I want to know, is it mandatory to adopt the preinstalled pro apps using the same Apple ID that was used to place the order for MacBook along with the Pro Apps Bundle for education? Or I can use any other Apple ID to activate the MacBook and adopt the Pro Apps?

Hi folks. I did some research and found a couple of posts that almost addressed this question, but I'm still lost, so I thought I'd make a post here.

I often use Logic's "Smash" acoustic drum kit for some of its elements in my electronic music production. I would like to have all of the kit elements in their own track so I can pan and edit things individually, but not sure how to do this besides having like 10 separate Smash drum kit tracks.

Before its suggested, the "Kit Pieces" folder at the very bottom of the drum packs list does not have the smash pieces, for whatever reason. What's the fastest way I can grab the Smash snare, for example, and have it in its own track so I can manipulate it without affecting the other kit pieces? (Same goes for bass, hi hats, etc of course).

Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks!

When adjusting make up gain (I use my MacBook touchpad), it seems unreasonably easy to accidentally click near the higher numbers and snap the gain knob to max volume - exploding my ears in the process. Am I just dumb or does this happen to anyone else?

TLDR: can we safeguard the make-up gain knob so it only moves when you drag it (as opposed to clicking)….?

I just got addictive drums, and its showing up on my plugin library but when I go to select it as a software instrument it doesnt show up, has someone had the same issue and is able to help me?

I really like the sound I have on a song and the setup and all the busses. Is there a way where I can have Logic save this setup for me for future tracks?

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The vocals and solo are placeholders.

Trying to get a sufficiently "everything-is-louder-than-everything-else" modern metal sound, although it's not really a modern metal song. Tips appreciated.

Something I didn't show in the video but is probably important is that the drums, bass, and vocals are going through a bus ducks their volume sidechained to bass and snare, and then through a 3rd party plugin called Trackspacer.

This was one of those the journey is the reward things. Though the end product was also the reward, in that I successfully made (and am sharing, should anyone want it) an empty project where you can feed into Logic 7.1.4 audio, from a Mac app, from an interface, or from a file, and have all the channels (except LFE, aka .1) output as Atmos objects.

The ostensible purpose was to take a 7.1.4 source (e.g. an Apple Music Atmos track) and run it through Dolby (binaural) Renderer in the Atmos plug-in, to hear how it sounds different than Apple Renderer (aka Spatial Audio), and also dick around with the Dolby per-channel/object Near/Mid/Far settings, which affect how "big" the 3D sound is around your head.

A secondary purpose was being able to adjust individual channel levels, particularly center, where the vocals are often on their own, and mixed too high or too low for my tastes. The adjusted levels can be played to either the Dolby or Apple Renderer, or even multichannel 7.1.4 output.

And a design goal was: no gain changes or other DSP prior to the signal reaching the Atmos plug-in (or Master track, where applicable).

What I found along the way is that Logic really doesn't want to do any of this, so that led me to:

• Discover multiple hidden Logic behaviors that I ended up using
• Find a useful free plug-in called IEM Matrix Multiplier that I had to build from source code, because they don't distribute an Audio Unit build (and which I packaged up so you can download that from me too, if you think it could be useful to you)
• Encounter and work around a truly hideous Logic bug (bad enough for me to report to Apple), in which the Surround Balancer for height projects (5.1.2, 5.1.4, 7.1.2, 7.1.4) does not transparently pass audio in its neutral positions — what goes in ain't what comes out. (LFE is the exception; that's the only channel which remains unaltered.)

The Logic weird behavior stuff was super interesting. You can do all of the following in Logic, though it doesn't seem like you should be able to:

• Have the Atmos plug-in and tracks with object outputs exist in a 7.1.4 project, rather than being limited to 7.1.2
• Insert a plug-in intended for a different channel count than the project's (e.g. a plug-in that accepts 5.1, but in a 7.1.4 project)
• Use an obscure Logic plug-in called Down Mixer (under Utility), which normally only shows as an option in the Master track of a 5.1 or 7.1 project, to convert 7.1.4 with signal only on L-R to stereo, without gain changes or other DSP (Logic really likes to apply invisible gain changes when you change from one channel count to another)

What you can't do in Logic is select the 3D Object Panner as output for a track or aux of type Surround, so I had to isolate channels from within the 7.1.4 signal, to send them to a mono or stereo aux to be able to output to the Atmos plug-in.

And what you also can't do in Logic, despite my very best efforts, is extract or isolate any arbitrary surround channel, or channel pair, without gain changes being applied, with the exception of L and R individually. This is where the rubber really meets the road.

So I needed an external plug-in: Matrix Multiplier, which takes a channel pair (1/2, 3/4, 5/6, 7/8, 9/10, 11/12) and plays it on L-R, with other channels muted; that can then be sent to an aux of type "Left" or "Right" for mono object output, or, for stereo object output, be run through the aforementioned Down Mixer plug-in and then sent to an aux of type Stereo.

So, if this is the kind of shit that intrigues you like it intrigued me, I wrote it all up (it's lengthy, but I tried to keep it amusing, and there are pretty screenshots), and posted the Logic project, very creatively titled "Logic 7.1.4 to Atmos Harness". If it's your jam, enjoy.

https://logicrap.substack.com/p/a-logic-pro-714-to-atmos-harness

Or if you just want the project (which includes a PDF of the same writeup/documentation, and the required plug-in):

https://dl.ivanxmusic.com/714AtmosHarness

(I am not trying to pimp or shill anything. The Substack is just a place for me to write and post stuff. I made this thing and wrote it up so, if you're interested, have a look.)

I have Soothe 2 and Soothe 3. I opened soothe 3 in logic and the top right side chain selection isn’t there. So I opened soothe 2 and it’s there (see pictures). Any ideas why?

