One Direction" setting now works as expected in the Piano Roll editor.
• Undo commands work as expected after Flex Pitch editing.
• Improves the reliability of of the Velocity tool in the Piano Roll when editing multiple notes at one time.
• Resolves an issue in which the wrong sequence was sometimes pasted when using the Paste Sequence command in the Ultrabeat sequencer.
• Fixes an issue in which Arrangement Markers could not be edited if the Marker track was protected.
• Changing a stereo track patch to a mono patch now properly sets the channel strip input to mono.
• Resolves an issue in which double-clicking in the MIDI Draw editor did not create an automation point if there were no existing automation points in the region.
• Resolves an issue in which the "Export/Move active Comp to New Track" command created a track stack.
• Region track assignments are now properly maintained when merging folders in the Main window.
• It is again possible to copy/paste data between takes within the same MIDI take folder.
• The region play button in the Piano Roll now works reliably when working with MIDI takes.
• Fixes an issue in which enabling the Protect button for any track disabled volume and pan adjustments for all tracks in the project.
• Resolves an issue in which the Velocity setting in the Track Inspector might cause all notes to output with a velocity of 127.
• Resolves an issue in which MIDI note off events might not be sent resulting in stuck notes when a large number of MIDI events were being processed in a short time.
• Option-dragging a region to copy it in a project with a song start before 1 1 1 1 now works as expected.
• Resolves an issue in which the snap setting was not reliably used when dragging regions with Alignment Guides visible in the Main window.
• It is again possible to change the length of a loop in the Tracks area at small vertical zoom settings.
• When multiple channels in the Mixer are selected, double-clicking on a fader's value no longer causes the faders to move unexpectedly.
• Resolves an issue in which pressing Enter to confirm text entry into the Mixer Track Notes caused the Playhead to jump back to the song start.
• Fixes an issue in which using the Return key to confirm renaming a channel in the Mixer caused Logic to enter Play mode.
• Resolves an issue in which the Piano Roll editor might be unexpectedly displayed if an audio region was selected and its position was outside the active cycle zone.
• A track's audio waveform display no longer changes when its Match Groove Track checkbox is toggled.
• When multiple new tracks are created at once, all the new channels are now selected in the Mixer.
• In songs created in GarageBand, changing the name of a channel on the Mixer now updates the corresponding track in the main window and vice versa.
• Fixes an issue in which tracks that were muted in GarageBand Mobile songs were turned off when opened in Logic Pro X instead of muted.

Audio and Plug-ins

• Changing the level or mute status of an Aux used as a submix no longer improperly changes the level or mute of an Aux set as a send destination from the same source channel strip.
• Resolves an issue in which key click on the Vintage B3 Organ got softer at higher sample rates.
• Fixes an issue in which the Rotor Cabinet in the Vintage B3 Organ got louder at higher sample rates.
• Resolves an issue in which notes might hang when playing the Pedal manual of the Vintage B3 Organ with a sustain setting greater than 100 ms.
• Fixes an issue in which Continuous Controller messages sent from a Roland VK77 controller might be sent to the wrong Manual in the Vintage B3 Organ.
• The Vintage B3 Organ Upper Morph slider now updates properly when changing presets.
• The Vintage Electric Piano plug-in now performs correctly at all sample rates.
• The Adaptive Limiter Output Ceiling control again works correctly when Inter Sample Peak Detection is not enabled.
• Resolves an issue in which the Gain meter did not reliably go back to "0db" when the Inter Sample Peak Detection checkbox was enabled.
• Fixes an issue in which there might be an unexpected audio tail when un-bypassing a Software Instrument.

A Workaround for 32-bit Plug-ins in Logic X

Thanks to Anthony for bringing this one to my attention.  As you probably know by now, one of the drawbacks of Logic X, is that it will no longer run 32-bit plug-ins.  If you're like me and have a ton of 32-bit plug-ins you rely on that don't have 64-bit versions, that's a bit of a deal breaker.  MacProAudio has posted a tutorial on how to run 32-bit plug-ins in Logic X using AULab.  It's not the most elegant solution, but at least it's an option.  In the meantime, Apple doesn't get my money until they either provide a bridge, or a third party developer comes up with a no-fuss solution.

