I am recording cello practicing tutorials for my students, using (for now) just an iPhone XS and recording at 1080p to get started and to avoid melting the device during summer (it's already struggling quite a bit). Upon checking the recordings, I have noticed that, while the cello is clear and prominent, my voice sounds quite muffled and in the background. Some non-comprehensive research taught me that, while the iPhone's mic is omnidirectional, it prioritises closer sources and my voice originates about 30-40cm behind the cello. To work around this, I have used Detach Audio in Final Cut Pro 11 to separate audio from a video. Then, I exported the video as audio only (side question: is there another way to export only the audio from FCP?), resulting in an 85 MB AIFF audio file. After that, I opened the AIFF file in Logic Pro 11 and used the Split Stem feature to separate vocals from instruments, used the Gain Tool to increase the volume of the voice and exported the two tracks separately (about 80-90 MB each, all expected). I did not add any effect, these are videos through which I also plan to learn the craft, so no need to overdo it. The resulting Logic project is 590 MB big! Is this normal? Should I uncheck certain options in the saving process? Is there anything I can do to improve this? Perhaps some mistake in my workflow? Thank you very much!

For some reason Logic can't seem to find the sound library I saved on an external drive and everytime I open it, the following window opens prompting me to download all essential sounds: But somehow Logic seems to know where the library is, because when I try to relocate it, this window opens, showing that the current file location is my drive. Does anyone know a solution or has had the same problem?

I can't play some keys, such as H when on Octave C1, H and D when on Octave C2 or J and K on Octave C3. When I press them, I get no sound. If I manually place the notes out and then listen to it with Musical Typing open, it visually plays them. Anyone know how to fix this?

The Apple help site says: > Select the regions, then choose Functions > Folder > Pack Folder from the Tracks area menu bar. However, there is no Folder tab under Functions, nor is there any command in the menu bar or edit dropdown that says "Pack Folder." This seems like a very simple thing, but I can't figure it out because following Apple's directions doesn't work. How do I pack and unpack folders? I'm using the most recent version of Logic Pro X, so the YouTube tutorials I've found are unhelpful as they are older versions in which the Help site directions still work.

So I haven't made music in a really long time, but I made sure to save all my LSO song files from Logic so that in the future when I do get back to it I can finish unfinished songs, have old songs, etc. That time has come, and I have Logic Pro X. There is no problem loading the LSOs but the problem comes in that many of the tracks use software synths that are discontinued or don't even work on the latest macOS. Battery 3, Absynth 4, and Kore 2.0 for example (Kore 2.0 being a wrapper like Komplete Kontrol that was discontinued a while ago) I bought Komplete 13, and have Battery 4 and Absynth 5... but when I load up the songs obviously it says that cannot find "Battery 3", "Absynth 4" etc. I contacted Native Instruments about it and they said it's not possible.. but I know that information is stored somewhere.. Is there any software out there that has deciphered the LSO file, how the information is stored so maybe I can extract what preset was being used, or what sample banks, etc. in Battery 3? I simply refuse to believe there is no way to solve this issue. Also think it's lame that there's no way for you to "migrate" to a newer version of the plugin. Of course at time of upgrade you can just record the patch info, knob settings etc. and transfer it to the new plugin, so its only a problem if like me, you come back after that many years. Like a fool I threw away my old Komplete disks thinking there's no way that NI would allow an upgrade (which they still do from Komplete 2.. lol) but anyway outside of finding an old Macbook Pro and getting Battery 3 and Absynth 4 and Kore 2 is there a way that I can somehow read the information in the LSO file so I can find out patch info, knob settings, etc.?

While trying to deal with Logic Pro audio input issues, which is related to user profile settings, gpt-d a script to reset the profile (subject to improve). But still, it did not resolve the problem. Version 11.0.1. Switching to another user profile work well with the same device setup. Is there anything else to add?

#!/bin/bash

# Reset Logic Pro user profile settings

# Function to remove directories and files
remove_item() {
    if [ -e "$1" ]; then
        sudo rm -rf "$1"
        echo "Removed: $1"
    else
        echo "Not found: $1"
    fi
}

# Remove Logic Pro preferences
remove_item "$HOME/Library/Preferences/com.apple.logic10.plist"
remove_item "$HOME/Library/Preferences/com.apple.logic.pro.cs.plist"
remove_item "$HOME/Library/Preferences/com.apple.logic.pro.midi.plist"
remove_item "$HOME/Library/Preferences/com.apple.logic.pro.audio.plist"

# Remove Logic Pro Application Support files
remove_item "$HOME/Library/Application Support/Logic"

# Remove Logic Pro Caches
remove_item "$HOME/Library/Caches/com.apple.logic10"
remove_item "$HOME/Library/Caches/AudioUnitCache"
remove_item "$HOME/Library/Caches/com.apple.audiounits.cache"