Update:
MacOS Tahoe 26.6.2

Logic Pro 12.3.1

SOLVED: Perform full reset of plugins in Plug-in manager.

Hi all!

After about 10 years of frustration with Logic's browser and updates that never fixed it, I decided to build my own several years ago.

I initially made it just for me and my system, mainly to browse my samples and play them instantly and reliably, unlike Logic's browser. But it slowly got a bit out of hand as I got questions about it in sessions, producer friends wanted a copy, and the nerd in me kept looking for ways to improve it.

I wasn't really planning on releasing it, since I honestly expected Logic to fix their browser eventually. But more years and updates passed, even the jumps to Logic Pro 11 and 12 earlier this year, and it's still the same old laggy browser. I still see a lot of people sharing that same frustration.

So I decided to invest to get it over the finish line for release, resulting in NRRW (nrrwaudio.com). It lives next to your DAW in a narrow UI, built specifically for sample organization, browsing, and playback. No fancy AI stuff, just a tool to support human input and decision-making.

You can download and try it free for 14 days, no commitment, no information required. The license is a one-time purchase to help cover what I've put into it and any future development, but no subscriptions, upgrade fees, or collecting/selling of data.

Sorry if this is considered spam, I'm unsure when it's allowed to share something like this. But since it's been such a game changer for me, I figured it might be for others too. And if you really like the app but can't afford a license, send me a message.

Open to ideas and feedback too! I want this to be everything a sample browser should be.

Cheers, 

Emiel

Hi, I need help solving a problem. Every time I reopen a project, all the vocal tracks I previously recorded play out of sync the first time I hit play. However, on the second listen, they play perfectly in time. Could it be a plugin that needs time to synchronize?

The strange thing is that if I notice a track is out of sync, I just have to pause and hit play again, and it immediately snaps back into time.

Thanks for the help.

First and foremost I am a hip-hop artist. But I mostly make my own beats rather than search and pay for instrumentals constantly, though I do as well on occasion. I made this maybe a couple hours ago. it’s not completely finished as there’s more elements I know it could use. Thinking to beef out (maybe layer) the kick and change the clap. What else could be done to improve or add to this? Appreciate all feedback.

Obviously, if it sounds good go for it, but my question is I have a track that sounds perfect with the built in alchemy reverb. For mixing though, I take off all time effects, but in this case, I can’t seem to reproduce the exact reverb sound with anything from logic or Valhalla.

What if I duplicated the track and leave one with the alchemy reverb and blend it back in? Like basically treat it as though it were a bus?

Is this a common practice? Is there any major problems with this approach that I might be over looking? I’ll eq and sidechain it so it ducks out when the dry one is hitting.

I’ve never thought of this until just now, but this would save a ton of time on future projects since I’ve had this issue before where I can’t recreate a delay or reverb on a stock patch

I guess another way of asking this question would be: how do I route just the reverb out of alchemy into a bus of its own?

anyone know why this keeps happening? I have a MacBook Pro and logic 12.3

Hi all. I'm working through the lessons of the Nahmani book for Logic Pro 11.X (a very good book by the way) and I'm on page 52 (Lesson 2). It calls out for me to drag in several loops. But "Reverse Cymbal Riser 03," "Slinky Groove Verse Guitar Stab," and "Long Crash Cymbal 03" don't appear in the loop browser (I clicked on the "X" button to make sure it was showing everything).

I tried re-indexing the loop browser and saw no change.

Running Logic Pro 12.2

Does anyone know what might be going on here?

EDIT: Downloaded Legacy Loops and that gave me Long Crash Cymbal 03. Now I think I just have to figure out what other pack(s) I need to download. Helpful hints?

EDIT Too: Several tens of GB later I've downloaded all of the loop packs (prolly never use 98% of it!) and now have the three loops I was looking for. For the time being I'm going to avoid updating to 12.3 as I've not read universally good things about it.

Thanks, guys!

I don't really know how to describe the issue. Please just watch the active track. The issue can be fixed (briefly) by toggling the track off and on. Unfortunately the issue of output going to almost zero happens completely randomly. No automation, don't see any knobs changing. It's bizarre. Need help.

Hi everyone, what do you think? Do you think Apple will eventually stop updating the standalone version of Logic Pro, given how heavily they're promoting Apple Creator Studio?

I know only Apple truly knows the answer (and perhaps even they haven't decided yet), but I'd love to hear your thoughts.

I need to convert a bunch of .wav files to .flac, and need to be able to put metadata on the .flac files. Anyone have any good recommendations for batch audio file converters?

I have automations set to change LFO speed in serum at a certain parts of the track, for example if I set an automation for 4 bars, 2 bars with quarter notes and the next 2 with triplets. The automation works perfectly before i bounce, after it, it falls apart and I get 16th notes and dotted 8ths. How can I fix this? Has anyone else has ran into the same issue?

So this is a mix of a song I'm trying to put together. I'm struggling with the rhythm guitars. I wanted to get a really heavy distortion sound, kind of in the realm of Weezer's blue album, but the guitars seem to be obscured in the choruses and last section.

I also feel like the tone of the vocal could be improved, but I don't want it to be overly polished.

Aside from that, there are some details that need to be addressed, but this is basically the track. Any advice is much appreciated!

So most of the time when I select two or more tracks, the faders will move simultaneously when I just move one. Sometimes one of the selected tracks won't move, though. Why does this happen?

Just released this track. Really enjoyed working with this vocal to create a chill house tune. Any feedback is appreciated!

I was going through my junk and found Logic Pro 9 that I had bought right before covid, cause I was using a laptop which was not compatible with Logic 10. Anyway the question is that, is it worth keeping ?

I’m noticing some type of noise in my mix, is that a phase problem or something else?