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Poll: Most useful Logic suggestions? Please keep voting! :-)

Which of this Logic suggestions are most important for you?

  • All MIDI editors should have multiple region automation/multiple hyper edit lanes (like Cubase etc)

    Votes: 48 53.9%
  • Junction Tool on Midi Regions AND in MIDI notes

    Votes: 4 4.5%
  • Expression maps - like Cubase and others (but based on Articulation IDs)

    Votes: 49 55.1%
  • Flex MIDI: All Flex Time features for MIDI as well

    Votes: 13 14.6%
  • An Ideas Hub for global storing of user ideas (like Sibelius)

    Votes: 10 11.2%
  • Option to see the piano roll flipped 90 degrees, so it looks like an actual piano (like Notator had)

    Votes: 8 9.0%
  • Streamline the workflow for Kontakt CC automation (like Cubase and others)

    Votes: 28 31.5%
  • A way to easily control CC/articulations for all libraries using the same commands

    Votes: 34 38.2%
  • MIDI: A new "Selected next/previous event(s)" which plays full chords (like Sibelius)

    Votes: 8 9.0%
  • MIDI: "Select Next/Previous" which plays all chord notes on *all* MIDI tracks

    Votes: 7 7.9%
  • Quick swipe comping for midi takes

    Votes: 13 14.6%
  • Something akin to VST Expressions

    Votes: 13 14.6%
  • AUs should be able to send Midi out

    Votes: 23 25.8%
  • Full, direct Articulation ID control to/from Logic and AudioUnits

    Votes: 26 29.2%
  • Piano roll editing of MIDI parts in the Tracks Area that picks up your main piano roll preferences

    Votes: 8 9.0%
  • Polyphonic audio to MIDI

    Votes: 10 11.2%
  • MIDI: Fast and super easy ways to change articulations score and other editors

    Votes: 13 14.6%
  • Score: The ability to enter notes on an iPad with a Stylus and have them pop up in Score

    Votes: 14 15.7%
  • Score: Ability to hide rests, one by one (like Dorico)

    Votes: 9 10.1%
  • Score: Show note names inside the note heads and flats/sharps WHEN inserting or editing them

    Votes: 2 2.2%
  • Score: Traditional piano fingering numbers above notes

    Votes: 4 4.5%
  • Score: better *automatic* transcription of played material that includes polyphony

    Votes: 9 10.1%
  • Score: better automatic recognition of perfectly quantised triplets

    Votes: 9 10.1%
  • Score: "magnetic objects/layout" + and 'optimise layout (like Sibelius)

    Votes: 8 9.0%
  • Score: a dedicated parameter for polyphonic voices, so MIDI channels can be used for something else

    Votes: 7 7.9%
  • Score: The capacity to drag bar lines to edit bar size

    Votes: 9 10.1%
  • Score: Ability to drag notes between staves (tracks)

    Votes: 13 14.6%
  • Score: Real Book-compatible chord symbol look / behaviour (like Dorico)

    Votes: 4 4.5%
  • Score: Better display of accidentals. Example: Don't call the G# in E major for Ab

    Votes: 10 11.2%
  • Score: Simple way to print chord sheets (without notes/staves: only chord symbols between bar lines)

    Votes: 6 6.7%
  • Score: Simpler way to enter/edit chords symbols, especially complex/jazz chords with extensions

    Votes: 5 5.6%
  • Score: Automatic recognition and display of played grace notes

    Votes: 6 6.7%
  • Score: General grace note improvements

    Votes: 9 10.1%
  • Score: Smart, tweakable slurs

    Votes: 8 9.0%
  • Score: Slurs should be attached to notes/stems

    Votes: 9 10.1%
  • Score: Simpler ways to perform edits that currently require use of polyphonic mode

    Votes: 7 7.9%
  • Score: Smarter entering of N-tuplets

    Votes: 9 10.1%
  • Score: Tremolo signs should be attached to notes/stems

    Votes: 7 7.9%
  • Score: It should be easier to produce really good looking results