Mac Pro Video Releases Free Videos of New Logic Features

MacProVideo.com has uploaded a number of free tutorial/overview videos on the new features in Logic Pro X.  If you can get beyond the narrator's bizarre manner of speaking, there's some useful info here.

Suddenly... Logic X

In a surprise move today, Apple announced the launch of Logic Pro X, the latest major update to their flagship music production software.  And, much to the relief of everyone, it doesn't appear to be a dumbing down of the program as users of Final Cut experienced with the initial release of Final Cut X.

Among the new features is Drummer, a virtual session drummer who can accompany your arrangements in one of 15 styles.  While your virtual drummer is playing, you can construct your own custom kit from individual deeply-sampled kit pieces using Drumkit Designer.

Bassist and guitarists will appreciate the new Bass Amp Designer and the several virtual stompboxes added to Pedalboard.

For keyboard and synth enthusiasts, there's the new Vintage Keyboards instrument which features modeled B3, electric piano, and clav sounds.  If synths are more your thing, the new Retro Synth recreates the vintage synth sounds of the 80's not only with classic subtractive synthesis, but with FM and Wavetable modes as well.  A new Arpeggiator and various MIDI plug-ins allow you to work with your softsynths in new ways as well.

The new Flexpitch feature allows you to edit the pitch of audio as if it was MIDI in a piano-roll editor.  A brand new sound library and the ability to control Logic X with your iPad are some of the other interesting additions.  Logic X is available in the Apple App Store for $199.

Logic ES2 Tutorial: Making Rave Stabs

A look at programming rave/hoover stabs using Logic's venerable, but still excellent ES-2 synthesizer.

[via dubspot]

Logic Users Relax: The Sky Isn't Falling..

Panic spread throughout the Logic users community over the weekend about the rumor that Apple may have chosen to abandon its professional DAW, Logic.  The rumor started on a ProTools-oriented blog called ProTools Expert.  The article claimed that Apple had "decimated" the Pro Audio Applications team in Europe.

As it turned out, all that was being decimated was a marketing department and the Pro Audio team was doing very fine, thank you.  As confirmation, the MacRumors website published a statement from Apple Product Marketing Chief Xander Soren who said:

"As the lead for our music creation apps, I always want to hear what our users are thinking. I want to assure you the team is still in place and hard at work on the next version of Logic Pro. "

You'd think Apple users would be used to false rumor after false rumor about the company's plans that they wouldn't fall for this so easily, but sometimes panic gets the best of us.  

A Lifesaver for Long-time Logic Users

So, about a month from now, my band and I will be embarking on a 7 week tour of the U.S. promoting my new album.  As a special treat for our fans in LA, we're doing a second show where we'll be performing the entire 2001 album that sort of "broke" us into the scene, ironically entitled "Failure".

So, over the past week, my plan was to load up all the old Logic files and give everything a fresh mix given that I've had over a decade of production experience and learning since recording it.  The problem is, this album was done in Logic 5, and the current version of Logic won't open files that old due to a radical change in the file format.  You can use Logic 7 to convert files to the new format, but for whatever reason, I couldn't get it to install on my system.  Panic set it.  This was potentially a big show for us and now it looked like it might not be possible to do.

Luckily for me, an enterprising gent named Greg saw a void for some sort of third party conversion service and started eLogic-X, which does precisely that.  The service works like this... you contact Greg via his website and send him JUST the old Logic files (not the audio, etc.).  Greg then sends you a sample conversion for you to test, and if it works on your system, you pay him via PayPal and he does the rest for super cheap (between $2.50 and $3.50 per file depending on the quantity).

Less than 24 hours after my initial panic, I had all the converted files working in Logic Pro without a hitch and was back on target for our special show.  If anyone out there is looking for this kind of service, I highly recommend it.

Using Logic's Flextime Creatively

Dubspot instructor Bill Lee covers everything you need to know about Logic's Flextime feature...

Free Sample Friday: Sculpture Bass

Today's free multi-sampled instrument is a plucked synth bass sound created with Logic's built-in Sculpture physical modeling synth. 6 multi-sampled notes as stereo 24-bit WAV files.

