Pitch Bend Issues

Try editing Pitch Bend values in Step Editor > Lanes > Convert Lane.. (play around with resolution and pen width parameters).

I managed to draw a pretty smooth PB curve and it sounds OK (with Massive at least):

Pen_Expers, there is a more elegant way to achieve the sound effect you want. All you need to do is create another long note, but a few octaves higher (say, if the initial note is D2, place the other one at D5). In Massive, switch voicing to "Monophonic" and trigger to "Legato". Then set the Glide Time parameter to the highest value (see screenshots below). The result is a smooth pitch bend from D2 to D5 🙂

I see, that's a bummer. Since in the case of ES2 the steps become more pronounced as the PitchBend range is increased, I'd like to check if the same happens with other soft synths. Could you upload the Logic project for testing? I've got Massive, so you may just as well send the last one you made the most recent screen capture with.

Here's my project using Massive, where the steps are not as pronounced as in yours. In case the preset isn't saved in the project, I saved it separately (in the archive, together with the LPX project file).

Bend dat Pitch.zip - Google Drive

It's not that tricky, in my opinion. Like, give me an example when it's not trial and error in dance music production? It almost always is. Besides, have you tried editing PB curve in Step Editor as I suggested? Works quite well.

Looks like the PB range setting is the culprit. You could try to program another synth plugin, like RetroSynth to see if the issue remains.

Does it happen with specific software instruments or all plugins across the board? Perhaps, you could upload a project where this issue happens on your side, so that others could test it as well.