Novation Zero SL MKII & Logic 9 Pro Transport Controls... Help!

Hi. I see this is an old post. Did anyone get anywhere with this.

I know the automap 4 has been released however using the transport controls with my SL mkii when I press stop, the trackhead returns to the start of the project and similarly pressing Play plays from the previous start position and not from the current resting position of the trackhead... I would like these buttons to behave as though pressing space bar, the same as my Akai MPK transport controls.

I am currently awaiting a response from Novation, however the first response I received was that I should check settings within Logic...

apple4andy wrote:

the first response I received was that I should check settings within Logic...

That was my first thought of what you should check, as well. If you control-click (right-click) or click-hold on the stop and play buttons in Logic's transport, a menu will pop up that you can check or uncheck different behaviors...

Admitedly I haven't played with those options, however within the same project using space bar will Stop (leaving treakheader at the piont of stopping) and Play (starting again from the current location of the trackheader). Also the Akai transport controls will behave as per the space bar... it's only the novation transport controls which return the trackheader to the project start when pressing Stop and playing from previous play point when pressing Play...

Ok, then I think the problem might be that the buttons on the keyboard itself are configured to do a key press when pressed AND released. Not near mine, so I can't provide exact instructions. The keyboard itself has a series of set up screens, and within there you can tell it to treat those buttons as (toggle, I think it is called) instead of (whatever the other ones are) - the naming of the button behavior should be somewhat self explanatory when you find where it is. It's been a few years so I don't remember where, see if it says in the manual.

I have a feeling I will need to re this - http://documentation.apple.com/en/logicpro/controlsurfacessupport/index.html#cha pter=2%26section=3%26tasks=true

maybe, maybe not, because of Automap. You are on a different version of Automap than I am, most likely (I'm on v 3.x something), and there are differences, so I don't know how the transport is handled now.

Try something for me. After you press stop, turn on the cycle mode and make sure the loop area does not start at the song beginning. Now press stop on the keyboard. Try it also as a press, but don't release the button. Is the playhead jumping to and from the locators?

I won't be back at my man cave for around 2 hours from now. I'll perform those procedures and report back a little later.

I see the Toggle information is outlined on page 32 of the SL mkii manual...

I had a look at the online MkII manual, you want it to be 'normal' and not 'momentary' (which is what I think it is now) things like solo and mute would be toggle. You might do momentary for ffwd or something.