GO GET THEM!

Apple Talks About Next Version of Logic: Logic Pro X

Looks like we have the first hints at what the next version of Logic (to be called Logic Pro X).  Not much is leaking at this point, but apparently the team working on it is very conscious of the type of backlash we recently saw against the dumbing down of Final Cut.  They've apparently said that there is no plan to turn Logic into Garage Band, as many have feared.  The new version of Logic will apparently only be available via the App store as had been the trend recently.  According to the sources, Logic Pro X is approaching completion, so it shouldn't be too much longer before we know more.

[via appleinsider]

Using Logic's Multipressor

Craig Anderton put together a helpful tutorial over at eMusician.com demonstrating how to use Logic's multi-band compressor to create a huge guitar sound. Check it out!

[via emusician.com]

Logic's Pedalboard: Not Just for Guitars

One of the new plug-ins that showed up in the last major revision of Logic was Pedalboard. For some strange reason, it seems as if it hardly ever gets a mention, and that's a shame, as it's really a very fun sound design tool.

Sure, it was made with guitars in mind, but it is equally great for mangling your synths, drums, vocals, or whatever else you care to throw at it. I've long been a proponent of guitar stomp boxes as a source of unique sounds, and pedalboard gives you a virtual array of these which can be arranged in any combination and order you like. Distortion, fuzz, ring modulation, wah filters, chorus, phaser, flanger... you name it, if it's a type of stomp box, you're likely to find it available here. When you take into account these particular effects combos only take up a single insert and that you can apply as many further plug-ins as your processor can handle, you can see how powerful the possibilities are.

So the next time you're looking for a way to add a unique touch to your synths, don't pass over stuff like Pedalboard just because it was made for guitars. The results might surprise you.

Apple Releases Logic 9.1.5 Update

For all my fellow Logic users, if you check your Software Update, you'll find a new update. Here's what you'll find in 9.1.5

"This update improves overall stability and addresses some minor issues including the following:

• All instrument and effect plug-ins that use LFO's synced to the beat now behave correctly.
• The Toggle Zoom key command now returns to previous zoom level as expected.
• Improved compatibility with Apogee's Duet 2."

Logic Updated

Apple has updated Logic to version 9.1.4 which includes the following changes:

About the Logic Pro 9.1.4 update

Compatibility

• Logic can now open songs created by GarageBand for iPad.

Performance and Stability

• Logic now provides more specific messaging when playback is stopped because of hard drive performance issues.
• Resolves an issue in which Logic sometimes performed very slowly after a project that was saved without assets was consolidated.
• Logic no longer quits unexpectedly when copying, pasting, or swapping voices between slots in Ultrabeat.

64-bit Mode

• Resolves an issue in 64-bit mode in which a generic interface for some 32-bit plug-ins was displayed.

Automation

• Resolves an issue in which moving a region to a different Arrange track assigned to the same channel strip could cause automation to be deleted.
• Drag-copy of automation curves now works as expected on grouped tracks.
• Moving an automation node that lies between two other nodes of the same value to the left or right no longer causes it to decrease by -0.1 db in value.
• Resolves an issue introduced in Logic 9.1 in which performing Undo after using the "Move Visible Track Automation to Region" command would delete the automation.

Audio Editing

• Resolves an issue in which performing Undo after creating an alias for a region would shorten the region in No Overlap mode.
• Audio Regions that contain slashes in the name can now be successfully merged using the Glue Tool or Merge command.
• Quantization of audio regions that have stretched or compressed and contain tempo information now works reliably.
• Quantize and Q-Strength now work properly on regions created by exporting a Comp from a Take Folder.
• Resolves an issue where lengthening an audio region could sometimes cause the audio to unexpectedly stretch.
• Performing Undo after flattening Takes on a group of flexed tracks now works as expected.
• Takes no longer sometimes display as soloed when their parent Take folder is disclosed but not selected.
• Resolves an issue in which moving a take region with Quick Swipe Comping disabled sometimes did not move the corresponding take region(s) in tracks within the same Edit Group.
• Fixes an issue in which dividing a take region that had been created by merging several take regions together could cause the area to the right of the edit to disappear.
• Resolves an issue in which moving a take region with Quick Swipe Comping disabled sometimes did not move the corresponding take region(s) in tracks within the same Edit Group.
• Fixes an issue in which dividing a take region that had been created by merging several take regions together could cause the area to the right of the edit to disappear.
• Resolves an issue in which importing a Take folder into a project with a matching track could cause existing takes to be removed from Take folders in the original track.

