Why do midi tracks mute when I'm punching in?

When punching into a midi recording, the tracks go gray/muted and silent when I hit record. What simple setting am I missing? Obviously, when you're punching in, you have to hear playback of the tracks to know where to begin playing, but soon as I hit record, all the tracks get muted.

MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 14.0

Posted on Mar 1, 2024 9:44 AM

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Posted on Mar 1, 2024 10:30 AM

Make sure Auto Input Monitoring is de-activated.

Logic Menu > Record > Auto Input Monitoring


I wonder why people use "punch-in" in Logic, since one of the biggest advantages over tape machines is that you don't need to "punch-in" !?!

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Mar 1, 2024 11:14 AM in response to yoyoBen

I always use the Wait feature in Digital Performer, but Logic does not have it. Not sure how this issue relates to a tape machine, other than, yes, it's day and night easier.

I need to punch in, or replace sections of a performance often. When I'm recording a virtual piano, there are times when I want to replace or redo and section. In DP, I can park the playhead where it starts, press Wait, then Record, and recording will begin when it senses a midi note or controller event. Very handy. There's no real way to do that in logic other than record that section on another take, copy it and past to the location. But that method would not allow me to hear the feel of the prior section's performance to match it in the new section.


Anyway...I hope turning off input monitoring helps this problem, but doesn't that relate only to audio tracks? Most of my recording is midi, and on this project I don't even have any audio tracks on it yet.

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