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Q: Bounce Region in Place (ctrl-b) naming has changed in latest Logic Pro X update

As far back as I can remember (been a Logic user since v5), Bounce Region in Place (ctrl-b) has behaved as follows:

- you specify the name of the new file

- Logic creates the file and puts the corresponding new region it in a track labelled with the same name you just specified

 

In the latest Logic Pro X update, Bounce Region in Place (ctrl-b) still asks you how you want to name your new file/region, but now the new track is automatically named after the track where the original region was. In other words:

- you specify the name of the new file

- Logic creates the file and places the new region labelled with the name chosen by the user in a new track labelled with the name of the original track + the "bip" suffix.

 

So for example, you have a track called "Omnisphere" and you bounce a region in place and decide to call it "Bass", it will place a new region called "Bass" in a new track called "Omnisphere_bip". There seems to be no way to tell Logic what to call the new track, naming is no longer an option in Configure Track Header.

 

Personally, this change of behaviour really interferes with my existing workflow, and as far as I can tell it can't be reverted back to the way it used to work. If anyone knows otherwise please advise.

 

I'd like to suggest to Apple that this change is unnecessary, clunky and confusing.

Logic Pro X, OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)

Posted on Sep 11, 2016 10:11 AM

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  • by BenB,

    BenB BenB Sep 11, 2016 4:12 PM in response to mnemos
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    Sep 11, 2016 4:12 PM in response to mnemos

    You can simply double-click the track name in the header and change it, super easy, was always like this.

    But the reasoning is that the original name, with "_bip" lets you see at a glance which is the original, which is the bounce-in-place.

    I normally don't rename the track, as the default scheme works for me.

    If you want to let Apple know you want a change, use the feedback form.

    http://www.apple.com/feedback/logic-pro.html

  • by mnemos,

    mnemos mnemos Sep 12, 2016 12:34 AM in response to BenB
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    Sep 12, 2016 12:34 AM in response to BenB

    I know how to rename a track, thank you

    Let me explain the context in which it's cumbersome to have to rename a track every time you bounce in place: when using very CPU intensive software instruments/plugin chains (which is still a thing, alas, even with today's machines) in a sound design context where one might render one or two seconds of sound at a time dozens of times over, each sound with its own name. In thise type of sound design heavy sessions, I typically end up with close to 100 tracks very quickly, and often tweak the same virtual instrument to obtain different sounds e.g. "stinger", "rise", "whoosh" etc. When working like this, it's unhelpful to end up with dozens of tracks all called "whatever_bip", it would be good to have the user-chosen name appear in the track name.

    Similar cases can be made when working with high end sampler instruments like the Vienna Symphonic Orchestra ones that load several GB of samples in each instance of the plugin, and where rendering specific articulation points may result in large sessions not unlike the sound design example above.

     

    Thanks for suggesting the feedback form, I'll make my suggestion there.

     

    Cheers