Control Surface Support

• Resolves an issue introduced in Logic 9.1.2 in which pickup mode for generic control surfaces did not work as expected.

General

• Resolves an issue in which the key commands Next Screenset and Previous Screenset were reversed.
• If the Startup Action preference is set to “Ask,” it is again possible to open a project by dragging it onto the Logic icon while the Startup window is open.
• The default region quantize setting is now maintained after importing channel strips from another project.

Add Some Beef to Your Beats

If you're doing club music, you know that getting the low end just right is extremely important. Of course, you're much better off spending some time auditioning sounds at the beginning to find a sound that is close to what you want already than trying to whip it into shape with plug-ins, but sometimes you still need to do some tweaking. It's no surprise that there are a number of bass enhancement plug-ins out there, each of which work in slightly different ways and vary in quality. But if all you need to do is add some sub to your kicks, you probably already have the tools to do so.

I'll be working in Logic, but you should be able to replicate this fairly easily on any DAW that allows side-chaining and includes a noise gate.

1. Select the track containing the kick drum you want to beef up. Side-chaining in Logic needs to be done via buses, so we need to send our kick drum to a bus. Under the SENDS section of your track's channel, select Bus 1 from the drop down menu and dial the send knob all the way up.

2. We don't need to actually hear the signal coming through the bus, though, so on the channel strip for Bus 1, change the OUTPUT from STEREO OUT to NO OUTPUT. You'll find this menu right below the name of the bus. Now we have the kick drum being sent audibly through our audio channel, and being sent silently to Bus 1.

The reason we don't want to hear the output of the bus is because we're just going to be using it as a control signal, not an audio signal. SIDE-CHAINING is the process of using the audio from one channel to control some aspect of a plug-in on another channel. This is most commonly used in dance music where a kick drum is side-chained with a compressor on a pad or strings to create a pumping effect. We're going to do something similar here.

3. First we need something to side-chain, though. So create a new instrument track and insert an instance of any synth that has a good sine-wave on it. If you can't think of any and are using Logic, just called up an instance of EXS-24. It defaults to a sine wave sample. Record a long, sustained note. Be careful to choose a note that fits the key of your song. This is where the beef if going to come from, so having an 'off' note will really make a mess of your low end.

4. On the channel strip of your sine wave instrument, insert a side-chainable noise gate. I'm using Logic's included NOISE GATE. Firstly, we need to select a source for our side-chaining. So hit the drop down menu in the upper right hand corner of Noise Gate and select BUS 1, where we sent our kick drum. You'll need to experiment with different settings, but initially start out with your ATTACK at o, your HOLD at 60ms, and your release at 12ms. It's especially important to have a bit of a release at the end, as this prevents annoying clicks. Now, press play and adjust the THRESHOLD value until you can hear your sine wave coming through right beneath the kick drum, hopefully adding the sub energy you're looking for.

Don't stop here, though. Try effecting your sine wave channel in different ways - overdrive it or saturate it to add harmonics, sculpt it to perfection with EQ, etc.

Taste the Rainbow: Practical Use for Logic's Color Palette

I'm currently working on some music for a video game. I can't really reveal too many details, but the process basically involves creating loopable pieces of music that can be smoothly cross-faded between according to what's happening in the game, thus creating a more 'real time' soundtrack.

This obviously requires some thinking not ordinarily involved in writing music - namely, that the pieces need to be in the same tempo and key to allow cross fading to sound natural. So in the process of composing these pieces, I needed to be able to compare them to one another easily to check that compatibility. As you might imagine, this can quickly become an organizational nightmare. Enter Logic's "Color Palette" feature.

