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Top 10 Stooopid Logic Pro Requests in 2019

gsilbers

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Edit: i have to edit some of these.. plus some poeple take this stuff to seriously, yikes!

No particular order... yet wish these where implemented.


1- Better Marker Management. Sometimes i just need a quick SHORT marker to add a note to remind me of stuff on that bar or whatever. Having a marker reach infinitum and having to edit it is a little cumbersome. Something how pro tools has it. just a "flag" type of marker.

2- An on/off for all plugins in a channel strip. It already exists in the selection based processing, just wish it was also on the normal channel strips.

3- Custom mixer arrangement. Cool it follows the main windows arragement but sometimes i want to move them around in the mixer.

4- Fix that plugin parameters vs midi automation vs changing up automation...thing that was impletmented a few versions ago and no one likes or seems to really understand. (this thread might help understand https://vi-control.net/community/th...-track-region-automation-in-logic-10-4.72536/ )

5- Multi CC editing in the piano roll section. This one has been asked since forever. still waiting.

6- Different color piano roll notes for different midi regions (Edit: w/o region color assignment). An easier way to know which midi track its being edited. Would speed things up imo.

7- Easy way to non destructive reverse audio file. Or create a copy etc. just a better way. (edit: found it .. removing it.. dont pay attention to this. .)

8- Easier syncronization and tempo maping. Even after 15+ years using logic, its such a wierd on and off - somtimes works maybe not thing. Maybe its just that freaking half frame?! etc. In pro tools sync is so robust its crazy logic still so flakey. Tempo mapping is also a hit or miss for some.

9- 5.1 implementation that actually works for normal poeple.

10- Better export all tracks feature.

Bonus:

11 - Track names that cannot be repeated. How many "track_1" can i have? well, like 200! (pro tools has this.. its SOOOOOO good to getting organized when working fast.

12 - Better flex pitch and time algorithms.

Big requests: plugins to show up in the "smat control" window below like it shows up in ableton live so you can edit many at the same time. or have a group plugins chains.

The 16 channel AU limitation is also a pita for VEP tampltes but i know thats a bigger undertaking.


Still think Logic Pro is the most intuitive and fastest DAW for me. these are just some small annoying things ive submitted suggestions for through out the years but still nothing. But kudos for selection based processing. i submited this request since i live pro tools audiosuite processing and logics version is way better.
And i know there are some other ways to do some of the above.. just wish these where chnaged or fixed so logic is even better :)



So whats your small feature or fix?
 
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I agree with your list, @gsilbers.

Here's a couple from the top of my head:

1) Searchable plugin lists - by name, type, vendor etc. - so you don't have to drill down into the menu by precariously moving the pointer. Also a quick way to favourite plugins on the fly without creating a group in the plugin manager and adding them there.

2) A chord track (which is present in some other DAWs, I think). I can't always remember the chord progression and am forever going into my piano template to work out the current harmonic context.
 
I agree with your list, @gsilbers.

Here's a couple from the top of my head:

1) Searchable plugin lists - by name, type, vendor etc. - so you don't have to drill down into the menu by precariously moving the pointer. Also a quick way to favourite plugins on the fly without creating a group in the plugin manager and adding them there.

2) A chord track (which is present in some other DAWs, I think). I can't always remember the chord progression and am forever going into my piano template to work out the current harmonic context.

ahh.. right, i keep loosing track of the specific plugins i have because that. my list is huge.

and i could swear there was already some sort of chord thign in logic... im thinking of cubase maybe.
but now that i checked i didnt see it. yes, that would be interesting.
 
I'd like to see the iZotope Rx Connect in Logic like in Pro Tools and Cubase.
Pretty minor want since I still do most of my heavy editing/mixing in PT.
But it would be nice to have the option (instead of External Editor).
 
- Save any combination of tracks as patches without the need using track stacks

- allow folder track stacks to be saved as patches

- batch export facility for each market including second pass and busses

- visibility agents and a more advanced show/ hide tracks facility
— Show only tracks between locators
— Show only selected tracks etc without using groups for that.