# Remove Logic Pro saved state
remove_item "$HOME/Library/Saved Application State/com.apple.logic10.savedState"

# Remove Audio preferences
remove_item "$HOME/Library/Preferences/Audio"

# Remove Logic Pro container (if it exists)
remove_item "$HOME/Library/Containers/com.apple.logic10"



# Remove any .plist files related to Logic Pro

sudo find "$HOME/Library/Preferences" -name "*logic*.plist" -delete

# Reset audio and MIDI settings
defaults delete com.apple.audio.AudioMIDISetup

defaults delete com.apple.audio.CoreAudio


# Restart the audio service
sudo killall coreaudiod

# Remove user-specific plugin components, VST, and VST3 plugins
remove_item "$HOME/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components"
remove_item "$HOME/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST"
remove_item "$HOME/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3"

echo "Logic Pro user profile settings have been reset."
echo "Please restart your computer to ensure all changes take effect."

I apologize beforehand for the really long question... Here's my hardware: - Apple Studio M1 Max (OS 12.3.1 64GB ram) in Native Silicon mode; - Apogee Symphony MK1 i/o (SN: A6M010130300100), with an 8x8 AES card, a 16-out card, in addition to the original 2x6 card; - ThunderBridge v1.50 I record in both Pro Tools 2023.6.0 and Logic 10.7.4. I've used the Symphony for ~10 years, and it has always sounded beautiful. However in recent weeks the input-monitored and recorded sound is hard and harsh - like jitter or maybe a Word Clock thing - hard transients, especially on high notes (tho electric bass sounds fine). Colleagues hear it too. I've checked the whole analog chain - instruments, microphones, preamps, etc., into an analog monitor controller; everything sounds as good as always ... so I've ruled out anything analog being the cause. I've tried: - using an external Word Clock generator; - both USB Mode, and using the ThunderBridge; - switched out Symphony modules; - borrowed a friend's Symphony MK1; - tested recording and input-monitoring in both Pro Tools and Logic; - my old Intel Mac Pro with Symphony 64 PCIE and Pro Tools 12; ... all with the same result. I've tried the Symphony's 'standalone' mode, monitoring the Symphony's headphone output - and it sounded good! Like I said, until a few weeks ago it sounded beautiful. I can't think of anything else to try. I suspect that something is either conflicting or corrupted in the communication between the Symphony MK1 and Maestro 2 version 2.11. Has anyone experienced a similar problem before? Any help would be appreciated! Thank you. svs

I have Logic Pro X 10.2.4. I never noticed this problem before today: I started having the same problem as shown in [this reddit post](https://www.reddit.com/r/LogicPro/comments/c8c48x/any_file_that_i_import_into_logic_is_being_sped_up/) : > everytime I try to upload an mp3 file into logic, it speeds up the audio by a whole lot. I've made sure that the sample rate of the audio file and the project is the same but it still doesn't make a difference. All the previously saved projects that had audio imported into them don't have a problem but if I try to upload a new audio file into those projects, I am encountering the same problem I have noticed that this doesn't affect only mp3 files (downloaded from the internet), but also m4a files recorded in my iPhone (with the factory voice recorder app) and sent to my MacBook. The sample rate of Logic (in Project Settings > Audio) is 44.1kHz, as is the sample rate of all the files I try to import (except potentially the m4a files, soxi doesn't work on m4a though so I don't know their sample rates). Here is an example of an audio file which I may attempt to import: https://voca.ro/16gpmoatLhiC here it is after dragging and dropping from Finder into Logic: https://voca.ro/13SivYCm0XW7 It sounds like some parts are just ... skipped. It sounds the same in Logic playback and after exporting (bouncing). -------- I'm temporarily using the 'fix' that the reddit OP noted: > I managed to bypass the issue by just converting all of my mp3 files to wav files. I just ran a few quick ffmpeg -i originalrecording.m4a originalrecording.wav ffmpeg -i originalrecording2.mp3 originalrecording2.wav etc. Drag and drop the WAV files instead of the original files, and logic no longer chops them up weirdly. ------ How come this happens though? What's the root of this problem, and how can it be resolved?

When I'm working in the score editor, how can I increase and decrease the duration of the currently selected note? I.e. from semibreve > minim > crotchet > quaver, and back the other way.

Is it possible to remap a USB (computer) keyboard as a MIDI controller? Something like Logic's musical typing, except one keyboard functions normally and the other only sends MIDI events.

Twice today I've accidentally hit ⌘ CommandW while editing in Logic. Both times the project window closed without prompting me to save my work. The work was lost both times. If I go to *File > Quit*, it will ask me if I want to save, but not when I press ⌘ CommandW. Is this a bug, and is there a setting I can change to prevent this?

I just got a new MacBook Air and when I ordered it online I asked for Logic Pro. The laptop came with the software, but I don't see a license or anything that ties it to me. If I need to reinstall the OS on this laptop, or move to a new one, how can I take Logic with me?