    Votes: 10 11.2%
  • Score: Edit edit stem direction of each note individually when 2 or more exist on the same beat

    Votes: 8 9.0%
  • Score: Rehearsal Marks/ Global Markings

    Votes: 5 5.6%
  • Score needs a lot more attention from Apple, and I'm willing to pay for it

    Votes: 14 15.7%
  • Make the colour palette customisable

    Votes: 34 38.2%
  • Transparent audio regions (see grid through regions)

    Votes: 16 18.0%
  • Less confusing track naming

    Votes: 14 15.7%
  • Nondestructive region-based audio-units

    Votes: 9 10.1%
  • Make Smart Controls a lot smarter

    Votes: 14 15.7%
  • Instead of Prefs and Proj. Settings, define if a setting should be used for all projects or not

    Votes: 12 13.5%
  • Improve Flex Time/Better quality when time-stretching

    Votes: 15 16.9%
  • Flex: Ability to use Flex Pitch and Flex time on the same region

    Votes: 11 12.4%
  • Ability to move channel strips in the Mixer

    Votes: 38 42.7%
  • A single key command that hides/shows everything (editor areas etc) but the main Arrange area

    Votes: 13 14.6%
  • The ability to see track notes in Arrange

    Votes: 11 12.4%
  • A contrast/brightness preference setting

    Votes: 13 14.6%
  • “Save selected tracks as new project”

    Votes: 17 19.1%
  • Ability to mark presets as favorites

    Votes: 20 22.5%
  • Focus on features which are useful for making better compositions, not just better mixes

    Votes: 17 19.1%
  • General score/MIDI/composing improvements

    Votes: 21 23.6%
  • Full 32-bit audio file support/bounces

    Votes: 11 12.4%
  • Scissor tool should optionally snap to transients when editing audio regions.Marquee: add an opt

    Votes: 15 16.9%
  • One should be able to grab/move/copy audio slices* instantly

    Votes: 9 10.1%
  • Flex/Fill Gaps should use stretching instead of looping. See ReCycle/Reaper AutoPocket

    Votes: 7 7.9%
  • Add features from Soundtrack Pro

    Votes: 2 2.2%
  • Select many regions and edit/add automation without having to group them first

    Votes: 12 13.5%
  • Undo for everything, including fader moves/separate Undo for the Mixer

    Votes: 17 19.1%
  • Bring back option to have track names shown in a separate column in Arrange

    Votes: 7 7.9%
  • All edits (eg crossfades) should be possible when multiple tracks regions are selected

    Votes: 12 13.5%
  • A mode where enabling solo will disable solo for the other tracks w/o use of modifier

    Votes: 7 7.9%
  • Freeze (and/or the track on/off button) should optionally also load/unload Kontakt samples

    Votes: 18 20.2%
  • Option to show each MIDI channel of a MIDI track in a separate lane in Tracks Area

    Votes: 11 12.4%
  • Multiple tabs in Tracks Area for use as a notepad for ideas/workspace etc (w/separate timeline?)

    Votes: 7 7.9%
  • A way to freeze a track at any plugin slot we want: eg. until slot 3, pre-fader

    Votes: 9 10.1%
  • Region gain accessible directly in regions (like Clip Gain in PT)

    Votes: 8 9.0%
  • Direct Monitoring control (ASIO Direct Monitoring) for all hardware

    Votes: 6 6.7%
  • Full Melodyne support

    Votes: 10 11.2%
  • Ability to create audio and/or MIDI harmonies

    Votes: 9 10.1%
  • Built in tape emulation

    Votes: 16 18.0%
  • Built in tube emulation

    Votes: 12 13.5%
  • Ability to easily draw lines which increment/decrement existing values (absolute/relative)

    Votes: 9 10.1%
  • Replace MIDIDraw with automation

    Votes: 13 14.6%
  • Smart background auto-freeze when in Stop Mode

    Votes: 10 11.2%
  • A pencil tool which freely can draw curved lines

    Votes: 21 23.6%
  • Audio to MIDI which translates pitch bends/vibrato/volume

    Votes: 11 12.4%
  • A MIDI transposition mode which plays full chords back when editing one single chord note (Sibelius)