- search and filter plugin list, outputs, busses etc

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- Sync Tracks view and editor
 
In random order:An Ideas Hub for global storing of user ideas (like Sibelius)

An articulation solution which works fully witchout the need for additional products

MIDI: An additional "Selected next/previous event(s)" which plays full piano chords (like Sibelius)
Less confusing track naming

Score: Better display of accidentals. Example: Don't call the G# in E major for Ab, it makes even simple triads looking very wrong

Invert chords (up down) in the MIDI editors, so CEG becomes EGC or GCE when transposing upwards, and becomes GCE or EGC when transposing downwards.

Unload (sample and Kontakt) memory (when freezing, as an option, but also as a standalone function for making less RAM heavy templates

An additional MIDI transposition mode which plays full chords back when editing one single chord note (Sibelius)

Fix everything related to CC automation

MIDI: additional "Select Next/Previous" and "Go to Previous/Next" function which plays all notes on *all* MIDI tracks at the current position when in Pause mode


 
- Freely reorganize the mix tracks by drag n drop regardless of the arrangement window.
 
Interesting to see other feature request coming from programs I don’t normally use.
 
Try to change this setting from By MIDI Channel to By Region Color?
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Ah cool. I’ll have to revise my list.
edit: now i remember. its cool but that means i have to edit the region color. which is an extra step. it would be nice if the color would just change. oh well. its still better than by velocity.
 
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- Save any combination of tracks as patches without the need using track stacks

- allow folder track stacks to be saved as patches

- batch export facility for each market including second pass and busses

- visibility agents and a more advanced show/ hide tracks facility
— Show only tracks between locators
— Show only selected tracks etc without using groups for that.

- search and filter plugin list, outputs, busses etc

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- Sync Tracks view and editor

nice. a search funciton would be awesome just like how you have it.

i guess i was happy with the new track folder and stack feature but i remember seeing how nuendo (i think) handled it and like it so much. or at least have folders within folders.
 
I’m surprised more folks don’t want a disable track feature (that unloads the instrument). Hard to build large templates in Logic without that (and without VEP).

Multiple CCs in piano roll and more apparent CC / velocity editing tools would be great (I don’t want to use the midi transform tool and figure out Boolean logic when I want to compress velocities for example).

I love they added MIDI note names in 10.4. Wish it would only show the note name if the midi note wasn’t big enough for name + velocity though.
 
Ah cool. I’ll have to revise my list.
edit: now i remember. its cool but that means i have to edit the region color. which is an extra step. it would be nice if the color would just change. oh well. its still better than by velocity.
You can set tracks to automatically get different colors (and regions will follow these colors), but neighboring tracks will get almost similar colors this way. This reminds me of another vintage wish: bring back user customizable region colors.
 
I’m surprised more folks don’t want a disable track feature (that unloads the instrument). Hard to build large templates in Logic without that (and without VEP).

I think a whole lot of people want that, and Apple must know it by now. At this stage I have to unhappily assume there must be architectural problems with Logic Pro X that prevent it from being implemented. But I would love for them to surprise me.

While they are at the surprising me thing, maybe they could increase the number of supported tracks beyond 256, too. I'm bumping right up against that limit these days.
 
I agree with your list, @gsilbers.

2) A chord track (which is present in some other DAWs, I think). I can't always remember the chord progression and am forever going into my piano template to work out the current harmonic context.

I had the same frustration, but came up with a work-around that I use on every composition now. I just add a track at the top, select "Empty Channel Strip" when adding the track, change the track color to Blue, select "color regions by track" and label a bunch of separate regions with each chord name. I can then copy, rearrange, or add chords as needed and it's easy to copy it along with the MIDI tracks below if I repeat a section. I've attached a poor quality screen shot below. Chord Track Screen Shot.JPG
 
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I had the same frustration, but came up with a work-around that I use on every composition now. I just add a track at the top, select "Empty Channel Strip" when adding the track, change the track color to Blue, select "color regions by track" and label a bunch of separate regions with each chord name . I can then copy, rearrange, or add chords as needed. I've attached a poor quality screen shot below. Chord Track Screen Shot.JPG
that is pretty cool. One of the midi plugins automatically detects chords... so it would be cool if logic would automaticallty add something like you have out of a specific track.
 
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