The Color Palette function allows you to assign colors to specific audio or MIDI regions in your arrange window. In this case, I arranged the colors according to the different pieces so I could quickly and easily know which regions belonged to which pieces. Obviously, there are tons of other uses for this feature, but any time you need to get things organized in an otherwise chaotic arrangement, this is the perfect tool for the job.

Assigning colors to regions is dead simple:

1. Select the region or regions you want to color.
2. Control-click over the regions to bring up a menu and select "Open Color Palette". (You can also bring this menu up by right-clicking the regions if you have a two-button mouse,
3. Select the color you want to change the regions to.

Apple Updates Logic to 9.1.2

In case you missed it, Apple released an update to Logic yesterday. Before updating, you might want to check this thread over at KVR, as it seems the new version has caused problems for some users. Here's what's new:

"This update improves overall stability, provides numerous fixes and improvements, and is recommended for all users of Logic Pro 9. Running Logic Pro 9.1.2 in 64-bit mode requires Mac OS X v10.6.2 Snow Leopard or later. For information about running Logic Pro in 64-bit mode, see this article.

Some issues addressed in this update include but are not limited to:

Performance and Stability

• Logic’s performance while playing movies at larger than 300% native size in 64-bit mode has been improved.
• Resolves an issue that could cause the warning dialog “Memory Getting Low” to appear when simultaneously recording multiple tracks in 32-bit mode.
• Resolves an issue that could cause the warning dialog “Specified volume doesn’t exist -35” to appear when simultaneously recording multiple tracks in 32-bit mode.
• Using the Undo command after a "Bounce in Place" command now correctly reinserts used plug-ins on the channel strip.
• Performing Undo after using the "Bounce - Replace All Tracks" command now correctly restores all automation.
• Resolves an issue that sometimes caused Logic to stop responding when loading a setting for a mono plug-in in a multi-mono surround configuration.

Compatibility

• Improves compatibility with 6- and 12-core Mac Pro systems.
• Supports iOS control surface apps that utilize the OSC protocol.
• Supports REX files when running in 64-bit mode.
• Improves compatibility with select Audio Unit plug-ins.
• The expanded System Performance window now accurately reflects the number of available real cores on all supported computers.
• Logic no longer inadvertently reloads the content for third-party sampler plug-ins such as Native Instrument’s Kontakt after tracks are deleted, or after some other edits are performed.
• Resolves an issue introduced in Logic 9.1.1 that could cause the spacebar to incorrectly trigger playback in Logic while the Melodyne plug-in window had focus.
• Logic Control or Mackie Control hardware control surfaces no longer switch to plug-in edit view when a plug-in on slots 8-15 is removed.

MIDI Editing

• Resolves an issue introduced in Logic 9.1 where using the Marquee tool to trim the end of a MIDI region could extend the number of loops for regions earlier in the same track.
• The Piano Roll now updates as expected to show the currently selected MIDI take.
• Resolves an issue in Logic 9.1.1 which could cause the Score to not display all notes from a region that had been split with the Scissors tool.
• The appearance of downward slurs and ties has been improved in the Score window.
• When pasting MIDI events into the Arrange area, the playhead no longer jumps unexpectedly to a position far to the right of the end of the pasted content.

Instruments and Effects

• Amp Designer now reliably maintains saved non-default EQ settings when a project is reloaded.
• The Wah Wah stompbox now responds more reliably to expression pedal input.
• EXS24 loads and plays back instruments that use short AAC or ALAC audio files when Virtual Memory is disabled.
• Corrects an issue that could cause the “Next Plug-in Setting or EXS Instrument” key command to change settings on the wrong plug-in.
• It is possible again to copy and paste sequences between Voices within an Ultrabeat pattern.
• A Software Instrument with a Send set to Post Pan no longer loses audio output when the Aux it sends to is soloed, and the Software Instrument’s pan is adjusted.
• Software Instrument tracks with the AUNetReceive plug-in no longer exhibit excessive latency.
• The Noise Gate no longer creates audible clicks while processing audio with the plug-in GUI open.
• Double-clicking an insert slot will close the associated plug-in if it is open and set to Link Mode.
• In the EXS Editor, a mouse roll over of an audio file name now displays the full path for the file.
• The EXS Editor now properly displays all Groups even those that have the same name.