Running the AU Instrument example provided with Xcode (it's a sine wave generator), it doesn't seem to receive the note off event when the playhead is skipped ahead in the DAW (Logic, for me). I'm running a separate MIDI Monitor application, and it receives a MIDI note off message when I skip ahead, however, the AU Instrument doesn't receive the note off message. If the AU instrument example DID receive the MIDI note off event, then it would stop playing the sine signal, however it continues to play the note indefinitely. --- Edit: Looking back, I assumed that Logic *is expected to* send a midi note-off for midi notes currently playing on an instrument track when the playhead is skipped ahead. This is not the case. The solution that I received in the Apple dev forums is posted below. The solution seems to me to be the correct audio unit programmatic solution.

I have been trying to relocate my Logic Pro X's Apple Loops library to a different hard drive. I have everything figured out, except for the problem in which Logic will not accept the secondary hard drive I am trying to select. It says that it cannot use the secondary hard drive because it is a "Time Machine Backup Drive." I found a couple possible solutions, but all of them are describing buttons that are either hidden for me, or were removed recently. I am on an M1 Mac on version 12.3.1, and I cannot find a button anywhere that lets me change the hard drive to just a standard hard drive and not a Time Machine Backup Drive. One solution that I saw involved deleting everything on my secondary hard drive. However, I cannot copy or save the things on it, because I do not have enough space on any of my other hard drives to store the data from the secondary hard drive. Is there any way to make a Time Machine Backup Drive a normal hard drive *without* deleting everything on it? If so, am I missing any buttons, or am I doing something wrong? Thanks!

When I am not recording my guitar sounds great through Logic Pro. If I had to quantify it, I would say it was CD quality or higher. However, when I make a recording with my Apogee Jam Plus it sounds like a cassette that has been played too many sounds. The recording is not high fidelity at all. Some things I have tinkered with: - Enabled 24 bit - Increased my Apogee Jam to 96K in the MIDI settings. I believe the sample rate is set to 44.1 MHz which is CD quality. I just enabled Expert Mode which opened up additional settings but still couldn’t find anything.

I'm facing an issue with Logic Pro X (on macOS Sierra) and Logic Remote on my iPad. Up until recently, controlling Logic Pro X with the iPad was working perfectly fine, but since a couple of weeks ago (might have been related to an update of either Logic Pro X, or Logic Remote), the mixing controls on the iPad are no longer working. When I try to change a track's volume on the iPad, nothing happens in Logic Pro X, instead, the track's volume slider on the iPad drops down to zero and can't be moved anymore. This happens with all tracks in all of my Logic Pro X projects. Restarting the MacBook or the iPad has not fixed the issue. What can I do to get this working again?

What is the final version of Logic Pro X and Final Cut Pro that works on macOS Mojave? I currently have Logic Pro X 10.5.1 and Final Cut Pro 10.4.10. I don't want to upgrade past Mojave to use newer versions because I have a couple of 32-bit apps that will no longer work if I were to upgrade.

It is a bit strange that in the File -> Export of Logic Pro, I can export all tracks into one file, but only as Wav, Aiff, CAF format. However, I can share to Apple Music, and it will go into the Music app as .m4a I can share to SoundCloud, and the upload is quite fast, so I think it is either .m4a or .flac or .mp3. (I just tried downloading my own file, and it was .m4a, but why upload first and download? And SoundCloud sometimes mark our own playing of classical piano music as "possible infringement of copyright" and won't include our work in our profile). So how do we just save it as one of .mp3, .flac, or .m4a format without going through Apple Music or SoundCloud?

Does anyone know why someone downloading a package from a website (in this case, the package is a Logic Pro project file) ends up seeing a folder that contains the package's contents instead of the original package (which prevents them from double-clicking the package to open the file in Logic Pro)?

I somehow made a false move, and Logic Pro X changed the default track zoom for a project to "half screen height". I can't imagine any use for that feature, but there it is. It's a long tedious manual process to fix all the tracks, and when I create a track stack in that project it's created at half the height of the screen, and must be manually fixed. If I enable automation on a track, I must manually resize the track header to show the automation controls, and then I must manually resize it back to normal after I hide automation. This is immensely tedious. **Is there any way to make my project normal again?** I've read this page , and the part that claims to address my issue is simply wrong. The UI does not work that way. The shift-drag suggestion in the documentation has no effect at all. The "Individual Track Zoom Reset for All Tracks" Key Command sounds promising, but it does the exact opposite: It sets all of my painstakingly corrected track heights back to half the height of the screen. I found some practical-joke forum posts which suggested shift-double-click on the lower border of a track header. That of course sets all of my painstakingly corrected track heights back to half the height of the screen. Another thing: I've had to redo volume automation several times on one particular track since this disaster befell the project. I do it, and it works for a while, and then the automation is just not there any more. When I moved the audio to a duplicate track, automation stopped working: Automation says minus infinity dB, yet I hear the track loud and clear. I don't need a fade there, so just split the audio to work around the bug. But now it keeps turning the fader on the track to zero anyway, with no automation. Is this a known syndrome?