    Votes: 5 5.6%
  • More frequent major updates

    Votes: 11 12.4%
  • Something else (please post your ideas in the thread)

    Votes: 8 9.0%
  • • Logic shouldn't be relying on a single core for realtime jobs (added Oct10)

    Votes: 29 32.6%
  • • Track export should sound like track solo (added Oct10)

    Votes: 10 11.2%
  • • Folders/Stacks: more flexibility with regards to parent/children relationships (added Oct10)

    Votes: 22 24.7%
  • • Spotlight style search within the track list (added Oct10)

    Votes: 11 12.4%
  • • Scratch Pad -like Studio One (added Oct14)

    Votes: 7 7.9%
  • • Polyphonic score styles: A way to adjust vertical position of autom. rests (added Oct19)

    Votes: 5 5.6%
  • • Ability to pin tracks to the top of the track list (added Oct20)

    Votes: 9 10.1%
  • • A more efficient method for entering lyrics (added Oct20)

    Votes: 5 5.6%
  • • Make Logic at least as CPU efficient as VSL Vienna Ensemble Pro (added Nov6)

    Votes: 11 12.4%
  • • Midi CC option in the automation lanes (added nov6)

    Votes: 9 10.1%
  • • Unload bypassed *instruments* (not only samples) from RAM (added nov6)

    Votes: 11 12.4%
  • • Larger Audio Buffer than 1024 (if this improves CPU/RAM use) (added Nov6)

    Votes: 8 9.0%
  • • A multi-slot effect/instrument rack with parallel processing options (added Nov6)

    Votes: 6 6.7%
  • • Multiple marker sets visible at the same time (added Nov8)

    Votes: 5 5.6%

  • Total voters
    89
Which options do you want for folders/stacks - and what do you mean by 'focus'?
Every other major DAW I can think of allows folders within folders. Logic only allows one summing stack inside one track stack. I’d like to have more flexibility in regard to number and type of parent/children relationships.

Searching for tracks of a specific name or parent, or displaying them easily, is what I meant by “focus.”
 
Yeah a spotlight style search within the track list in the workspace is long overdue.
(like Digital Performer does it.)

But it shouldn’t stop there. Users should have the opportunity to assign all of the 32 available groups to key commands. This would allow to show/hide more than 9 groups like it is implemented since Logic Pro 9.
 
Oh, and easily one of the biggest: I’d love to be able to unload/reload an instance (say, of Kontakt) from RAM, and/or relatedly, easily interact with VE Pro 6 to do the same - some kind of assignable track button or something.

Now that I think about it, it would also be cool to assign the stock compressor and stock EQ views in any track to third-party - just by assigning those meters to “look” for the curve/effects of the third-party plug via something assignable via drag and drop or something else mindless....but that may require more of third parties than I realize.
 
I’d love to be able to unload/reload an instance (say, of Kontakt) from RAM
I guess the only way to do that now is to manually save the current status of Kontakt (or the channel strip), unload Kontakt (or reset the channel strip) and then reload Kontakt (or the channel strip) again when needed. What you suggest is somehow related to a wish which is important for many of us: "Freeze (and/or the track on/off button) should optionally also load/unload Kontakt samples", which already is in the poll. But my guess is that it wouldn't be that hard for Apple to implement any of these, since it seems like implementing a macro which does several of the things we already can do.
 
TBH I would sacrifice any new improvements/features and plenty of old improvements/features if the Logic team "fixed" the single core overload "bug".

My cynical side says this is crippleware. It is the biggest limiting factor when it comes to less expensive hardware being able to handle more challenging projects. It can't just be a coincidence. We know other audio apps handle multicore loads differently, more evenly, and better. We know it's possible. For all the work the Logic team has done in the last couple of years with amazing updates this omission really stands out.
 
TBH I would sacrifice any new improvements/features and plenty of old improvements/features if the Logic team "fixed" the single core overload "bug".