File Handling and Management

• Resolves an issue which sometimes caused the text after a period in a plug-in setting name to be lost on the first save of the setting.
• Resolves an issue from Logic 9.1.1 which forced exported MIDI files to have a .logic extension rather than the .mid extension.
• Import of folder tracks from other projects now works reliably.
• Bank and Patch names in Multi-instruments now import correctly when using the Track Import feature.
• Resolves an issue which could cause the Track Import window to become non-functional in certain rare cases.
• Import of stereo Input Channel Strips from other projects now works reliably.
• It is again possible to drag split stereo audio files from the Finder into the Arrange window.
• The mute status is now maintained for tracks imported from other projects using Selective Track Import.
• The “Export Region as Audio File” and “Export Track as Audio file” functions now add tempo information to the exported files.
• The EXS24 now automatically locates samples stored in a folder inside the Project Folder that have any of the following names: “Samples,” “Sampler Files,” “Sampler Instruments,” or “Audio Files.”
• When a project is opened from a project folder that has been copied, EXS24 now loads samples from the copied location instead of the original.
• It is now possible to drag and drop an AIFF audio file copied from a CD into the Audio Bin in the Media area of the Arrange window.
• The project name is no longer truncated if a period is added to the project name when performing a Save As for the project.

General Issues

• Resolves an issue where applying a crossfade with the crossfade tool might affect existing crossfades on the same track.
• A marker is no longer created unexpectedly when the Open Marker Text command is used.
• The relative movement of the mouse when editing multiple automation nodes has been improved.
• The mouse pointer no longer incorrectly shows the Freeze pointer when editing volume, pan, send, mute or solo automation on frozen tracks.
• Help tags for the Marquee Strip now show the correct range.
• Soloing an Auxiliary channel strip whose source is a Bus from another Auxiliary channel strip now works as expected.
• Copying a MIDI region on a ReWire track no longer creates an unexpected new track.
• Cutting a region at a point earlier than the anchor at high zoom levels no longer causes the region to move unexpectedly.
• Plug-ins now open with Link mode enabled when they are invoked by entering Plug-in edit mode on a remote control surface.
• When a channel strip is muted, pre-fader sends on the channel strip are now muted as expected.
• Reordering multiple Control Surface objects in the Control Surface Setup window now behaves more reliably.
• Performing comp edits while recording will no longer create graphic artifacts in the Take Folder.
• The behavior of the key commands to adjust Marquee selection borders based on transients has been improved. See this article for details.
• There is no longer audible stepping with automated volume changes at low fader levels.
• Touch automation mode now works correctly with Sculpture's Object Position 2 parameter.
• Quantize parameters are now correctly maintained when a region is divided.
• The vertical position guide when moving/copying a flexed region is now correctly positioned at the left edge of the region in projects that start earlier than position 1 1 1 1.
• The Optimize file(s) command now properly affects both channels of a split stereo file.
• Delete now works properly on selected regions within undisclosed groups in the Audio Bin.
• Resolves an issue introduced in Logic 9.1.1 that could cause channel strips with default names to display incorrectly on EuCon control surfaces.
• The “Reset All I/O Labels” command once again works as expected.
• Regions dragged from the Audio Bin to tracks within folders in the Arrange window are now correctly positioned.
• Contextual menus now appear as expected when Control- or right-clicking entries in the Audio Bin in the Media area of the Arrange window.
• Performing Undo after adding tempo events to a project no longer inadvertently modifies the selections for the active comp in a take folder.
• Regions with a negative value set for Delay in the Region Inspector are now rendered properly with Bounce Region in Place.
• Bounce Regions in Place now works properly on record-enabled audio tracks.
• The current scroll position in the Audio Bin will not jump unexpectedly after renaming an audio file.
• The color and icon assigned to a track are now properly maintained when tracks are imported using Selective Track Import.
• Using the Backspace to remove all characters in the File Browser’s search field no longer causes it to lose key focus.
• Imported linked stereo files will now load with all other audio files in a Project without sometimes displaying a dialog that states "Unequal Stereo Regions Corrected."
• The MIDI channel number is now appended to the channel strip name when new tracks are created using the “New Track with Next MIDI Channel” menu option."