Logic wish list for next release

In no particular order:

• Ultrabeat step sequencer to be able to trigger other instruments (especially external MIDI)
• Update EXS24
• Update the Environment
• Bugs

Also it would be nice to see an update for Audiounits. It's such a shame they don't support MIDI output.

On the color topic - even without changing skins, there are some color options in prefs. My arrange page is the same soothing pale green color as my score paper. My piano roll editor is two shades of purple. The gray would have drove me nuts years ago, but the color options have been available at least since I started with Logic 7.

More importantly: I'd love to see mute and solo indicators on channel strips when tracks are muted/soloed, and visa versa.

I'd love a time readout in minutes, seconds, and choice of fractions or frames, that corresponds to time between locators or markers, or to the length of selected regions. (Or do they already have that without a few clunky extra steps?)

How about an option to always have the click on when you go into record, even when you shut it off towards the end of the previous take(s)?

Let's have a button to press and have Logic take a minute to do all the cpu load/core/thread balancing while we catch our breath and know what to expect - rather than have it happen while we're bearing our soul performing the most brilliant thing no one will ever hear... now.

byzantine wrote:
have you had this experience with level-meter colours?

The thread I linked to is twelve pages long, so you need to be a bit more specific about how and where you went wrong.

Christian

yo christian,

i went via the link you posted to the forum, then from there i downloaded from edgar r's site two folders, one called 'GUI for L9' and the other 'GUI Images for Logic Pro 9 2' and followed the instructions to load the .tiff files into the appropriate folders in the logic app.

everything went according to expectations EXCEPT that the colour on the meters has not changed over to the GREEN/RED scheme which is SAD. however the meters ARE now calibrated in db & everything else looks gr8, transport buttons glowing, purple cycle bar (with bright red super-visible movement brackets) etc, etc.

love to get this meter issue sorted tho' 😉

byz

faster faster! PT9 is way much faster when editing in pt9 than logic9.
NO BUGS!

iphone/ipad application supported!

byzantine wrote:
the colour on the meters has not changed

Go to Preferences>Display>Mixer and change level Meters Scale from Exponential to Sectional dB-Linear. Now your embedded readings actually make sense.

Christian

that's ace, christian, all good now!

happy new year, my8

byz

My Logic wish list hasn't changed in years -- I want all the features Logic SHOULD have had 5 years ago (like most of their competitors) --

1- simpler, more efficient handling of multi-timbral VI's without the need to set up aux routing just to control pan and volume on the individual MIDI channels.

2- dedicated features for headphone mixes and talkback.

3- Fix the file naming system, so every project doesn't create identical files with names like "audio 1" or "guitar 1", etc. You should be able to specify a project-wide 'prefix' (ie. "MySong_Audio1"). Final Cut Pro works like this. Logic USED to work like this. But with the current "system" of naming things after the channel strip, you either have to create custom channel strip names in every project, or end up with repeated generic file names that make searching a nightmare.

Do the above 3 and fix the bugs and I'd stop plotting my switch over to PT.

Another little wish: EXS24 or Ultrabeat being able to make use of the CC#4 hihat pedal data from Ronald drum kits. For instance, the possiblity to have 4 hihat samples (between closed and fully open), that will be chosen based on the current value of the CC#4.
It's great that audiogrocery made a tool for this, but it would be even nicer if Logic could do it by itself...

Regards,
Jaap

That's exactly what the environment is for. The chances that logic will be bloated with very special features like this are almost none, especially since you can easily do it yourself.

Cheers,

Jazz

Save tags entered when bouncing an mp3. I should not have to re-enter all of the info (composer, etc.) every time I bounce to a sound file. The title of the sound file should be the same as the file, or the file with the current marker's name in parenthesis.
I wish there was some feature analogous to DP's multiple sequences within a file. This could be implemented as a global 'take' feature, but I'd rather have multiple sequences.

You can save the MP3 bounce tags with your template. Saves a lot of time.

resjr wrote:
Save tags entered when bouncing an mp3. I should not have to re-enter all of the info (composer, etc.) every time I bounce to a sound file. The title of the sound file should be the same as the file, or the file with the current marker's name in parenthesis.

Hi Jazz & others,

yes, I know the environment is very powerful, but I haven't managed yet to build a filter that does this trick 😟
I have a fair amount of programming experience and midi knowledge, but either I don't completely understand the transformer object in the environment, or it's just not possible...
Regards,
Jaap

EXTERNAL VIDEO OUTPUT IN 64Bit !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Please!!!!!!!!!!

Pieca wrote:
EXTERNAL VIDEO OUTPUT IN 64Bit !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Please!!!!!!!!!!

I'd assume that 64-clean functionality will be part of 9.2.