My cynical side says this is crippleware. It is the biggest limiting factor when it comes to less expensive hardware being able to handle more challenging projects. It can't just be a coincidence. We know other audio apps handle multicore loads differently, more evenly, and better. We know it's possible. For all the work the Logic team has done in the last couple of years with amazing updates this omission really stands out.

Strange, single core overload ? In my case (Logic pro X 10.3.2 / El Capitan 10.11.6 on new trash can, everything in Logic NO VIENNA ENSEMBLE ! ) amongst other well known DAWs Logic has by far the best performance for me. Actually this is one of the reasons I switched from Cubase to Logic and I love it.
 
Strange, single core overload ? In my case (Logic pro X 10.3.2 / El Capitan 10.11.6 on new trash can, everything in Logic NO VIENNA ENSEMBLE ! ) amongst other well known DAWs Logic has by far the best performance for me. Actually this is one of the reasons I switched from Cubase to Logic and I love it.
The "new trash can" part kinda is my point;)
 
And the winners, so far, are:

(updated after 480 votes - this overview covers all suggestions with more than 20%)


  1. All MIDI editors should have multiple region automation/multiple hyper edit lanes (like Cubase etc) 57,1 %
  2. Expression maps - like Cubase and others (but based on Articulation IDs) 54,8 %
  3. Ability to move channel strips in the Mixer 52,4 %
  4. A way to easily control CC/articulations for all libraries using the same commands 40,5 %
  5. Make the color palette customizable 38,1 %
  6. Streamline the workflow for Kontakt CC automation (like Cubase and others) 33,3 %
  7. AUs should be able to send Midi out 26,2 %
  8. Full, direct Articulation ID control to/from Logic and AudioUnits 26,2 %
  9. Undo for everything, including fader moves/separate Undo for the Mixer 26,2 %
  10. Focus on features which are useful for making better compositions, not just better mixes 23,8 %
  11. “Save selected tracks as new project” 21,4 %

Please keep voting, guys! :)
 
Scratch pad! Just look at what Studio One does, it's fantasicness.

If they do this I promise to run every day, eat right and get enough sleep. And batch resave.
 
Midi FX slot on Multitimbral Aux (audio) sub-channels. For those of us who use VE Pro and use Midi scripting for articulation switching for example.
 
I love Logic. To bits. I consider myself pretty comfortable with it, but having also used Reaper & Cubase, I do feel as though it misses a few features from those that would improve it even more.

Multiple controller lanes is a no-brainer for me, but I also love The PLE in Cubase and Actions in Reaper which will let you do pretty much what you want with the MIDI or visibility at the click of a button. Logic is a little behind in terms of those features now.

However, it is rock solid for me and never crashes.

I keep on coming back to it, even after using the alternatives for a while.
 
Pardon my ignorance, but isn't the Logical Editor in Cubase more or less a copy of Transform in Logic?

Similar functionality yes, but I prefer having the commands mapped to a button on a touch screen for my workflow. Easier in Cubase (and Reaper) than Logic in my experience so far, but the functionality is similar between them.
 
Multiple Marker Tracks...
I only need one set of markers, and I’m not by my computer now - but I think Logic already has multiple marker tracks. Make the marker track area, and you’ll probably see some more options.
 
I only need one set of markers, and I’m not by my computer now - but I think Logic already has multiple marker tracks. Make the marker track area, and you’ll probably see some more options.

Hey vik I think with multiple marker tracks he means multiple marker tracks visible at the same time.
 
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I only need one set of markers, and I’m not by my computer now - but I think Logic already has multiple marker tracks. Make the marker track area, and you’ll probably see some more options.

Come on man, Logic has one Marker track and one Arrangement track. Multiple marker tracks are very useful for scoring to picture. It's one of the things I like in Cubase, although they are not implemented very well.
 
I think with multiple marker tracks he means multiple marker tracks visible at the same time.
OK - Logic doesn't have a solution if one wants to look at several marker sets at the same time. But it has multiple marker sets.
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