Logic's Chord Track. Many issues.

Logic Pro 11.1.2


  1. There is NO way to enter chords that isn't slow and clumsy. The keyboard shortcut for entering a chord is not equivalent to using the mouse, and using the mouse with a contextual menu near the playhead is not equivalent to clicking on the plus sign by the Chord track header.
  2. Entering chords. Sometimes they're grouped. Sometimes not. Still haven't figured out why.
  3. The key combination to raise and lower chords by semitone works intermittently.
  4. When entering chords, the entire Arrangement window will sometimes jump-scroll the chord entry spot to the leftmost side of the window, visually confusing you and jarringly re-orienting the timeline. That one is SUPER annoying.
  5. After prolonged use, the entire Chord entry process seems to become corrupt. When I double-click on a chord to edit, it won't edit, but the timeline will jump to some arbitrary spot. At least it seems arbitrary. And I simply can't get into certain groups of chords at all to edit them, or add new chords to the Chord track.
  6. If I have entered chords in the song and decide to try a modulation a a mid-point, I enter a key-change, get a dialog asking whether I want to transpose the chords, but then it transposes ALL the chords, including those that precede the key change! However, if I don't transpose them, then delete the old chords, I can copy a chord group from before the key change, and when I paste it in, THEN the chords are transposed.


I am stunned by how poor and glitchy this thing has become.

Mac Studio, macOS 15.3

Posted on Feb 27, 2025 2:05 AM

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Feb 27, 2025 12:13 PM in response to Paul Schwebel

Hi,

I have read your points and Chord Track albeit far from perfect is very helpful feature to many of my students/clients and to my own work.


  1. Have you tried entering the chords via Midi Input? It is very easy. You can also type in the chord. For example: Cm or CMaj7 or any chord really. Pretty Solid but I agree with you sometimes clunky.



2. This behavior depends on the continuity when creating chords. In other words, if you continue to create chords (by either hitting Tab or the + symbol then those chord will be grouped). If you would like these chords to not be grouped, simply ungroup them in the contextual menu or trim the chord length and then create another chord after that.

3. I didn't know there was a key command so thank you for that (ALWAYS LEARNING). Seems to be working just fine here.

4. I am sorry but I do not understand this behavior. If your screen jumps to the beginning of the project watch for your playback settings (long-click the play button).


I agree that there are bugs but if you spend enough time I do believe the Chord Track feature will serve you well.


Feel free to enter your concerns here:

Feedback Form - Feedback - Logic Pro - Apple


Hope that helps,

~ThatLogicProGuy



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Mar 1, 2025 1:30 AM in response to EddieGrey

Dear ThatLogicProGuy,


Thank you very much for the responses to all my points. I was able to explain some better than others, so I appreciate your effort of understand and reply. Re #4, I will try the different Play options, thanks. If it doesn't improve, I'll take a screen recording and post it here if I can.


Yours,

-Paul

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Logic's Chord Track. Many issues.

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